Louisville, Kentucky - When a family took in an orphaned kitten, they were concerned about their dog's reaction to the new roommate. Luckily, they had nothing to worry about!

In August 2022, Eve Vawter found out about a kitten that her daughter's boyfriend and his father had discovered on a building site.

The animal was completely alone and still extremely young!

Naturally, the men searched the surrounding area for the kitten's mother to no avail, so they decided to take the kitten with them.

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Father and son kept checking the construction site to look for the mother cat. After days of searching, however, they realized that the adult animal was obviously not going to return.

"With days passing and no mom cat located, they asked me if we would be interested in caring for the baby – who was far too young to be away from its mama," Vawter explains on Pethelpful.com.

"One concern we had was our dog, who had never been exposed to a kitten."

Little did they know that they'd found their pup's soul mate!

"Sure, we had an adult cat in the home and they mostly ignored each other, but we worried if our somewhat excitable Pomeranian would chase the kitten or worse, try and attack her," the owner explained.

But "it was basically love at first sight, to an almost ridiculous degree" for their little black Pom: "This was his kitten."

The doggo followed the little one everywhere, slept next to her, and even got anxious and upset if one of the humans picked her up!

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If the two animals were ever separated through a door, the pupper would bark until he was reunited with his kitty friend.

While the original plan had been to surrender the kitten to a shelter once she was weaned, the family knew that it would break their dog's heart to do so and so the cat was adopted. Two years later and the pair are still insperable!

"This is his cat now, and we wouldn't have it any other way," Vawter mused. "Now, if only he could pay her vet bills."