Can You Say I-N-F-E-C-T-I-O-N?

Note: If you've clicked over to this post from Nicholas Packwood's Ghost of a Flea site, I invite you to read this.

Don't breastfeed your dog. Sorry, but this is beyond my scope of understanding. From the Swedish papers, Expressen and Aftonbladet, we have this photo of a New Zealand woman, who thinks it's a great idea to breastfeed Honey Boy, her Staffordshire terrier-valp (puppy). Apparently her baby was done breastfeeding, and she decided to expand the definition of wet-nursing, inter-species style. Greaaaaat.

Photo: PRESSENS BILD 

From The New Zealand Herald:

A Hawke's Bay woman says she is breastfeeding her staffordshire bull terrier pup because she wants the dog to protect her baby girl as the pair grow up.

Does this sound rational to you?

Apparently she's two months pregnant now. What's she gonna do -- assuming she doesn't catch any diseases from the dog and pass them along to her developing baby -- when her baby is born and Honey Boy, the adult dog, becomes over-protective of his nipple-turf? Human moms can't socialize pups like dog moms know how to, and I'm wagering this pup's going to have serious doggy psychology and behavioral problems, which could be dangerous to the woman's baby.

Update: Doglinks reports on the Dominion Post stories that (a)  animal experts are concerned that the dog could turn savage as a result of being breastfed, and (b) the woman's three-month old baby may have been apprehended from her. It seems that I wasn't the only one with concerns.