This is Cuchulainn. I've been doing dog rescue and trapping feral cats for spay/neuter and vetting since about 2006. Everyone in the neighborhood knew it, before new houses were built.
In 2015 my next door neighbor had to give up her dog, she insisted, dog was GSD and Rottweiler, huge, untrained, her ex's, and her kid was allergic. I got stuck with the dog. Some parts of his brain were not right and after 5 years and as many attacks on different dogs of mine, I had to have him put to sleep, he would go over a human to get to a dog. If it was a kid, well he was big.
anyway, she said her kid had to have a kitten when she gave up the big dog, so I took him to the pound we adopted a kitten and I took it for shots and neuter and bought her food sometimes.
After a few months I assumed she had it handled. She wasn't talking to me since I would not loan her money. She had locked him in the garage with shitzu pup she had bottlefed that summer, after giving up her big dog. She left them in the garage all winter, coming home to feed once a week.
In June 2016 she chased me down outdoors and told me I had to take Cupcake (the cat) and the shitzu. I got a rescue to pick up the dog, but Cupcake about took her thumb off, so no rescue could take him. He spent about 3 months in the fish room in the big dog crate with his box and food and regular visits, deciding humans were ok, or at least I was. She'd put him outdoors to "feed himself", he was bald because of flea allergy and in a bad mood. His name is now Cuchulainn, he got the name change when he was swatting my german shepherd fosters in 2018. I think he is part Maine Coon, probably not all, but he was malnourished in her care, he only weighs 12 or 13 pounds. He drew blood on me once too. Now he is a sweet big cat, despite the glowing green eyes from the flash