I have a 2 year old BARC rescue dog who has to suck on a pillow to fall asleep. He is about 100 pounds and the bigger the pillow the better. I have tried to figure out why he does this. He was taken away from his mum at about 3 weeks. (!!!!!) He was then shipped here from Russia and sold at the auction. I brought him home at around 5 weeks. His papers said he was 9 weeks. He couldn't even eat solid food. Anyway, I think he missed his bonding time with mum. Now, he has his Max pillow to help him. Even my three kids (8,6, and 4 ) know to get him his Max pillow.
Courtney and Max (suckling away) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan Berlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Bernese Mountain Dog Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 4:21 PM Subject: Re: Suckling Pup > > how many people on the list have dogs that still suckle in their sleep long > after they've been weaned? > > My dogs don't -- but one of my sons did this till he was nine or ten! > Heart-melting. > > Susan > (and Djinn and Riley...and the cats Smudge and Cleo) >
