My dog is attached to a toy after her spay
If your dog is showing signs of a false pregnancy after her spay surgery, it is likely due to the hormonal imbalance. Your dog should return to normal in a couple of weeks.
A dog obsessing over a toy can lead to aggression
If your dog growls when you try to take her toy away, it’s not cute.
I see owners of small breeds like Chihuahuas encouraging their dogs to growl because they think it’s funny. Encouraging aggressive behavior in a dog is never funny.
A five-pound dog can bite someone pretty badly, especially a child who has her face up to the dog.
We think it’s cute if a rottweiler carries a stuffed puppy around all day. People like to nurture small, cute things, so we like it when our dogs do the same. We like the idea that our dog has her own “baby.”
Many of us carried around stuffed animals as a kid, so it’s heartwarming to us when our dogs do the same.
Even when a rottweiler growls as someone tries to take her toy, it’s easy to overlook the behavior if the dog is gentle in all other situations.
The only time my old golden retriever growled at me was when I tried to take her rawhide bone away. Since I knew she would never hurt anyone, I didn’t take her growling too seriously.
But even she would snap if I tried to take her bone. This was a behavior I should not have put up with, but I didn’t know better at the time.
Does my dog think her toy is her baby?
Dogs know their toys are not real.
It’s actually unlikely that your dog thinks her toy is her baby. When a dog carries her toy around all day, it is most likely because she is obsessive or possessive about the toy.
She does not think the toy is real. She knows it’s not her puppy, unless it’s a rare instance where the female dog is having a false pregnancy.
Most of the time, it’s us humans who create emotional attachments to stuffed animals. Dogs know better.
*If you think your female dog is showing signs of a “false pregnancy” or “phantom pregnancy,” scroll to the end of this article or click here.
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It’s actually unlikely that your dog thinks her toy is her baby. When a dog carries her toy around all day, it is most likely because she is obsessive or possessive about the toy. She does not think it is real. She knows it’s not her puppy, unless it’s a rare instance where the female dog is having a false pregnancy.