My lab-boxer is a year old (90 lbs) and in the last few months has taken to nursing. She will sit with a stuffed animal and suckle on it for hours. She evens kneads while doing it.
As far as I know she wasn't taken from her mom too early, she is fixed (was fixed by the City pound at 4 months - of which we had no control of, we adopted her after that!) and never displayed this behavior until after she'd hit a year old.
Can anyone offer advice as to why she may be doing it? Is this a healthy behavior, is it okay to let her continue or should we stop it?
2007-02-02 15:37:19 · 2 answers · asked by zombie_togo 3 in Pets ➔ Dogs
its just a security thing she may or may not get over it its just kind of like a kid sucking his or her thumb
2007-02-02 15:48:02 · answer #1 · answered by firecracker9922 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That sounds normal. Even a spayed female can display motherly emotions. I bet she'd love a pup around to mother and raise for you. And it could just be a "comfort" thing. I would ignore it. Some spayed females will "hump" their stuffed animals, especially the small breeds. Who knows?
2007-02-03 01:07:09 · answer #2 · answered by pets4lifelady 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋