Does my dog sense I am pregnant?

[Shell Beau]

He has been acting out so badly for these past few weeks. He is 6 years old and never chews or tears stuff up. He didn't even do that when he was a puppy! But every day for these past few weeks I come home to something shredded or eaten. Yesterday it was a whole roll of toilet paper and a tube of chapstick. Plus he took the pillows off of the couch and put them on the bed in the bedroom along with a shirt and a sock!!! I don't want to even talk about the female hormonal pills he ate. Now I have to doggie proof the house all over again! Bad dog!!

[auntAgonist]

1. dunno! Congrats on the upcoming birth though!!

fantastic news. When is the baby due to arrive?

aA
kesha

[Shell Beau]

2. Oh not until September! Long ways away! I am in 11th week!

But trust me with this morning sickness I have had, it feels like a lifetime!

Thanks!

[auntAgonist]

3. sending good vibes to make the morning ickiness

disappear!

:hug:

soda crackers .. I kept them everywhere.


good health to you and the baby!


aA
kesha

[Shell Beau]

4. Aww, thanks!

:hug:

[BrotherBuzz]

5. Get thee to a pharmacy and try acupressure wristbands!

http://www.peoplespharmacy.com/archives/herb_home_remedy_qa/acupressure_for_nausea_and_insomnia.asp
As for your dog, I think he does sense that you're pregnant and he thinks he has to help prepare by adding pillows to your bed, and also experiencing sympathetic Pica practice, when a pregnant woman craves unusual items not normally eaten. ;)
http://www.americanpregnancy.org/pregnancyhealth/unusualcravingspica.html


Ooops- This was written by marzipanni, not BrotherBuzz. Forgot he was logged in last night! :crazy:

[Shell Beau]

7. So that is why he keeps transferring the pillows!! He wants

to make sure me and baby are comfy!! :rofl:

The pica makes perfect sense! That cracks me up!! :hi:

[Solon]

6. The simple answer is yes...

or at least, most likely, he either detects hormonal changes in you, or, and this is probably more likely, he knows you are "late", so to speak. I doubt he knows exactly what these changes mean, unless he has smelled it before, but any fundamental change like that probably disturbs him greatly, so he'll act out.

Oh, and congratulations! :)

[Shell Beau]

8. Thanks!! He is usually my "good" dog!

[Solon]

10. Just try to reassure him as best as possible, and weather the "storm"...

of his behavior. If he has no context, all he knows is that something is "wrong" and that can be very disturbing. He probably thinks you are sick. He should return to normal after you give birth, just be happy to have a dog who cares about you that much, and dog proof your house. :)

[Shell Beau]

12. I thought my dog proofing days were behind me. I have a 9, 6, and 4

year old dog. Even when you think you have dog proofed the house, they find something so random and tear it up! Here I go again!

[shanine]

9. When I was pregnant

My dog knew, she stayed by my side,or at my feet, slept near my belly and wouldn't let anyone near me! She went back to normal afterwards.

[DS1]

11. of course

ever since the amount of scraps after dinner dropped to zero, something's changed










:hide:

[Shell Beau]

13. Haha! You so funny!

I only wish I had a good appetite right now! If he thinks it is bad now, bless his heart for when I start really chowing down!!

:P