my dog nursing my kitten?

my puppy... annabella was sitting there the other night... well laying there sleeping and our kitten harley jr. came over and started nuzzling her... as we watched... he latched on a nursed for about 30 minutes!!!

the next night... i watched the same thing happen on my bedroom floor.

i couldn't figure out what the little red pin pricks were on annabella's belly... now i know... it's from harley jr. kneeding while he nurses LOL

i'm assuming he's not getting anything, as she's only a pup herself... but i figure the bond they are creating is priceless!!!

http://www.timelessspirit.com/images/dog/nursing.jpg

I have heard of nursing dogs feeding kittens and vice versa. Same thing with pigs and tiger cubs, but this is an interesting event !

yes, especially since she's never been a mother! she's only a pup... born march 6th 2007.

it's so cute... harley jr. nurses and she wakes up... licks his face and he continues on and she goes back to sleep LOL just like she's a mama.

i know harley jr. looks big in this pic... but he's not. he's only about 10 weeks old. he was born may 19th 2007

That is so sweet! What a beautiful dog!

thanks... here's another recent pic of her.

http://www.timelessspirit.com/images...bellaaug07.jpg

that's so funny! when we first got gypsy when she was a kitten, i think it was the second night, she searched and searched for a good nip on nevaeh, our dog! for about 2 hours she kept looking... poor girl! maybe she wasn't quite ready to leave mama yet!

That is so cute :) My cat is 11 but sometimes he will "nurse" off of stuffed animals.. weirdos :)

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That is so cute :) My cat is 11 but sometimes he will "nurse" off of stuffed animals.. weirdos :)

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lmao! that's maybe the weirdest thing i've heard of a cat doing!

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Originally Posted by Ginevive

That is so cute :) My cat is 11 but sometimes he will "nurse" off of stuffed animals.. weirdos :)

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usually that means that they were taken away before they were fully weaned and/or something tramatic happened to them when they were young and they do that for security reasons or stress relief. But yeah its weird to watch them do that. cute pic of the kitten nursing on the puppy. At least they will get along. :D

well harley jr didn't leave his mama until he was 8 weeks old... so i find this a little odd LOL but very very cute :)

as an "extended nursing mom" i cherish stuff like this :)

(no, i'm not nursing my 8 year old LOL)

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(no, i'm not nursing my 8 year old LOL)

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LOL that would really be extended nursing!!! and I'd have to give you kudos for doing it that long.... heh.

hahahahaha do i get kudos for nursing two kids till they were 4?

triple kudos per kid.. man I'm lucky I am able to nurse till they are three months.. cant produce fast enough for them :( breaks my heart but I /diddo the best that I could/can.

i'm sure you did. my first weaned at 13 months... the other two took forever to wean LOL but i'm happy to be of service... although now... they are "retired" LOL

hey i should get a tattoo... "pleasure use only" :8:

what a funny and interesting thread... my son of 17mos finally just weaned recently.. hes still asking for it but thankfully a playfull "no" along with some distraction has worked wonders

yeah for extended nursers!!! i agree with the tat! although my hubby glad to have his "girls" back

Our old female cat Pusster Kitty nursed off our female Lab, Shadow, when we first got them both. Shad was a young adult dog but had never been bred. She'd lay for hours letting that little kitten try to get milk. Puss had been weaned appropriately but I think just wanted to see if anything was being offered. We did have to break them of it as Puss would scratch up Shad's belly quite a bit with her claws. They did bond closely and were the best of buddies until Shadow's passing at age 11 (Puss lived on to age 18).

I did have to toss out my favorite housecoat as Puss would constantly try to nurse on a corner of it too. Something about the texture always made her want to nurse even into adulthood.

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usually that means that they were taken away before they were fully weaned and/or something tramatic happened to them when they were young and they do that for security reasons or stress relief. But yeah its weird to watch them do that. cute pic of the kitten nursing on the puppy. At least they will get along. :D

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I believe it. We got Inky when he was 8 yrs.old from the SPCA. He had been IDed as belonging to people after being picked up as a stray, and his former owners said to let him go up for adoption. :( He is around 12 years of age now.

Wow that's really cute.. your doggie is very tolerant!

My cats both knead (make biscuits we always call it..) but I've never seen them try to nurse on anything.

We got two half Bengal kittens a few weeks ago. They were only 6 weeks old - really too early to leave Mum but because Mum was having medical problems we got the kittens. Our Tomcat, Chico took it upon himself to play surrogate Mum.


Here's a little video clip of one of the kittens trying to nurse from Chico.

http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y22...t=db5c69da.flv

Here's surrogate "Mum" with the kittens. They still curl up together. The kittens are 3 months old now and have had all their shots. Their Mum has also recovered. The mother cat belongs to one of my colleagues and she is a pedigree Snow Bengal. Unfortunately she had an affair with the local Tom cat (he snuck in an open window) and four gorgeous kittens were the result.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y22...s/PICT0088.jpg

These pics were taken the first week we got them so they've grown a lot since then.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y22...s/PICT0085.jpg

Oh that's hilarious! Your male cat thinks he's a female and has tried to nurse and "mother" the kittens???? That's pretty amazing. Our neutered tom was exactly the opposite. You couldn't trust him around a kitten, he got very aggressive with them. Anytime we rescued abandoned kittens we had to keep Barney locked away from them for their own safety.

that is way too cute LOL a male nursing...