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  • feelingfeline
    feelingfeline Member Posts: 5,145
    edited November 2015


    Found this gorgeous story on the web

    Baby wild animals like Dinozzo, a fox cub whose mother was killed in a road-side collision, often don't stand much of a chance when their parents are taken away from them. Luckily for this three-week-old fox cub, he was handed over to a vet and then adopted by an animal-loving couple in Germany with a beautiful collie dog named Ziva, whose motherly instincts helped nurse him back to health.

    Ziva belongs to Werner and Angelika Schmaing, a couple living in Oberscheld, Germany that also owns a Bengal cat named Leopold and two adopted piglets. Leopold has also formed an unlikely friendship with the now-recovered fox cub. The caring dog and cat duo have made Dinozzo feel welcome, and he now uses the cat-door regularly to get in and out of the house. Despite being given free run of the surrounding area, it seems like he prefers staying with his best friends for now!


    This 3-week-old fox was rescued from a car accident where he lost his mom

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    Luckily for him, Ziva the collie and her family took him in

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    Though Dinozzo is free to roam, he still feels like he's just 'one of the dogs'

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    "The fox has gotten used to getting in and out of the house through the cats door," said his owner, Werner

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    He also made friends with their Bengal cat, Leopold

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    "Ziva and Leopold fell in love with the little fox immediately"

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    "Our collie acts as a foster mum for the little ones"

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    "The interaction of animals is very much like siblings in a family"

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    "They are mostly peaceful, often playful and sometimes tired – sleeping together in one place"

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  • Loveroflife
    Loveroflife Member Posts: 4,243
    edited November 2015

    Awww....how precious

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    Loveroflife Member Posts: 4,243
    edited November 2015

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    Loveroflife Member Posts: 4,243
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  • Loveroflife
    Loveroflife Member Posts: 4,243
    edited November 2015

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  • KiwiCatMom
    KiwiCatMom Member Posts: 2,337
    edited November 2015

    Love the collie, bengal, and fox! And all the animal pics, of course.

  • Chevyboy
    Chevyboy Member Posts: 10,258
    edited November 2015
  • juliecc
    juliecc Member Posts: 4,360
    edited November 2015

    I love interspecies friendships SillyHeart

  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 15,890
    edited November 2015

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    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 15,890
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    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 15,890
    edited November 2015

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    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 15,890
    edited November 2015

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    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 15,890
    edited November 2015

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  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 15,890
    edited November 2015

    This dog comforting these bunnies after they woke up from scary dreams.

  • Rosevalley
    Rosevalley Member Posts: 1,664
    edited November 2015

    ThumbsUp wonderful pictures and stories!

  • Chevyboy
    Chevyboy Member Posts: 10,258
    edited November 2015

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  • Chevyboy
    Chevyboy Member Posts: 10,258
    edited November 2015

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  • feelingfeline
    feelingfeline Member Posts: 5,145
    edited November 2015

    Ouch! Is that ice?

  • Chevyboy
    Chevyboy Member Posts: 10,258
    edited November 2015

    Yep! Maybe he was just clueless, brainless and otherwise dense.

  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 15,890
    edited November 2015

    save this to favorites and view as time allows :) full run time 1;11

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOJR70K0Ok8


  • kjones13
    kjones13 Member Posts: 662
    edited November 2015

    I love the dinnozo and Ziva story! they must be ncis fans like we are...here is my Ziva

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  • Loveroflife
    Loveroflife Member Posts: 4,243
    edited November 2015

    Hey KJ, your Ziva almost look like my Mitzy, except mine has perky ears and less privileged. She is not allowed on the sofas.

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  • Loveroflife
    Loveroflife Member Posts: 4,243
    edited November 2015

    Love Just For Laughs, Ms. Sas. Wish I could do that for a living. Hah

  • Loveroflife
    Loveroflife Member Posts: 4,243
    edited November 2015

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  • Loveroflife
    Loveroflife Member Posts: 4,243
    edited November 2015

    Xena ( my sis' GS) and Putt-Putt, the tortoise.

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  • feelingfeline
    feelingfeline Member Posts: 5,145
    edited November 2015

    Wow - wonderful moment captured there!

  • Chevyboy
    Chevyboy Member Posts: 10,258
    edited November 2015
  • susan3
    susan3 Member Posts: 2,631
    edited November 2015

    that made me cry Chevy.. So sweet

  • kathindc
    kathindc Member Posts: 1,667
    edited November 2015

    Now to get ready for Thanksgiving:

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  • kathindc
    kathindc Member Posts: 1,667
    edited November 2015

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