When she adopted her black cat Nova from Animal Friends Pittsburgh, Katy told Newsweek that she wasn't sure how the feline would adjust.

Nova and her sister, Vega, had spent six months in the shelter after their littermates were adopted. Still grieving the loss of one of her senior cats, Katy brought the bonded pair home—only to find them hiding for months.

But there was one exception. Nova seemed to feel instantly at ease around Jax, Katy's pit bull and Labrador retriever mix, adopted from the Humane Animal Rescue of Pittsburgh in 2014.

In a now-viral video , Katy shared the moment Nova cautiously approached Jax before curling up beside him and "making biscuits" on his side. The text overlay said: "It's a video of my very scared, newly adopted shelter cat choosing my dog as her bes

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