Cats and dogs are the worst enemies but a mother cat has proved this notion wrong by nursing a six-day-old abandoned Rottweiler puppy along with her own kittens. Workers at the Meriden Humane Society have named the pup Charlie and he now nurses and plays alongside the black and gray kittens recently born to Satin - the mother cat.

A couple of months ago, Charlie's mother was spotted by neighbors near a road after she gave birth to two puppies; one of which was stillborn. It is believed that the presence of a stillborn in the litter makes it difficult for the mother dog to adopt the healthier pup.

According to volunteer Chris Chorney, who bottle-fed Charlie every two hours, it was exhausting for him and the milk was not adequate for him. He consulted the neighbors and found Satin to be a suitable substitute. "The kittens scrum up with him and the kittens treat him like one of their own," Chorney told AP. "There's a certain social benefit of small animals being with each other."