False pregnancy sometimes occurs after a normal heat cycle in the un-spayed female dog that has not actually conceived.
Not exact matches
Sometimes dogs that are in pain from things like spinal disc problems will exhibit behavior similar to what Shatzie is exhibiting but it doesn't sound that likely, especially with a previous history of this type of behavior with
false pregnancies.
Mother dogs
sometimes «guard» their babies from very long distances and generally do not bite unless the puppy or toy (which the dog perceives to be a puppy during a
false pregnancy) is taken.
A normal, annoying,
sometimes disappointing, and dangerous behavior pattern seen in unspayed female dogs is pseudopregnancy (also called
false pregnancy or pseudocyesis).