2007-03-05 02:31:10 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Dogs
You dog is trying to display dominance over your daughter, it's not sexual in any way. Your dog obviously thinks she should have a higher pecking order than your daughter. You as the 'alpha' are probably the only one who can safely stop this. Don't let it turn into aggression, dogs need to have a defined pecking order!
2007-03-05 04:52:04 · answer #1 · answered by Roland'sMommy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Humping legs has little to nothing to do with the dog's need for sexual interaction. Instead, it's a dominance issue. Your dog sees itself as being dominant or needing to establish dominance over your daughter. When the dog does this, your daughter should push her off and scold her for doing that. Also, read up on a couple of dog books that have information about establishing dominance of your family members over the dog, that way the pup will know its place in the household and hopefully this won't be an issue any longer.
2007-03-05 02:39:48 · answer #2 · answered by Susan S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are several possible explanations for this behavioral change. Mounting behaviors occur due to sexual hormone influences, dominance behavior, anxiety, and sometimes as a sort of obsessive/compulsive disorder. Spaying a female dog will sometimes result in an increase in testosterone
influence, if they produce androgenic (testosterone-like) hormones at higher levels than most females and then the suppressing effect of estrogen is removed due to spaying. This can cause an increase in aggressive or dominance behaviors and that can mean that mounting (humping) behaviors will occur. It is possible to test for hormonal levels and to get an idea whether this is the problem, if that seems necessary at any point. Whether or not you should be concerned is hard to say. This is actually relatively normal behavior unless it does get so prevalent that you have to consider an obsessive/compulsive or anxiety based cause. In those cases, there are medications that can help, such as fluoxetine (Prozac Rx) or
clomipramine (Clomicalm Rx). Most of the time medications are not the answer. It is OK to discourage this behavior, if it doesn't slow down, using distracting commands such as "sit", "here", "down", etc, or by using a head-halter type collar and stopping the behavior each time it starts by controlling your dog with the halter.
2007-03-05 03:00:23 · answer #3 · answered by Jessica♥sRRidgebacks 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My dog always did that as a sign of dominance. My friend used to laugh at her a lot and that made her mad. She would bark at her and the hump her. My little one was also jealous of her taking up my time. She eventually stopped when she no longer saw her as a threat. I hope that helps! Good Luck!
2007-03-05 02:47:50 · answer #4 · answered by pashashoney 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its a dominance thing. It can be compared to a slap in the face and sayin I'm in charge.
Your dog needs to get into obedience classes yesterday, and make sure your daughter participates as well. Do this before the problem escalates any further.
2007-03-05 02:43:12 · answer #5 · answered by Bindi *dogtrainingbyjess.com* 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Humping is not always sexual. It's also a way for the dog to show dominance.
2007-03-05 02:39:24 · answer #6 · answered by W. 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your daughter needs to put the dog in its place if she is old enough. Otherwise you need to. The dog sees itself as higher than her in dominance.
Check out www.dogbreedinfo.com They have a great area about becoming alpha and maintaining it, along with how to handle dogs vs. children and such.
2007-03-05 02:42:49 · answer #7 · answered by Showtunes 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your dog is exerting a dominance behavior. many dogs will do that to show there the alpha dog in the pack.
2007-03-05 02:44:44 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe for the same reason that male dogs lick their balls. Because they can.
2007-03-05 02:38:56 · answer #9 · answered by Jabberwock 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋