Clingy Pets (PIP)

kjuryfl · June 2011

My two dogs have always been clingy.. always needing to be right on top of me at ALL times.. I was napping on the couch yesterday and my two dogs and non-snuggly kitty were all on me.. lol!

Someone posted a picture of their kitty snuggling their belly the other day.. and I remember thinking man.. I wish my cat did that!

Anyone else noticing a change in their animal(s) behavior?

laurenharrison · June 2011

our 2 dogs favor DH more but my kitty man o man she will not leave me alone... shes sleeps right next to me and everyday when I get home I find her napping in the rocker in the nursery. She has always been clingy but now shes super clingy and always wanting to be loved on. Shes knows somethings up shes smart.

BK33 · June 2011

LOL! My little yorkie spends most of her time with me so we are very close but lately she follows me everywhere. She will only eat if I feed her and she gets an attitude if MH takes her out instead of me. Yesterday I was unpacking all of our shower gifts and she fussed the entire time. It was almost as if she knew I was preparing for a new baby and she is JEALOUS!!!!! Stick out tongue

GBTeacherLady · June 2011

My cat did this too! She is never a cuddler but she came and sat on me the other day. My dog has always been snuggly but lately he will come over to me when I enter a room even if DH is petting him.

Duffgurl · June 2011

My kitty Baby Mish always need's to lay by my belly Big Smile

Its So Cute. My kitty Bruce may he RIP also loved to lay by my belly and would lick my tummy when it was bare. I think they just can sense the baby.

Iove.wins · June 2011

Yep! Pup 1 won't have anything to do with me, and actually has been acting more aggressive towards me than usual lately.

Pup 2 on the other hand has been SUPER attentive and likes to sit with his face pressed against my belly. I like to think LO is talking to him from inside

tnagewitch · June 2011

I have a Lab and Welsh Corgi.

My Lab has been GLUED to me recently, especially at night, which is hard because I overheat SO easily. When he first started to get clingy it made me very paranoid becasue you read all those articles where dogs seem to have ESP about when thier human is about to have a seizure or something is wrong.....one weekend my H was out of town and he was so underfoot that I was convinced that something was wrong with me or the baby.

Strangely my Corgi has been a little stand-offish....she's a pretty independent dog anyway and she still ALWAYS wants attention and play time with me in the mornings, but at night when it is time for bed she is content to sleep on her dog bed on the floor or even in her crate (in a room attached to our bedroom) where before she would insist on being on the bed (yes, we are one of those weird couples who let our dogs lay in bed with us....flame away).

They both naturally LOVE kids, which is very neat since this is our first, but anytime we go to the doggie park they just gravitate towards children, so I am not worried about my Corgi, but the pregnancy interaction has been interesting to observe.

moose1178 · June 2011

YES! I didn't think it was possible but my dog has become what my DH likes to call "pathetic", the word I choose is "adorable". My dog (after puppy years) has always been snuggly and wanted to be pet but lately it is all he can do to get as close as possible and as often as possible to me. He tries to lay on me but I won't allow it since he is 60lbs. He will lay his head on my bump and some times LO will kick his head and he will just pick up his head for a second and lay it back down. He totally knows something is in there.

etoyama · June 2011

Yes! My cats have always been clingy, but lately the female one is especially so. That's a cute pic!

catahoulatte · June 2011

Ours are too!

The lab is always clingy, that hasn't changed. He has been suprisingly more gentle with me, which is shocking. He loves to lean against you when you're scratching him, and he's very careful not to step on me or bump me, which is not easy for a clumsy lab.

Our 'houla has never been a big attention seeker/clinger, but she needs to know where I am at all times. She'll follow me around just to sit in the same room as me and watch me, and she seeks out attention from me more, but not DH. She also LOVES the baby's room, and she never hung out in there when it was a guest room. Maybe it's the different furniture Wink

twohniyt · June 2011

Yep, my cats have become extremely clingy. One of them ever since I found out I was pregnant started sleeping above my head. As soon as I get home they both come running down the stairs. And no matter which room I go to they follow. There are two couches in our family room that I like to sit on. I can go back and forth between them and they follow. My husband thinks its odd how they follow me around, but he is just happy they're leaving him alone. LOL.

betsy538 · June 2011

My cat is typically not the clingy type, but since I got pregnant she is all over me! She lays on my belly all the time, when my little guy decides that he's had enough of her laying on him, he'll kick her until she gets off...so funny!