Posted by JamesL on November 2, 2009, 12:08 pm 24.243.186.83
My wife noticed a few weeks ago (right before my female came into heat) that Jazzmine was humping Bigsby. I was not familiar with this so I googled and found out this could be her expressing dominance. I only saw her do it once and I distracted her to make her stop.
She is now in heat, so they stay separated until I have time to play with them in the back yard. I do let them play together (under close/direct supervision). Last night she was humping that boy constantly! It started to piss Bigsby off, then he actually would let her hump him a little and then move to make her stop.
For those of you that have see this how do you react? Do you step in and prevent the dog from humping? If Bigsby was being aggressive to show dominance I would stop him, so should I stop her? Or is this more of a ?sexual? thing now that she is in heat?
Posted by Marie on November 2, 2009, 3:49 pm, in reply to "Female humping male??..." Mergenthaler Bulldogs
We have humpers too!
Our females pretty much show this behavior when coming into heat, during and a short time after. Oh and of coarse if people are visiting, never fails.lol Anyhow, if we notice it, we stop it right away and deture their attention to something else. It can get annoying, but during a females heat cycle, their hormones are flaring and to them it is natural to hump each other, so be patient with her.
It does not sound like she is trying to show dominance, but rather just a sexual thing. If it gets to over barring just keep them separated until she is finished her cycle.
Good luck James, welcome to the joys of having an intact female, lol!Life is to good to be bothered by ignorant people.
Thanks, Marie. I was thinking it had more to do with her hormones than her all of a sudden wanting to show dominance. For now I will let her have fun aggravating Bigsby. She is doing no harm and Bigsby is not getting aggressive. He does not like it, but mostly they are playing and flirting.
Posted by Jessica on November 2, 2009, 1:22 pm, in reply to "Female humping male??..." 82.27.253.133
We have seen this before in a couple of our females when they are about to come into season (heat) they are not particularly dominant females - It was a bit like they were encouraging them - Flirting maybe? I would say in this case it sounds sexual rather than dominant - If however she continues after her heat i would say it was her asserting her dominance. It is hard to tell without watching it.
Is he a dominant male?? Some of my males would NEVER tolerate this from a female, were as others would be fine - It is really a case of every dog and pair are different...
We have lots of dogs of all different breed, and run the together and try to keep them social as possible with each other. We will always let them assert their place within the pack to an extent. But any major dominance Issues would be nipped in the but before they become an issue. If it was me i would stop her as it could lead to problems... Just watch them closely try and not let them see you - You know your dogs better than anyone... You will know if it is beginning to turn a bit nasty... Just follow your gut instinct it is usually right. Good Luck!
Thanks for your input. Bigsby is definitely a dominant male. He does not like the humping one bit, but she is so damn persistent. LOL! I let them play (and her attempt to hump him) because it was hilarious.
Going by the responses I have received the humping is definitely related to her going into heat. I was kind of surprised when I read if was a show of dominance, because Bigsby would kick her ass! LOL!
It is do damn funny watching her mount him and him doing 180's with this look on his face, "WTF are you doing!!??!"
Anyhow, if we notice it, we stop it right away and deture their attention to something else. It can get annoying, but during a females heat cycle, their hormones are flaring and to them it is natural to hump each other, so be patient with her. 