[Chloe and Joey]

Hey Wendy,

I just went through this with Chloe. Its good that Zoe "adopted" a beanie baby. Chloe wouldnt take to anything other than one of my Nike sneakers. She slept with it and kinda cuddled with it for a few days. As I believe YorkieRose told me, her hormones remind her of the pups. Chloe would run around like crazy looking for the puppies. She even ran circles around my car - my car was the last place she saw them alive before we went to the ER vet. From my experience, the best you can do is just give her extra love, make sure she is eating something, and let her play with the beanie babies or whatever it is at the moment. It can be quite heartbreaking, I know. However, you will be pleasantly surprised within a few days as Zoe will return to normal and her hormones calm down. Also, watch her nipples for mastitis. Because the pups barely took any milk from Chloe, the vet told me that there was a smaller chance that she would develop mastitis and I am assuming the same goes for Zoe. Nonetheless, keep an eye open and make sure she is getting some food down.