{"id":2434243,"date":"2026-05-27T15:42:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T15:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2434243"},"modified":"2026-05-27T15:42:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T15:42:07","slug":"kate-gosselin-breaks-down-over-strain-of-adopting-rescue-dog-in-tearful-tiktok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/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><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Kate Gosselin shared an emotional video discussing 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 rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@kate.gosselin\/video\/7644217687790325022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shared via TikTok<\/a> on 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 happens and watching them all the time,\u201d the former reality star told her followers.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Kate Gosselin broke down in tears Tuesday as she talked about the \u201cstrain\u201d of integrating her rescue dog Koda into her home. <span class=\"credit\">kate.gosselin\/TikTok<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cI\u2019m tired. It\u2019s getting to be a lot \u2026 but the truth is, I\u2019ve just been on watch constantly hoping nothing happens and watching them all the time,\u201d she said in a TikTok upload. <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>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<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>Gosselin said Koda (seen above with dog Meika) has a \u201chumongous personality.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">kate.gosselin\/TikTok<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>She cried when she spoke about sentimental things Koda has destroyed in her North Carolina home. <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,\u201d Gosselin added. \u201c[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<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cDancing With the Stars\u201d alum noted that the \u201cpressure\u201d and \u201cstrain and stress\u201d has been \u201cweighing on\u201d both herself and her 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<p>Last December, Gosselin announced that her beloved German Shepherd Nanuq had died. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Gosselin adopted Koda and her sister, Meika (both seen above) and knows she has to \u201chang in\u201d until the situation improves. <span class=\"credit\">kate.gosselin\/TikTok<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><figcaption>The former reality star (pictured above in 2009) is best known for welcoming eight kids with ex-husband Jon Gosselin. <span class=\"credit\">\/ SplashNews.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI have no words. One minute she was here and healthy. The next, she was gone,\u201d she <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DStYAnUjNvC\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote via Instagram<\/a> at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Kate is best known for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/article\/jon-and-kate-gosselin-eight-kids\/\">welcoming eight kids<\/a> with her ex-husband, Jon Gosselin \u2014 22-year-old sextuplets\u00a0Aaden, Joel, Alexis, Hannah, Collin and Leah, as well as 25-year-old twins Mady and Cara.<\/p>\n<p>The North Carolina resident <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/08\/15\/parents\/kate-gosselin-snubs-estranged-son-collin-says-her-kids-all-get-along-and-have-wonderful-bond\/\">is estranged from Collin<\/a>, who lives with Jon and Hannah in Pennsylvania.<\/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><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kate Gosselin shared an emotional video discussing the \u201cstrain\u201d of integrating her rescue dog Koda into her home. \u201cI was just crying this morning,\u201d the \u201cJon &amp; Kate Plus 8\u201d alum shared via TikTok on Tuesday while giving a \u201cday 12 update\u201d on the animal. \u201cI\u2019m tired. It\u2019s getting to be a lot, which makes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2434244,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[432960,24003,350595,21787,345467,22488,21913],"class_list":["post-2434243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-animal-rescue","tag-celebrity-news","tag-celebrity-pets","tag-celebrity-social-media","tag-kate-gosselin","tag-tiktok","tag-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Kate-Gosselin-breaks-down-over-strain-of-adopting-rescue-dog.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2434243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2434243"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2434243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2434245,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2434243\/revisions\/2434245"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2434244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2434243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2434243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2434243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}