Bella currently has a hormonal imbalance that makes her think she has given birth to a motely crew that she personally selected from the many, many dog toys the girls share. Extremely protective of this odd brood, she will repeatedly clean each one of her "pretend" babies from stem to stern and even protectively tuck them under her to nurse.

Although NONE of our current 3 Chihuahua girls will ever have the chance to be a mother, Bella probably would have made a great one with real puppies that actually look a bit more like her & can respond to her attention. In this photo, there is a "litter" of 5. "Smiley" the Bobo is under her in position to nurse. So is "Green Teddy". "Pink Squirrel", "Pink Pig", and "Santa Monkey" already had their turn and have been cleaned. Bella knows each one of her "babies" by name.