One of the key team members at a senior dog rescue in San Francisco is a four-legged friend that doesn’t bark — it’s a cat.
That feline works at Muttville Senior Dog Rescue, where a calm, dog-savvy presence helps staff judge whether older dogs might be able to live with cats.
What happened?
According to The Dodo, Muttville’s first cat tester was Mustache, an orange cat who helped staff see how resident dogs responded to cats. In an Instagram video, Mustache appears relaxed as staff members introduce him to several pups.
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Muttville wrote, “Mustache was so confident and so calm. His easy-going energy was ideal for cat testing.” The rescue added that “Most of the time, he would just observe the dogs and let them approach him. But sometimes, he had opinions about the dogs, and that was OK, too.”…