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15 Dogs Whose Best Friends Are Wild Animals

by Melanie

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These dogs know that you don’t have to be a dog to be part of a pack – any creature with a kind heart will do!  Check out these 15 dogs and their best buddies.

 

Kate the Great Dane and Pippin the deer regularly meet to frolic and nap together.
Kate the Great Dane and Pippin the deer regularly meet to frolic and nap together.

 

 

 

Raina the dog and Ruuxa the cheetah met when they were only a few weeks old, and their friendship is still going strong.
Raina the dog and Ruuxa the cheetah met when they were only a few weeks old, and their friendship is still going strong.

 

 

 

Torque the Greyhound and Shrek the owlet love watching TV together.
Torque the Greyhound and Shrek the owlet love watching TV together.

 

 

 

Dozer doesn’t mind getting smooches from Love Bug the kangaroo.
Dozer doesn’t mind getting smooches from Love Bug the kangaroo.

 

 

 

An orphaned lamb found a new parent with this Dalmatian… who could tell it was adopted?
An orphaned lamb found a new parent with this Dalmatian… who could tell it was adopted?

 

 

 

Sharky doesn’t mind letting chickies climb all over him.  You might also remember his feline brother Max, who gained internet fame as the shark on a Roomba!
Sharky doesn’t mind letting chickies climb all over him. You might also remember his feline brother Max, who gained internet fame as the shark on a Roomba!

 

 

 

Tiny tank Boom also doesn’t mind these fuzzy friends.
Tiny tank Boom also doesn’t mind these fuzzy friends.

 

 

 

Springer Spaniel Jess is the ultimate sheepdog – she even bottle-feeds them!
Springer Spaniel Jess is the ultimate sheepdog – she even bottle-feeds them!

 

 

 

Bonedigger and Milo share everything together – naps, food, and teeth-cleaning duties!
Bonedigger and Milo share everything together – naps, food, and teeth-cleaning duties!

 

 

 

Jax doesn’t mind letting Wally hide acorns in his fur.
Jax doesn’t mind letting Wally hide acorns in his fur.

 

 

 

Roscoe followed workers to an endangered animals reserve, and struck up a friendship with Suryia the orangutan.  There is even a book about them.
Roscoe followed workers to an endangered animals reserve, and struck up a friendship with Suryia the orangutan. There is even a book about them.

 

 

 

Clarence the dog and Cindy the alpaca live on a farm and have been best buds since they were only three months old.
Clarence the dog and Cindy the alpaca live on a farm and have been best buds since they were only three months old.

 

 

 

These two have been spotted napping all over Paris together.
These two have been spotted napping all over Paris together.

 

 

 

This orphaned monkey was being picked on by other primates at a zoo, so the zookeepers let a dog named Tiger Cup be his bodyguard.
This orphaned monkey was being picked on by other primates at a zoo, so the zookeepers let a dog named Tiger Cup be his bodyguard.

 

 

 

Bella was abandoned as a puppy by a contractor hired to build a pool for Bubbles at the reserve she lives at, and now the two are inseparable.
Bella was abandoned as a puppy by a contractor hired to build a pool for Bubbles at the reserve she lives at, and now the two are inseparable.