True love...
- Thread starter toughb
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this reminds me of (before I was born) my brother: my parents had a german sheppard and when they brought him home from the hospital the dog took it upon herself to become his protector. My mother couldn't go near him, feed him, or anything and when they locked the dog in another room, it went nuts.
They eventually had to get rid of the dog (I told em they shoulda got rid of my brother lol).....
They eventually had to get rid of the dog (I told em they shoulda got rid of my brother lol).....
Mammals a weird. There have been plenty of examples of fully grown predators caring for baby prey animals for short periods of time. Example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdhG5bNMei0
That's some deeply hard coded behaviour... (Particularly for female mammals.)
But in the case of domestic animals it can go the other way where the pet will see the new baby as a rival. I've know of several people who gave away their beloved pets when they were expecting a child for that reason... Well, that and the potential for accidents...
There was a story acouple years ago of a toddler that wandered off with the family dog. They got lost in the woods overnight. Rescuers found them the next day and discovered that the dog sat on the kid all night to keep him warm thus saving him from dieing of hypothermia.
I watched that video and couldn't help but wonder: what really happened to that Baboon baby. The Cheetah wasn't lactating to produce milk to feed the newborn so it probably didn't survive long......
