My friend has owned a dachshund and yorkie for about a year now. At first, they would just fight and play together, but for the past month I have noticed the dogs dry humping each other, with the dog being humped ignoring the act, and I also have seen one of the dogs lick the other dog's penis on a constant basis. My friend is confused and so am I. Why is this happening?
2007-09-04 10:02:35 · 13 answers · asked by diamondlovebaby 2 in Pets ➔ Dogs
Dog do that all the time to show the other dog that they are in charge. It is not homosexual behavior. It is natural canine behavior.
2007-09-04 10:08:55 · answer #1 · answered by ARE YOUR NEWFS GELLIN'? 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The "dry humping" is an act of domination. And not domination in a sexual term. As far as the penis licking, dogs have no concept of "four play" so this again is not a sexual act. Your dog is not a homosexual. They don't again...understand what that even is.
2007-09-04 17:10:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Male dogs and female dogs mount each other for dominance as well as human legs. It is a dominance ritual - the one mounting is trying to show/make the other dog submit to it. It is not homosexuality one dog is telling the other dog I am in charge.
I highly suggest you break the dogs up because of the one being mounted tries to defy the one being dominant it could break out into a fight.
2007-09-04 17:12:05 · answer #3 · answered by awakekat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not only a dominance thing it is also a smell thing.
Dog 1: a male nutered just after his testies dropped before he could get testorone into his system to make him smell like a MAN.
Dog 2 :a male that was never nutered or was nutered later and had reached some point of maturity obviously smells like a MAN.
Since dog one does not smell like dog two, normally its the nutered to early dog thats confused, dog one assumes that dog 2 is a different sex then himself and may try to mount dog 2. Dog 2 normally only would mount dog 1 for dominance purposes because dog 2 sees dog 1's mounting as challenging him for his status cuz he is not nutered that's how they think. Dog 1 does not mount female dogs due to the fact they smell closer then say dog 2 does to themselves due to the lack of testosterone. In turn you could say dog 1 smells like a girl and dog 2 smells like a boy to other dogs due to the testostorone factoring as a major key. Dog 2 could inturn mount dog 1 cuz he smells similure to a female. it is all quite confusing but thats what a vet told me She just explained it better.
2007-09-04 18:06:58 · answer #4 · answered by alreadyfubar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dogs don't always "hump" for sexual reasons or because they're "confused." Humping is a form of showing dominance in dogs.
2007-09-04 17:14:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is usually an act of dominance. The dog initiating this is most likely trying to become alpha dog. If the dogs were nutered, it may help somewhat.
2007-09-04 17:19:45 · answer #6 · answered by Dottie M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have two male dogs that do the same thing, it has nothing to do with being homosexual. I have also seen two females do the same thing at a friends house. It is a dominance thing. It is normal and I wouldn't worry. I just fuss when I see them doing it just cause I don't want to see that.
2007-09-04 17:09:20 · answer #7 · answered by happygirl14 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
it's not a sexual thing; it's a dominance thing
the dog on top is showing the dog on bottom whose the boss
here's a link to a vet forum that discusses humping and mounting behaviors:
http://www.vetinfo4dogs.com/dhump.html
and here is a link to an article about humping behaviors in altered dogs:
http://ezinearticles.com/?Is-it-Sex-Drive-that-Causes-Dogs-to-Hump-Things?&id=536831
hope this helps!
2007-09-04 17:20:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's dominance behavior between two males, not sexual. They are trying to work out who is the alpha dog.
2007-09-04 17:09:46 · answer #9 · answered by ? 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Never heard of it, but I think it's just a natural dog behavior. If you had two girl dogs they'd do it too.
2007-09-04 17:13:28 · answer #10 · answered by cinney 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋