Can pets develop special feelings for others that are not of their species?

Yes...that can certainly happen...especially if they grow up around each other...

Yes, they have an emotional connection. Humans are animals. So many of us bond and have emotional connections with other animals not of our breed. I have heard of so many stories of dogs and cats bonding, pigs and cats, monkeys and cats, wolves and people, and so forth.

I definitely think they can. We have two dogs and a cat and they love each other. The cat was born about a week after we got the first dog and they've grown up together. They play together all the time, they're best friends.

Absolutely! I think lots of animals develop special feelings and bonds with other animals not of their own species. When I used to have horses here, my daughters dog used to go out in the barn and sleep by the stall door. The horse used to stick his nose through and they'd often nuzzle each other. Sometimes the dog would go into the stall, and they'd still do the same thing. The horse never tried to hurt the dog, but they spent a good deal of time nose to nose in a friendly sort of way. My German Shepherd has a 'thing' for my one little kitty. I rescued this orpaned kitty that somebody dropped off. It was really wild and seemed unable to be tamed. It was inconsolable and cried pitifully while it was stuck under the barn and scared. Since it was so young, I moved it onto my enclosed front porch to try and get it humanized. The dog would stand in the screen door and whine to go out there. They would often be nose to nose sniffing each other through the screen even when the kitty wouldn't let a human near it. Finally, the kitty trusted me enough to pick it up. I introduced it to the dog and she immediately started licking it and cleaning it, just like a mother cat would do. They are fast friends still now that it is a barn kitty. Whenever I let the dog out into it's pen, the kitty crawls into it (somehow) and next thing I know the shepherd is giving it a tongue bath again. I have 2 indoor cats which the dog totally ignores, it's only the orphaned one that it behaves different with...just like it's its mother. We've also had cows that attatched themselves in the same way to the horses babies. Sometimes I think it more depends on if they grow up together, but often there is no explanation for the special feelings they seem to develop for other species not their own.

Yes, I think pets can develope special feelings for other kinds of animals. My dogs groom the cats all the time and the cats rub up against the dogs. My son's cat even tried nursing off his dog and she kneads the dog's belly. Its so funny to watch.

this pic shows that they have emotional connection and yes the pets can develop special feelings for others that are not of their species this can be seen from the example that pets develop affection with us although we r not of their species so in the similar way they can develop for others

Yes, My cats love me as I do them