What does it mean when a dog does this? and does your dog do this?
 

she "sucks" on her doggy bed's cushion and falls asleep like this. like she is sucking on a pacifer lmao. its so cute. i thought it was her own special quirk and thought it didnt mean anything but i told my friend about it and she told me her mini schnauzer does it as well. SO i was wondering what could it possibly mean? why does she do it? or is it just because she like to.

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I think its like a baby sucking their thumb. Comfort sucking. Rita does it in her sleep one in a while.

I think its comfort sucking as well. Sometimes you can hear Abby making sucking noises while she is sleeping

Bruschi does it in his sleep.

BTW I LOVE that bed! Where did you get it?

mighty does it also

thanks!! and i got it from sams club i dont know if there is one where you live. a comparable store would be costco

Cleo does it too...LOL

wow alot of dogs do this!! thats so cute!!! lmaoo

my other dog gottie doesnt do it at all. lol

Sinead does it.

We have a costo right down the street. I'm going to have to look. Thanks!

None of the large Costco ones are quite like that. I've seen two different ones there, both of which I have. One is a large rectangle, the other is round.

They are $17.99 and have removeable covers for easy washing. At the price point, they are cheap enough that if they get heavily soiled, it's not a big burden to replace. Sug's rectangular one she had a crate diarrheal explosion on. I washed both the cover and the insides, and they both turned out just fine.

They are constantly changing their patterns, too.

Both of hers get washed once a week and the round one I've had for a year, so it's held up really well. I only have a shot of the round one when I had it at work after her spay.

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My mom's EB has had the same stuffed raccoon since he was a pup and he puts the whole head in his mouth and sucks on it every evening. She has to be sure to wash it so that it is dry by the evening because if not he will walk around whining if he can't find it. When they travel they have to take it with them. Just last week they were on a ferry on their way back from a trip to Martha's Vineyard and he opened my mom's bag to get his raccoon and started sucking it sprawled across one of the seats on the ferry and everyone was watching him laughing hysterically.

Lucy suckles in her sleep. Sometimes I stick my finger in her mouth and she suckles on that, wakes up and looks ashamed, like she's a big kid caught sneaking a pacifier.

My dog does it too. He also eats his beds. We go through 2-3 every year.

Spike does it too. http://www.pitbull-chat.com/images/smilies/lol.gif

We cant keepa dog bed around here...Cleo eats them! Lol...crazy dog!

My mastiff does it to everything he lays on!

Yea Butters Suckles her tongue lol. Everytime i here her suckling, i look over & her tongue is half way outta her mouth & sure enuff thats what she is suckling on. LOL Perfectly Normal