I have Hepsi who was 8 years in March in with Kaiah who is about 10 months old, and Cujo2 who was six in January. Cujo2 is fixed. They have an indoor/outdoor kennel. And have been together since Babsy passed in May. Before that Cujo2 and Hepsi were kenneled together and Kaiah was with Babs.
So the two bitches were not put together right off the bat, but they seem to be fine together.
This week, I've noticed that when I put them in the yard to clean their area and others, I have a half-doghouse out there, so just the top, which has half the opening, and Hepsi has been squeezing under there and staying in there. That doesn't bother me particularly. When I call she generally comes out.
Add the toy. I've been throwing a lot of Quinnie's toys to the girls in the house, Usually toys are kept away from the dogs except when they are inside and I can supervise because Karma is a serial toy murderer, and so is Joy. Well, anyway, some love their toys and do not gut them immediately.
Hepsi has decided that one of the toys is her puppy. She took it out into the field and squeezed into her "den" and left it in there, and made the mistake of telling her to go and get her toy, since I saw her take it out there. She squeezed back in the den and got the toy, I saw it in her mouth, but then she wouldn't leave the den. Finally I got her and she brought the toy in. That is when I noticed that she may be thinking this is her pup or something.
She's never been bred. But she won't put it down to eat or anything.
Isn't 8 kind of old for false pregnancies and weird bitch-behavior?
Thoughts?
So the two bitches were not put together right off the bat, but they seem to be fine together.
This week, I've noticed that when I put them in the yard to clean their area and others, I have a half-doghouse out there, so just the top, which has half the opening, and Hepsi has been squeezing under there and staying in there. That doesn't bother me particularly. When I call she generally comes out.
Add the toy. I've been throwing a lot of Quinnie's toys to the girls in the house, Usually toys are kept away from the dogs except when they are inside and I can supervise because Karma is a serial toy murderer, and so is Joy. Well, anyway, some love their toys and do not gut them immediately.
Hepsi has decided that one of the toys is her puppy. She took it out into the field and squeezed into her "den" and left it in there, and made the mistake of telling her to go and get her toy, since I saw her take it out there. She squeezed back in the den and got the toy, I saw it in her mouth, but then she wouldn't leave the den. Finally I got her and she brought the toy in. That is when I noticed that she may be thinking this is her pup or something.
She's never been bred. But she won't put it down to eat or anything.
Isn't 8 kind of old for false pregnancies and weird bitch-behavior?
Thoughts?