Cassie (my shih tzu) washes Adie's face every chance she gets. She does that to Ivan (the gsd) too. She was an adult when both of the others were brought into the house and has scolded them for not sitting still. I am sure it is part of her mothering them. Since she was a puppy mill rescue I hate to think what might have been in store for her if they intended to use her for breeding. She would have gone through so much emotional pain as well as the physical. Anyway, I think it is a mothering instinct. |