Can dogs be gay?

Question

I think my dog is a Lesbian.

She goes beyond merely sniffing the neighbors dog "Paris" and sometimes---and it conflicts with my Judeo-Christian upbringing.

JKr

Answer 1

No, dogs are not 'gay'..For instance, if in estrous and given the option of the opposite gender, they will choose the opposite gender. The definition of 'gay', is *preferring* sexual relationships with the same gender..However, dogs show humping and/or sexual interest in either gender. Usually it is merely a communication of pack order, but is sometimes triggered by a scent. Your neighbor's dog likely produces confusing smells (ether from her own self, in the form of hormones, where she rolled, etc..or the application of perfumed cosmetics, such as shampoos) Dogs don't go by visual means of determining gender, but by scent..
I have raised many species of animals (exotic farm) and most, if not all animals behave that way..
(horses, cattle, sheep, ostriches, barnyard fowl, rabbits, goats, llamas, etc)

Answer 2

No. The activities you are talking about have nothing to do with sex.

If the female were gay and came into heat, do you think she would fight a male off and reject breeding when the time was right ?

If the male were gay and you put a female in heat with the breeding cycle ready, do you think the male is going to fight the female to keep her from 'flagging' that she is ready? Do you think the male would leave her alone or run from her because he's gay and not into females ?


It is a strong instinct to breed, yes, but when a female is ready. The other is playing, dominating and establishing pecking order.

For sniffing, it is a way of identifying each other. It is social. We have our own body odor, just not as strong.

The low bow, high stance with ears higher than the head and tail wagging furiously, the hair sticking up along the back, the eye contact or lack of eye contact, the mouth placed over another muzzle, the pawing of the front at another dog, the little woofs or growls, the rolling over of a puppy in submission to a big dog so she won't be hurt, the marking of a tree and then the other follows suit and scratches the dirt, the nuzzle of one dog to another like on the ear, the grabbing of the neck gently in play as opposed to tearing of flesh to kill, offering a toy to another dog to play tug-a-war like fighting over a bone if they were wild......

Look this information up on dog care sites describing 'behavior.'

Dogs are not gay.

Breeding sets off hormones to breed and mate. Some females do each other while in season if there is no male around or they may do it to the male to tell him she's accepting. Males may hump another male or female that is not in season or neutered, or bunched up blanket, bedding, etc. to relieve themselves if a female in season is around. The instinct to breed is strong.

The other contact is communication of some sort - you have to add in the other behaviors, the pack establishment, the age, if neutered, etc. to tell what is going on.

Dogs still have traits of the wolf and it shows up in different ways.

Humping a person can be playing, feeling pleasure, or establishing dominance. Take your fingers and wack your dog on the nose ! Any time and EVERY time, tell her 'no' firmly and correct her hard enough to make her stop.

Do not encourage wrong behavior and distract or correct them. Neutered animals don't usually do this.

Answer 3

They've been keeping it from us: There are homosexual and bisexual animals, ranging from charismatic megafauna like mountain gorillas to cats, dogs and guinea pigs. There are transgendered animals, transvestite animals (who adopt the behavior of the other gender but don't have sex with their own), and animals who live in bisexual triads and quartets.

Bruce Bagemihl spent 10 years scouring the biological literature for data on alternative sexuality in animals to write "Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity," 768 pages about exactly what goes on at "South Park's" Big Gay Al's Big Gay Animal Sanctuary. The first section discusses animal sexuality in its many forms and the ways biologists have tried to explain it away. The second section, "A Wondrous Bestiary," describes unconventional sexuality in nearly 200 mammals and birds -- orangutans, whales, warthogs, fruit bats, chaffinches.

Bagemihl's dry style is obedient to the precepts of scientific writing. He explains why animals can be called homosexual or bisexual, but not gay, lesbian or queer, and he follows the rules -- though "homosexual" frightens some who prefer terms like male-only social interactions, multifemale associations, unisexuality, isosexuality or intrasexuality. (Fortunately, as a book reviewer, I am not bound by this rule. We're talking gay animals!) Yet the book is thrillingly dense with new ideas, and with scandalous animal anecdotes. In other words, an ideal bedside read.

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Answer 4

Dogs don't care about male/female issues. They will hump other dogs of the same sex as a means of showing dominance. The sniffing/licking is a way to get to know the other dog. They are very social animals... sometimes in our eyes a bit too social!

Answer 5

Relax. Dogs do this to declare that they are the dominant dog. It doesn't necessarily have anything to do with sexual orientation. For example, when a neighbor's dog visits my dog in my yard, she might try to hump the other dog, but if the two dogs met on neutral ground this might not happen. This should not conflict with your morals. If the behavior bothers you, then correct the dog when he does this. It should be easy enough to stop.

Answer 6

Dogs don't really know what they are doing when you may think that they are acting in a gay manner. Dogs sniff and play with each other in different ways. The day that all dogs turn gay will be the day when the world ends if you ask me.

Answer 7

it somewhat is achieveable for some canines to have a somewhat, er, distinctive sexual orientation. however the rationalization some canines mount one yet another (while not breeding, somewhat needless to say) is they desire to declare dominance over the different. the rationalization he is going in direction of different dogs's behinds is as a results of the fact he's smelling their anal glands. while canines have been undomesticated, everytime they excreted the anal glands might additionally furnish a sticky, foul-smelling scent to mark the dogs's territory. with the aid of domestication, canines have misplaced use of this yet nevertheless use them to perceive one yet another with the aid of getting a huge whiff or 2 "in there". My dogs, Abby likes to "hump" pillows. Abby is a she, and that i've got in no way seen the reality that she may be bisexual. It somewhat actual relies upon on the way your or any dogs's primitive instincts function. So, your dogs would the two be afraid of the female gender, or such as you have pronounced, "gay". as far as i comprehend, there are not any assessments nor golf equipment for gay canines. reliable success with him!

Answer 8

Is your dog fixed? Sometimes when a dog is spayed or neutered, their hormones go out of whack and they seem to "swing the other way". If not, then she may be in heat and feel the urge to mate, even if it's the wrong way.

Answer 9

I totally agree with KeesLove answer,dogs don't know homosexuality.I saw once a three months old puppy humping a dog toy,for dogs as long as they feel pleasure between their legs they'll rub themselfs on anything.

Answer 10

i dont think they can be but who knows. she may just liek the smell, dogs have a very sixth sense of smell and often like to smell odors, why we find them sniffing us . LOL she is probally just smelling the neighbors dogs for the odor.