Does anyone else's pooch do this?

[Charlie'sMom]

I bought Charlie a bunch of new toys for his birthday a few weeks ago, and in the past few days we have noticed something really odd.

Whenever he plays with his alligator tuffy toy he whines. He chews like crazy on the rope toy ... no whining. He carries and tosses around the stuffed duck and goose ... no whining. He picks up the alligator to chew on, give kisses etc ... and he whines intermittently.

I don't get it! Any ideas why he does this?

 

[new_2_newf]

hehehehe....because he loves his gator! Sulley 'talks' when he has his stuffed Kong.

 

[NessaM]

Pooka does this whenever he has a toy that makes crazy noises. Not squeaks, but if it makes hoots or animal noises etc he cries while he's nursing it.

 

[NewfLove]

Is the material on that toy different than the others? Darcy nurses on ANYTHING that is the soft/lamb's wool-type fabric, whether it be her toy, a stuffed animal, or a bean bag chair!

 

[Brody the Newf]

Brody won't chew on his toy while whining, he paces instead. I think he wants to bury it but doesn't know how.

 

[Charlie'sMom]

Is the material on that toy different than the others? Darcy nurses on ANYTHING that is the soft/lamb's wool-type fabric, whether it be her toy, a stuffed animal, or a bean bag chair!

The fabric is the same as the other tuffy toys he has (he has a tuffy sheep, pig, octopus, and disc) ... it is just an alligator shape. He has never had a tuffy be a "favourite" before, he just chews them until the stuffing pops out!

His old favourite toy was a stuffed monkey that squealed, he would carry it everywhere, put it in my bed with me at night time, guard it from the cat etc ... but he never whined at the monkey (he just didn't let it out of his sight)

 

[Thule's Mom]

Thule only nurses on her ducky, but she doesn't make noises... she's not very talkative as a rule!