I wonder if any other ‘intact’ female dog-owners can relate:
Djanga is nearly three years and has had three seasons (fewer and further between than most dogs I know).
Her favourite toy is a plastic pig that oinks a bit like these
We keep a few on hand bcs she chews them to rags in a month or so. In the last year, though, every few months she discards a pig that’s only half chewed up, and carries the new one around gently, puts it down on her bed and licks it (just as she would a puppy) and frets if she can’t find it. Last night she woke us whimpering - till we found her pig under her cushion. She licked it for a bit then went back to sleep.
These times we also notice pregnancy-like changes in her body and a much quieter and much more Jen-oriented mood (my DH is her main human). It’s so distinct and time-limited, and it looks/sounds to me like practising for babies. But even though her body changes, she’s not going into season at these times.
Anyone know anything about this kind of behaviour in dogs?
PS: camperbc Glen, after reading Sheba’s very queenly proportions, we measured Djanga. As a Bull Arab X, she should be bigger than a German Shepherd, but we both thought that Sheba looked much bigger/taller. And Sheba definitely out-sizes Djanga . Considerably, if you go by breed average. Djanga is quite big for a Bullie X, and possibly not quite fully-grown: just under 112lbs, 27” shoulder to ground, 30” base of tail to collar and 36” chest circ. You definitely have a little pony in Sheba!
[Btw that metric-to-imperial took a lot of to-ing and fro-ing on web converters!]
Djanga is nearly three years and has had three seasons (fewer and further between than most dogs I know).
Her favourite toy is a plastic pig that oinks a bit like these
We keep a few on hand bcs she chews them to rags in a month or so. In the last year, though, every few months she discards a pig that’s only half chewed up, and carries the new one around gently, puts it down on her bed and licks it (just as she would a puppy) and frets if she can’t find it. Last night she woke us whimpering - till we found her pig under her cushion. She licked it for a bit then went back to sleep.
These times we also notice pregnancy-like changes in her body and a much quieter and much more Jen-oriented mood (my DH is her main human). It’s so distinct and time-limited, and it looks/sounds to me like practising for babies. But even though her body changes, she’s not going into season at these times.
Anyone know anything about this kind of behaviour in dogs?
PS: camperbc Glen, after reading Sheba’s very queenly proportions, we measured Djanga. As a Bull Arab X, she should be bigger than a German Shepherd, but we both thought that Sheba looked much bigger/taller. And Sheba definitely out-sizes Djanga . Considerably, if you go by breed average. Djanga is quite big for a Bullie X, and possibly not quite fully-grown: just under 112lbs, 27” shoulder to ground, 30” base of tail to collar and 36” chest circ. You definitely have a little pony in Sheba!
[Btw that metric-to-imperial took a lot of to-ing and fro-ing on web converters!]
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