question about my dogs?

Question

Ok i just adopted a female rat terrier and we already have a male min pin,, we brought her home on saturday, and every sence my male will not leave her alone all he wants to do is try to hump her and he is a pretty big min pin and she is a small type of rat terrier im afraid he is going to hurt her,, she was just spayed on friday so she still has stitches, and im loosing my mind, how can i get him to settle down and for them to get along cause she keeps snapping at him,,, he like he is on a sugar high or something he is spazing out,,,, What can i do to get him to settle down??? Any help would be greatly appreated

Answer 1

Get a harness on the male, and keep him with you on a long leash until he settles down....

Answer 2

Wow!
You need to crate your boy and put him in a different room altogether. Your new girl needs to stay calm so she can heal.
When male dogs think there is a chance they will get to breed they just don't let the subject die, they will do everything possible to do it and that is why you are frazzled.
Please know that it seems like your boy has been abducted by aliens and replaces with some psycho dog, but your sweet boy will return.
For now, you need to keep him kenneled. You can expect him to not eat. Don't worry, that is normal behavior when a female in heat is around. He will still drink water and if he doesn't eat much all week, don't worry. Just put a small bowl of food in his crate with him so if he wants a little it is right there. For now, because you have a dog recovering from surgery, you need to keep the male crated pretty much all the time until the other dog gets better. Don't worry, he won't die and it isn't cruel to do this as a temporary fix. He's going crazy already, being crated may help him settle down.
Then, put the female in her crate and put her in another room and get the male out for some exercise and playtime. Keep them completely separated for now.
When did your vet say the girl would be ready for activity? When she is ready to resume normal life, give her a good bath. Then, let the two dogs be near each other. You can even put them on leashes so you can control the behavior if needed. The male should settle down pretty soon because the female isn't smelling like she's in heat. But if she has her strength back and he drives her crazy, let her growl at him or do a snap, but on leashes. Your boy needs to know she isn't going to stand for that behavior anymore. (Don't let them bite each other). It shouldn't take long for your boy to figure out she's not interested. Just keep a close eye on them when they are together then for that first week, after that they should be just fine.

You can also put smelly stuff on his nose in an effort to ruin his smelling abilities toward her. (TEMP fix, not a permanent one) Vicks vaporub is one that is used when showing dogs to keep the boys from getting distracted in the ring.

Good luck!!

Answer 3

Your dogs are sorting out who will be the Alpha.

The humping is an act of dominance (not sexual). The snapping is her protest to accept him as the Alpha. It probably won't stop until they sort it out for themselves.

Because your new dog has just had surgery, when it gets to be too much for her, you should separate them so that everyone gets a break. But not all the time because you do want them to sort it out.

It will probably take a week or two for everyone to find their place in the heirchy and be comfortable with it.

Make sure your min-pin is accepting YOU as the Alpha, most importantly. That way when you are present, he should be taking direction from you and backing off at your command.

I wouldn't leave them together, unattended till things settle down.

Answer 4

Your dog with stitches should be CRATED to protect her from the Min Pin trying to hump her. He could rip her stitches out, which could seriously injure her or encourage an infection.

Once she is healed, some serious obedience training is needed so that your min pin will obey. He feels his spot in the heirarchy of your pack is threatened, so he is humping her to make sure she knows he's above her in the heirarchy. Eventually he might settle down if she submits, but it sounds like these dogs could use some obedience training.

Answer 5

Keep them separated for at least a few days, until the incision has closed on its own and there is little danger if a stitch does come out.

Allow her to snap at him; she should be the one telling him to back off. If he doesn't listen, then you should remove him and do whatever you think will get the message across (could be as simple as telling him to knock it off, then having him sit still for a few seconds, could be that he needs a time-out for one minute). Make sure that you do not yell at her for snapping. If she gets in trouble for defending herself there will be worse problems down the line.

If things are not better (perhaps not "cured," but better) after a couple of days, have a trainer observe them. There may be more going on than meets the eye.

Answer 6

You might want to try to keep her separated for a couple of weeks so that she can heal without ripping a stitch. Look the male in the eye and tell him no everytime he trys to hump. Once you have scolded him do not make eye contact for a few minutes and keep your legs and arms crossed to show discontent and an unwelcoming theme. He should ge the idea that this action displeases you and he will want to stop to keep you happy.

Answer 7

keep them separated for awile at least until the stitches are healed and your female is feeling better. Introduce them slowly and you have to make sure that the male still knows that you love him. also I would find someone that has a female min pin. that wants to breed then get him fixed and hopefully this will stop

Answer 8

Yes the dogs should be kept separated at least until her incision has fully healed. He is trying to show dominance over her by humping but easily could hurt her this close out of surgery. If he isn't fixed as well, I'd advise that asap too. Good luck!

Answer 9

Has your male been fixed? If not then I would say that is the next logical step in getting him to calm down.

Answer 10

Keep them separated until she heals from the surgery. Then introduce them slowly.