# Puppy Snatcher (Prepare to Squee!) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 15, 2007, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puppy-snatcher-prepare-to-squee/400257 "2007-04-15T21:45:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puppy-snatcher-prepare-to-squee/400257/1 "2007-04-15T21:45:21Z")
Too cute for words! [Photo Storage](http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y51/samanthakotz/?action=view¤t=puppy_snatcher.flv) (Video - requires latest Flash player) ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puppy-snatcher-prepare-to-squee/400257/2 "2007-04-15T21:55:17Z")
Is that cat milking the puppies? :eek: Does that even work? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puppy-snatcher-prepare-to-squee/400257/3 "2007-04-15T22:14:24Z")
[QUOTE=Sage Rat] Is that cat milking the puppies? :eek: Does that even work? 😕 [/QUOTE] Why not, I drink cow milk. I can see a capacity problem shortly though if she is. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puppy-snatcher-prepare-to-squee/400257/4 "2007-04-15T22:17:45Z")
[QUOTE=Sage Rat] Is that cat milking the puppies? [/QUOTE] No, she’s nursing them. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puppy-snatcher-prepare-to-squee/400257/5 "2007-04-15T22:19:34Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] No, she’s nursing them. :rolleyes: [/QUOTE] Where’s her rubber gloves then? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puppy-snatcher-prepare-to-squee/400257/6 "2007-04-15T22:21:32Z")
[QUOTE=Struan] Why not, I drink cow milk. I can see a capacity problem shortly though if she is. [/QUOTE] Yes, but humans don’t even switch to formula until after they’re several (time units) old. I’d be worried that the puppies wouldn’t be getting the right nutrients. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puppy-snatcher-prepare-to-squee/400257/7 "2007-04-15T22:21:42Z")
That video is one giant awwww. But both pets need to be spayed, fer cryin’ out loud. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puppy-snatcher-prepare-to-squee/400257/8 "2007-04-15T22:33:03Z")
[QUOTE=Sage Rat] Yes, but humans don’t even switch to formula until after they’re several (time units) old. I’d be worried that the puppies wouldn’t be getting the right nutrients. [/QUOTE] That’s a good point. [This cite](http://www.petalia.com.au/Templates/StoryTemplate_Process.cfm?Story_No=753) states that the first two to four weeks of mothers milk are important for immunological purposes. Hmmm. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puppy-snatcher-prepare-to-squee/400257/9 "2007-04-15T22:33:04Z")
[QUOTE=Sage Rat] Yes, but humans don’t even switch to formula until after they’re several (time units) old. I’d be worried that the puppies wouldn’t be getting the right nutrients. [/QUOTE] Apparently, animals in the wild can often be found “surrogate nursing”. > [@](#): > > [http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/dailycourier/s\_446072.html](http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/dailycourier/s_446072.html) > > Dr. William Sheperd, veterinarian for Camelot Veterinary Services in Uniontown, says that in the animal kingdom, it’s not at all unusual to have a surrogate mother nurse another animal, even if it’s from another species. > > “It’s their maternal instincts,” Sheperd says. > > He adds that there have been cases where horses and cows have nursed offspring that was rejected. The only real concern seems to be the one brought up by **Struan**. . . > [@](#): > > While Sheperd says there is no health risk of a puppy drinking a cat’s milk, his only concern is if the mother cat would make enough milk for the puppy. > > “Puppies sometimes require more milk than kittens,” he says. ---
**Author:** ![1010011010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/ea666f/32.png) [@1010011010](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1010011010)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puppy-snatcher-prepare-to-squee/400257/10 "2007-04-15T23:07:11Z")
[QUOTE=Sage Rat] Yes, but humans don’t even switch to formula until after they’re several (time units) old. I’d be worried that the puppies wouldn’t be getting the right nutrients. [/QUOTE] :dubious: Some humans don’t switch to formula. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puppy-snatcher-prepare-to-squee/400257/11 "2007-04-15T23:27:52Z")
and some humans are started on formula from day one. ---
**Author:** ![Kneepants\_Erasmus\_the\_Humanist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/54ee81/32.png) [@Kneepants\_Erasmus\_the\_Humanist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kneepants_Erasmus_the_Humanist)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puppy-snatcher-prepare-to-squee/400257/12 "2007-04-16T00:40:49Z")
[QUOTE=1010011010] :dubious: Some humans don’t switch to formula. :dubious: [/QUOTE] So they are breastfed…_forever_ ??? Poor mom. ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puppy-snatcher-prepare-to-squee/400257/13 "2007-04-16T11:42:12Z")
[QUOTE=Kneepants Erasmus, the Humanist] So they are breastfed…_forever_ ??? Poor mom. [/QUOTE] My older two were never switched to formula. I nursed them exclusively at first, then gradually introduced solids, water, and juices. As they got older, they also had a limited amount of other liquids like tea and soft drinks, and after their first birthday, I gave them cow’s milk. But they never had formula, unless you count the fact that my son had a syringeful twice before he left the hospital (to raise his blood sugar, he was a high-birthweight baby). I did try to get my son to take formula a few times after that (like when we were dining out), but he wouldn’t have it, the little turkey! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puppy-snatcher-prepare-to-squee/400257/14 "2007-04-16T12:23:31Z")
[QUOTE=Struan] That’s a good point. [This cite](http://www.petalia.com.au/Templates/StoryTemplate_Process.cfm?Story_No=753) states that the first two to four weeks of mothers milk are important for immunological purposes. Hmmm. [/QUOTE] But at least the puppy won’t get cat flu 😉 Si