My Female chihuahua whines and behavior has changed after buying toy?

[brandy]

Hello,

My female chihuahua 1 and a half years old has changed after I bought her a toy.

I bought her a small racoon toy called Skinneez Stuffing Free Dog Toy. Which she has started to carry around everywhere by mouth. She cries when it's not beside her. She licks it and guards it, even to the point to where she will growl at my cat who she never used to growl at. She has started to whine alot, if she does not see it she will whine until I find it for her or she whines when ever I try calling her as if she does not want to leave the toy's side.

She never used to whine before.

I noticed she tries to hide it under my bed covers and sits on top of it and lays with it. She still chews and licks at it but she no longer tries to destroy it.

She has many toys. She usually destroys toys to the point to where they are unrecognizable and plays with the dismembered parts.

But lately I only see her playing with this toy, despite the fact that I bought her different toys. I buy her a new toy roughly 1 every 2 weeks usually.


It's starting to worry me because she has developed aggresive behavior towards my cat and my other older chihuahua who does not have interest in the toys at all.

This behavior has been occuring for roughly about 2-3 weeks since I gotten her that toy, and slowly has gotten worse. At first I thought it was cute and I was happy she enjoys her new toy, but the aggressive behavior that sprung from this toy has me worried??

Any suggestions or ideas why it would happen??
Have you ever experienced this before??
Sorry for the typo at the end.

 

[CorgiGirltLovesBeaut]

I have seen this kind of thing before. I think she may think it is her pup! That is why she is guarding it and whining when she is away from it.

Some dogs just start acting motherly to toys. I saw a dog once that had several phones that she considered puppies. My friends cat started caring for a stuffed kitten.

 

[m3amm]

It's okay it's pretty normal. I think every dog I've ever had(4 all together) has done this and it's usually the kind of toy that when they bite down it doesn't squeak... but when they let go of it, the air being released makes a whining almost cry of a noise. I just think they think it's their baby(even though all of my dogs have been spayed or neutered) and they are just caring for it and protecting it.

 

[JavierP]

well my dog does that but she gets false pregnancies.where she thinks the toy is her pup nad hse runs aroun the house whinning and hides it in the closet and stuff like that. my dog has false pregnancies im not saying yours does (she lactates and everything just doenst go into labor or have any pups) umm you can always take the toy away and see how she reacts.

 

[wizsap]

We had this happen with a chihuahua of ours once. It was with a stuffed black cat halloween toy. She even went as far as to try and nurse it after a while. The vet told us she was going through a "pseudo-pregnancy" with the toy. Her hormones told her this toy was her baby and she took care of it just like it was one with the bond she made with it. Might not be the same in your situation but at least similar. It took our chihuahua about 2 months to get over her toy and then she moved on like she did before and always has since.