My neighbor told me her dogs were sniffing at her belly before she even knew she was pregnant with her first child. My dog hasn't seemed to notice yet (I'm 15 wks), but my cats insist on staying curled up on my tummy any time I lay down. I've noticed it's especially true with the cat that has had a litter of kittens before. Anyone else notice their pets reacting strangely when they got pregnant?
2006-11-07 07:23:40 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
My dog became very protective of me right about the time I found out I was pregnant. He used to just take of and run like a maniac when I took off his leash in the field where we walked, but he started staying closer, and even ran to me and growled at a lady who paused to talk to me while he was about 25 yards away. He slept on the floor beside my side of the bed, when he used to sleep in the living room, and when the baby was born, he was very protective of her as well.
2006-11-07 07:32:39 · answer #1 · answered by oldyogi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm 11 wks and my dog if I'm sitting he's got his head on my tummy, if I'm laying he does too, he never would do this before i was pregnant and actually started before i found out, he used to have a chair that he claimed he'd lay in it all day b/c it has a view of the road and he can see out the door that way, but now he is where i am as long as I'm around. Also, he's about 12lbs. but he's all of the sudden gotten fierce w/ anything in his yard in fact there was a stray dog at least 80lbs looked like a wolf and he chased it out of the yard, this is the same dog who 6mo. ago cowarded away from my parents 5lb female poodle! I think they definetly know!!!
2006-11-07 10:10:54 · answer #2 · answered by RysMa510 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My dog (corgi, about 12 inches tall) tried to EAT my brother's Doberman Pinscher around my nephew when my nephew was a few weeks old, every time the pinscher came near.
She doesn't ever have regular contact with babies, but with babies and children, she will get extremely protective and growl at anything she thinks is dangerous.
2006-11-07 08:13:00 · answer #3 · answered by sjbchapman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My cat sits with me all the time. In the morning she's extremely affectionate. She wasn't like this before I was pregnant. I think she can sense something. It's weird.
2006-11-07 07:29:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOL I think my dog and cat are so into themselves that they haven't noticed or they just don't care.
2006-11-07 07:25:48 · answer #5 · answered by Hanky 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My cat does the same ;)
2006-11-07 07:55:42 · answer #6 · answered by nelabis 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋