Each statement describes two words that when fused together create a new unrelated word (not a compound word). The clues do not necessarily indicate in which order the two words are attached.
Example: This is the oldness of a tablet (pill + age = pillage).
1) This is a canine’s mother.
2) This is currently not there.
3) This is when pain is required.
4) This is a long time for a boar.
Paul was a passionate masseur. For years, he pounded, stretched, pulled and relaxed the most burdened, stressed, bent-out-of-shape bodies. Then late one day, rather unexpectedly, he was fired.
Apparently his last client complained that he had rubbed her the wrong way.