--- title: Husky Raised by Cats Acts Like a Cat Photos description: Her name is Tally and she's very confused about her identity canonical: https://time.com/104702/husky-raised-by-cats/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-05-19T16:24:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:09:46.687Z og:title: Meet the Adorable Husky Who Thinks She's a Cat og:description: Tally was raised by cats, so she's very confused about her identity og:url: https://time.com/104702/husky-raised-by-cats/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Meet the Adorable Husky Who Thinks She's a Cat twitter:description: Tally was raised by cats, so she's very confused about her identity twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Meet the Adorable Husky Who Thinks She's a Cat by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman May 19, 2014 4:24 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman May 19, 2014 4:24 PM UTC Everyone, meet Tally. She’s a husky mix who grew up in a group of cats and was apparently very influenced by them because now she totally acts like a cat. Her owners kindly went ahead and posted [a series of pictures on Imgur](http://imgur.com/a/0KoeX), so we can all enjoy her cat-like tendencies and general adorableness. Here she is as a silly young puppy: And here she is acting[ like a cat](http://www.funnyordie.com/lists/e67ff2acb0/irresistible-gifs-of-cats-in-boxes) by hanging out in boxes — and also staring wistfully out a window: According to her owner, Tally likes to sit around by herself, quietly judging everyone, which sounds like the most cat-like behavior of all. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/104702/husky-raised-by-cats/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/104702/husky-raised-by-cats/"},"headline":"Meet the Adorable Husky Who Thinks She's a Cat","datePublished":"2014-05-19T16:24:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:09:46.687Z","description":"Tally was raised by cats, so she's very confused about her identity","url":"https://time.com/104702/husky-raised-by-cats/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","Dogs","Pets","cats","reddit"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/104702/husky-raised-by-cats/","name":"Meet the Adorable Husky Who Thinks She's a Cat"}}]}] ```