Kate Gosselin compares raising her 8 kids to stress of adopting new dog in tearful video

Marina WattsWed, May 27, 2026 at 5:24 PM UTC

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Kate Gosselin; her rescue dog Meika
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Kate Gosselin broke down in tears in a new TikTok video talking about the challenges of taking care of two puppies.

The former reality star is raising malamute puppy Koda and German shepherd Meika.

"Koda is a humungous personality. She is now very obsessed with her ball equally as Meika and she could run forever," Gosselin explained in her video.

Kate Gosselin is getting candid about the time and energy it takes to raise two puppies.

TheJon and Kate Plus 8star opened up about raising two puppies, comparing it to her brood of eight kids that made her family famous in the aughts. Gosselin brought home puppy Koda less than two weeks prior and already has a German shepherd named Meika.

"I was just crying this morning," Gosselin admitted in a TikTok video shared on Tuesday, wiping tears from her eyes. "I'm tired. It's getting to be a lot, which makes me sound like a baby, but the truth is, I've just been on watch constantly hoping nothing, you know, happens and watching them all the time."

Kate Gosselin's rescue dog Meika
Credit: Kate Gosselin/Instagram

She acknowledged the fact that she raised eight kids and had six babies, but noted that she is 51. (She and ex Jon Gosselin share twins Mady and Cara, 25, and 21-year-old sextuplets Alexis, Hannah, Leah, Collin, Joel, and Aaden.)

Adding, "It's just gotten to be a lot, and Koda is a humongous personality. She is now very obsessed with her ball equally as Meika, and she could run forever."

Gosselin said that she is seeing the "humungous energy of a malamute" and is beginning to doubt herself. She received advice about how to best stimulate the dogs mentally and physically, but is unable to at the moment. Since she is alone with the dogs today and her boyfriend Steve Neild went to work, she resorted to some calming screen time.

"I always turn on Bob Ross painting when we're on the TV, when we're together. So I try to keep them calm, and I take them on walks," Gosselin said, later adding that she's "trying to come up with some other things I can do" with the dogs.

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The former reality star became emotional again when mentioning Koda destroying a rug along with her former dog's bed, a German shepherd named Nanuq that died in December. "It's our favorite bed. I've had it for, gosh, 15 plus years or more," Gosselin continued, noting that it was "special" and this action had "really upset" her.

"She's very sweet and very loving. She wants to obey, I think she wants to please us," Gosselin said of the puppy. "We have to direct her energy." Koda will start training on Saturday.

Gosselin concluded that though her update isn't as happy as fans might have expected, "the pressure is weighing" on her and her boyfriend, along with "the strain and the stress." "Which I know is part of rescue. But at the end of the day, probably no one else would have saved her. So I know that we're doing a good thing. We just have to hang in."

The final moments of the TikTok showed Meika and Koda playing together.

Kate Gosselin and her rescue dog Meika
Credit: Kate Gosselin/Instagram

Fans encouraged Gosselin to give herself grace and time to adjust to her new reality and new puppy. "You’re doing great. She needs consistency, which is what you’re giving her," one person wrote.

"Please don't apologize, you're not a baby, you're just overwhelmed right now! It will get better, hang in there ❤️🙏," another commented. " Rescues can take a few months to unwind and acclimate," someone else pointed out.

Others suggested a doggy day care to give Koda an opportunity to release some energy, while one fan said it could help Koda if the dog found toys that are meant to be destroyed. Another said that crate training could help give Gosselin a break while Koda settles in.

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