My 2 yr old, spayed female spaniel humps everything she an get her front claws into...she is surrounded by testosterone, 2 teen boys and an 'intact' man..I've noticed she 'does' get worse when the kids friends are round too ...Could THIS be the reason why?..If so How would she know? Can she 'smell' them?
2006-09-13 12:03:40 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Dogs
Your dog is displaying a dominating behavior. Refer to Cesar Millan "Dog whisperer". This behavior unchecked could lead to further problems. Food aggression, stealing toys, biting and so on. You need to become the leader of the pack. Take control of the situation now. Start with a one hour walk, the dog walks on your left or right in the heel position. Behind you, never in front, no sniffing, no squatting, no attention to anyone but you. You put the collar on when the dog approaches you. Don't act all excited, you go out the door first, then the dog. If you have to stop and close the door make sure the dog sits and waits for you to do this. Then walk, brisk, no nonsense one hour. Do this everyday. When the dog starts to hump on anyone then you tell the dog to go away with a snap of your fingers and some kind of sound; sh, ah; and point to the area where you want the dog to go. The floor, 5 feet away from you or whomever is receiving the behavior. The more consistent you are about correcting unwanted behavior, the better your dog will be.
P.S. This also works on kids. Watch Cesar Millan on the National Geographic Channel.
2006-09-13 12:24:39 · answer #1 · answered by Dale R 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It all depends on what age you had her spayed to rule out it being of a sexual nature.
I have a 5 yo spayed female. She was not spayed until a year ago. She will hump my other female and the males. She is not being dominant, she is worse when the other female comes into heat. She had 2 litters of puppies.
She can smell the other female in heat for sure.
She never humps us at all, that is our legs, our furniture etc.
Dogs jumping on other dogs backs is a sure sign of dominance, that is the dog is not coming from behind the other dog to jump up on it.
So if your dog had a heat cycle or pups before it was spayed or been around other entire dogs it can be learned behaviour.
Just like an uncastred male will lift the leg, compared to a castrated male under 6 months will in most cases not lift the leg because it has not learnt or testosterone did not kick in soon enough to encourage male behaviour.
2006-09-13 20:02:49 · answer #2 · answered by lucas 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Humping behavior can depend on several phenomena.
In some dogs, it is an expression of anxiety - either through inbreeding (aka purebred) or conditioning, this behavior is an expression of, say, being around hyper children.
It could be an arousal mechanism - emus are known to be sexually attracted to humans, so much so that travelers in emu-populated areas are advised to look out for these birds.
Some biologists say that is due to the animal's sensing a human's pheromones - which is controversial since it has not been conclusively determined that humans have pheromones.
However, dogs are known to be able to distinguish between genders in humans (ie, male Shih Tzus infinitely prefer the company of female humans to male humans, so much so that they have been observed leaving the side of a man when a woman enters the room; female Shih Tzus exhibit no such consistent preference), as well as between mature and immature humans (which explains the protective nature of some animals towards, say, a crying infant.)
2006-09-13 19:14:38 · answer #3 · answered by Veritatum17 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dogs have an excellent sense of smell.
Bet your bottom dollar she can smell them.
2006-09-13 19:11:37 · answer #4 · answered by starrdevine 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so.
2006-09-13 19:09:30 · answer #5 · answered by G. B. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋