7 Things to Know About Maine Coons Before You Adopt One

They’re the closest thing to a dog in the cat world

Zulie Rane
Tenderly
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7 min readFeb 18, 2021
A sleepy brown Maine Coon with a white nose and paws lounging in a cat bed in front of a sliding glass door.
Photo: Zulie Rane via Instagram

Three years ago, I had the difficult task of persuading my now-husband to get a cat. He was adamantly a dog person — he liked cats, but he was convinced they were inferior to dogs as house pets.

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