{"id":3647,"date":"2026-05-27T13:04:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T13:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/kate-gosselin-breaks-down-over-strain-of-adopting-rescue-dog-in-tearful-tiktok\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T13:04:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T13:04:18","slug":"kate-gosselin-breaks-down-over-strain-of-adopting-rescue-dog-in-tearful-tiktok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/kate-gosselin-breaks-down-over-strain-of-adopting-rescue-dog-in-tearful-tiktok\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate Gosselin breaks down over &#8216;strain&#8217; of adopting rescue dog in tearful TikTok"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F05%2F128816927.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Kate Gosselin became emotional as she talked about the \u201cstrain\u201d of integrating her rescue dog Koda into her home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was just crying this morning,\u201d the \u201cJon &amp; Kate Plus 8\u201d alum <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@kate.gosselin\/video\/7644217687790325022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shared on TikTok<\/a> Tuesday while giving a \u201cday 12 update\u201d on the animal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m tired. It\u2019s getting to be a lot, which makes me sound like a baby, but the truth is, I\u2019ve just been on watch constantly hoping nothing, you know, happens and watching them all the time,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Gosselin \u2014 who also adopted Koda\u2019s sister, Meika \u2014 said it has been \u201ca lot\u201d trying to manage the two dogs\u2019 schedules at age 51.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">kate.gosselin\/TikTok<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">kate.gosselin\/TikTok<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cKoda is a humongous personality,\u201d she said of the Belgian Malinois mix. \u201cShe is now very obsessed with her ball, equally as Meika, and she could run forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former reality star said Koda is exhibiting as much energy as an Alaskan Malamute and it\u2019s starting to make her \u201cdoubt\u201d herself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Koda] destroyed a rug yesterday and she tried to destroy \u2014 this makes me cry \u2014 Nanuq\u2019s bed that used to be Shoka\u2019s,\u201d she said, referring to her former German shepherds.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">kate.gosselin\/TikTok<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">Kate Gosselin\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">kate.gosselin\/TikTok<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s our favorite bed. I\u2019ve had it for 15 plus years or more \u2026 and it\u2019s very special to me. [Koda] sleeps on it at night. It\u2019s the bed we keep in our room. That really upset me. That would really break my heart. And I know that things get destroyed,\u201d Gosselin added.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cDancing With the Stars\u201d alum said the \u201cpressure\u201d and \u201cstrain and stress\u201d had been \u201cweighing on\u201d both her and boyfriend Steve Neild; however, they were aware that the rescue process could be hard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the end of the day, probably no one else would have saved her,\u201d she claimed. \u201cSo, I know that we\u2019re doing a good thing. We just have to hang in.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">kate.gosselin\/TikTok<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">\/ SplashNews.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Last December, Gosselin announced that her beloved German Shepherd Nanuq had died. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have no words. One minute she was here and healthy. The next, she was gone,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DStYAnUjNvC\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote on Instagram<\/a> at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Kate <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/article\/jon-and-kate-gosselin-eight-kids\/\">shares eight kids<\/a> with her ex-husband, Jon Gosselin: 22-year-old sextuplets\u00a0Aaden, Joel, Alexis, Hannah, Collin and Leah; as well as 25-year-old twins Mady and Cara.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/27\/celebrity-news\/kate-gosselin-breaks-down-over-strain-of-adopting-rescue-dog-in-tearful-tiktok\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kate Gosselin became emotional as she talked about the \u201cstrain\u201d of integrating her rescue dog<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3648,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/128816927.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}