Hi Joan, Well Dani is doing the whole nesting thing too. She doesn't want to be up on the couch with us, she wants to stay in her pen with her Aflac duck babies.. She is even protective of them too. If Smidge or Chassis come cloes she gives a low growl to them. At least yesterday she did. this morning she was up in the chair with her babies and Smidge and Chassis, so I do think she will be okay, just really have never delt with this in all my years with dogs.. Beth
--- On Mon, 1/31/11, Joan Croft <[email protected]> wrote: From: Joan Croft <[email protected]> Subject: RE: [Chihuahuas] Dani's strange behavior over the weekend To: [email protected] Date: Monday, January 31, 2011, 1:13 PM I don’t know if it is because Desi steals Dolly’s toys away from her sometimes, but Dolly had a few toys that she has to have to go to sleep at night. She will go around the house to find them, and she usually does. If Desi takes those particular toys, he has to deal with the wrath of Dolly. She doesn’t do anything with them when we go to sleep, except to have them right next to her. I never really thought anything of it before, but with these posts, I am wondering if it is a ‘mother nurturing’ thing. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Beth Michl Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 9:21 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Dani's strange behavior over the weekend Okay.. I have had several dogs spayed before and never had this happen. I feel bad for her, I tried to have her sleep with out the toys, but she was so worried and cried, so I went and got the 3 toys she has adopted as her babies.. 2 of them are these little Aflac ducks that I got with signing up with Aflac. LOL they don't look anything like a pup.. & the other is one of those new toys that do not have the stuffing. How long do you think this can last? Beth --- On Mon, 1/31/11, Deanna Corey <[email protected]> wrote: From: Deanna Corey <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Dani's strange behavior over the weekend To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Date: Monday, January 31, 2011, 9:12 AM Hi Beth...because she was recently spayed her hormones are way out of whack...which certainly could be triggering her behavior. Many vets are looking into new ways of spaying as better options...instead of a Ovariohysterectomy...they are doing more OVE where they leave the uterus and just remove the ovaries. This fairly new way...at least fairly new to the US ...seems to really not play so much havoc on hormonal changes and actual risks. Don't worry about Dani...it just might take a bit for her to balance out...her little body needs some time to readjust to her new self. Wagging Tails in the Dog Park! Deanna and the Dog Park Gang: Nugget, Shuai Li, Mable, Mouse, Myrtle, Madison, Caleb and Maxine >From the mountains of CA http://swlf.lilyslim.com/v3T7m8.png?h9j6wId9 On Jan 31, 2011, at 8:13 AM, "Beth M" <[email protected]> wrote: This is really strange, never had this happen to me. Friday after work go home and Dani is crying, and acting strange. She starts gathering a couple of her small stuffed toys and she has put them in her bed and stays with them. Doesn't want to come out of her bed unless I take the toys too. She is acting like she has had a litter of pups. I have never had a dog spayed and do this? Years ago I had a mini doxie who had had pups at one time, but she was not bred and she had what the vet called a phantom pregnancy. Had all the symtoms of being pregnant. So this is really weird to me. Any body else experience this? Beth
