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Originally Posted by Gennies  My yorkies don't lick, but Barley does like to give little front teeth nibbles on my furry top blanket and to Bijous favorite stuffed toys. My Great Pyrenees loves to suck on his stuffed toys. He will lay and hold it in his mouth for half an hour sometimes. I think it's because a he was taken from his momma too soon. He was just under 7 weeks when the breeder told us to come get him. I have no idea why Barley does it, because he was a rescue. I know it's not their food because they get Lifes abundance. |
You got it.
My Phantom does this - and has since he was 2 weeks old. His mother (Gellica) had complications 2 weeks after whelping (eclampsia). We almost lost her, but got to the ER just in time. She could no longer feed the babies, so we had to bottle feed them.
It is the puppies instinct to do those "nibbles" and they also try "massaging" with their paws to get the milk when they are nursing - So, when we took over feeding, we had to give them something to feel like their momma (in this case I used a bathrobe, and then moved onto fleece blankets draped over me). Well, Phantom never lost that suckling instinct because he had to stop nursing so soon. I've known of other yorkies that did the same thing (including licking clothes and blankets) and all of them were taken from their mother too soon. Just wondering if any of your pups came home early too?