Good article...Paco must be one of those sexually driven canines lol..Thank goodness for his bride
________________________________ From: Susanne Defoe <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, February 8, 2012 5:10 PM Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] questionable behavior Our altered male humps his beds routinely. He has been neutered for 2 years and still does it. It is not sexual. Our spayed female used to hump her stuffed animals occasionally. It is more of a dominance thing for him I think. He never does it to other dogs or people. Here is an article about it. http://pets.webmd.com/dogs/features/humping-why-do-dogs-do-it. If our boy keeps doing it for more that=n a few minutes I just distract him to do something else. Sue FL/MI On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 3:44 AM, Joan Croft <[email protected]> wrote: >Well, the only time that male ‘dogs’ normally do this to female ‘dogs’ is >when the female is in heat and the male has not been neutered. That is why >when a dog is neutered that they don’t do it very often; and when they do it >is not a sexual thing. You must have unaltered dogs, or else there would not >be this activity between your male and his ‘bride’. Dogs are not like humans >as far as the male having had a vasectomy and a female that has had a >hysterectomy still do the deed…but dogs only do it when the female is in heat >and the male has not been altered. > >From:[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >Of Pam Dean >Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2012 5:29 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] questionable behavior > > >To each his own on this behavior. If mine did it on people or even other of >my dogs causing altercations, I would take issue with him for sure. But when >he indulges himself with his own "bride" I am not going to get in his face >about being a dog. He usually likes to take her to another room for privacy >anyway lol.. Sometimes we civilize them to the point where we expect them to >be "little people" not dogs. > >From:Ann Banks <[email protected]> >To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >Sent: Tuesday, February 7, 2012 5:35 AM >Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] questionable behavior > > >I agree, Joan >Ann >sent from Ann's IPAD > >On Feb 7, 2012, at 5:03 AM, Joan Croft <[email protected]> wrote: > >>Desi was neutered before 4 months old. He does it sometimes and I have been >>told that humping is not always sexual behavior – especially if the dog is >>neutered. I have probably only seen Desi do this three or four times in over >>two years. You need to stop them calmly by gently touching them and picking >>them up, or removing the object while telling him that is not the way to play >>with that toy. >> >> >>From:[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >>Of sheila >>Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 4:30 PM >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] questionable behavior >> >> >>That won’t always stop it. Heck probably 80% of the time it doesn’t >> >>From:ann banks >>Sent:Monday, February 06, 2012 4:13 PM >>To:[email protected] >>Subject:Re: [Chihuahuas] questionable behavior >> >> >> >>get him neutered >>On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 9:26 AM, Shelley <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>Gimli, my 3 month old, is always humping his big toys. I am not liking this >>and wondering what you all do about this behavior? >> >>Shelley >> >> >> >>-- >> >>Ann & Pedro and Chico >><~WRD000.jpg> >> >
