my staffy keeps sucking his bed :s

hi everybody

i have a rescued 2 year old male staffy.
we've had him for almost a year know and hes a diamond no trouble at all.
for christmas we got him a new bed nothing amazing just a cushioned bed, we had him around a bitch for a couple of hours and he obviously got very frustrated and since then everytime he gets on his bed he dosnt chew it he sucks it :s any suggestions????

he doesnt listen when told to get off he cant be bribed with food and he doesnt want to play with any toys.

any ideas deeply appreciated.

How strange! I can understand chewing but never heard of sucking! If your finding it a problem then maybe another bed!?

did u wash the bed first? Maybe it has something to do with the smell of it or the female dog.

I have a three year old bitch who is a rescue dog and she also has a tendency to suck her bed cover. We adopted her one year ago today and brought back a bed with a separate blanket from the RSPCA at the same time.

Bailey is a total sweetheart and doesn't have any fixations with furniture in general, however, I will occasionally look down from the computer and see her lying with a piece of that blanket bunched up between her paws as she gently sucks it, eventually leading to a small hole. She doesn't do this constantly and I can always drag her away but I am sure it happens at some point every day and she always looks quite sheepish when this is happening.

A quick Google search I did suggests this practice is common with dogs that were removed from their mother too early. I wonder if the experience with the female has triggered some kind of psychological reaction in your dog that could be traced back to early experiences. I am not trying to be Freud here but it sounds more like a mental rather than physical problem. I wouldn't know how you can fix this but a dog behaviourist might know and perhaps you could ask the rescue home where you adopted him.