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Nesting but not pregnent
Dog nesting and not pregnant
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Posted: 3:27:48 PM 12/10/2006
My dog is nesting and using her toys as puppies but she's not pregnent. What should I do?
Posted: 4:21:26 PM 12/10/2006
Take her to the vet!
Posted: 4:59:33 PM 12/10/2006
Is she spayed? Sounds like a false pregnancy. It's not a very big deal, she will get over it in a few days. The best thing to stop her from doing this... have her spayed.

I would not consider this a vet emergency BTW.
Posted: 5:16:26 PM 12/10/2006
I have seen females spayed/unspayed do this year round. I doubt there is much to panic about.
Posted: 8:29:40 PM 12/10/2006
There are 4 stages to a dogs heat cycle
Proestrus, Estrus, Metestrus and Anestrus

It is during the Metestrus that dogs will nest, very common,
Posted: 10:29:32 PM 12/10/2006
Some dogs will nest when they have been around other pregnant dogs. Throw back from living in a pack.
Posted: 3:07:29 AM 5/10/2008
My dog, a 3 year old female unaltered female dachshund, has just started doing this behavior of nesting with her toys. Her heat cycle is not for another 2months and she is not pregnant or lactating. She has taken 4 squeaky toys into her bed and is mothering them. She gets frantic if someone picks one up and she barely leaves her bed only for a few minutes to potty, she truly acts as if they are babies! She has been doing this for the past 2 weeks...I'm at a loss for what to do? Should I take them away from her? She goes frantic when I do remove them so I'm afraid she will hurt herself or destroy my house trying to get to her "babies". Any suggestions? Does this warrant a trip to the vet? Is it normal and to what extent does it cross the line for normal female dog behavior?
PatchOPits
Posted: 8:42:53 AM 5/10/2008
I agree with those who said it is probably a false pregnancy if this is an unsprayed female.

Patch O' Pits , Home to Greatly Loved Ch GRCH, Therapy, & Agility APBTs
"When it Rains Play in the mud"
Drogheda Bullmastiff
Posted: 9:56:59 AM 5/10/2008
To jeskeya, are you showing or planning on breeding your dog? I am wondering if there is a reason why she is not spayed. According to my vet this behavior will probably become more of a problem the more heat cycles she goes thru and is not bred. In the future if she has a heat and is not bred she may start lactating and become even more moody. There are drugs that will shock the system back to normal but he doesn't reccommend doing that when spaying is a permanent solution.
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