The three-legged cat and dog duo that are best friends

WALDORF, Md. (InvestigateTV) — A 1-year-old dog named Blueberry and a 10-month-old cat named Meadow were adopted together after they met at the veterinary hospital run by Last Chance Animal Rescue in Waldorf, Maryland.

Rachel Clarke, who adopted both animals, said Blueberry “loves to play, and she loves to snuggle.” She said Meadow is “a little more independent, but Blueberry goes where Meadow goes.”

Laurie Jenkins, assistant director of Last Chance Animal Rescue, said both animals arrived with wounds to their extremities that required amputations.

Hospital Manager Lauren Webb said she got a call about Blueberry on Christmas Eve.

“We’ve got to help this dog. It’s Christmas Eve. We’ve got to pull out a miracle,” Webb recalled.

Blueberry had been found on the street in bad shape. The hospital saved her life. “You could see in her eyes that she was a fighter.”

A month later, Meadow was transferred from a shelter in West Virginia. Jenkins said Meadow “came in with her own leg issues, but also had upper respiratory.”

Another month passed before the two met at lunchtime. Webb said staff typically spend their lunch breaks snuggling with animals that need extra care. She said staff had laid a blanket on the floor.

Jenkins said Blueberry came out, and Meadow came out and laid on top of her. “They were together ever since,” Jenkins said.

“It was magic,” Webb said.

After the two had healed and were ready for adoption, Last Chance posted the pair on its Facebook page. The post requested that they be adopted together.

Clarke said her partner, Kevin, saw the post while scrolling on Facebook. The couple also has a “tripod cat,” she said.

“Even though they had a lot of attention, we’re like, let’s just throw our hat in the ring,” Clarke said.

Clarke said the animals “will hang out together. They’ll sleep together. They have been such great additions to the family.”

“We could not have asked for a better home,” Webb said.

Clarke said that “even if they stumble and they fall down, it doesn’t, you know, deter them from getting back up.”

Clarke said hearing “bad news one week and worse news the next” made the story stand out to her.

“It’s nice to have kind of something that was a very sad story that has a happy ending, and to kind of see that there is hope,” she said.

Jenkins said seeing the animals with their family makes her “unbelievably happy.”