This is a recent question from a reader of my website:
Question: I recently adopted a dog from an animal shelter. She’s precious. She keeps trying to “hump” my children’s teddy bears, though. She’s been fixed so I don’t understand why she does this. Can you please help me?
Answer: There are a few things to understand about your dog:
1- Fixing a female dog has nothing to do with sex drive. Fixing a male dog may alter certain behaviors that are characteristic of sex and gender but that is not the case with females.
2- Mounting is not a sexual behavior. Mounting is a dominance behavior. What your dog is doing is her way of exerting dominance over those stuffed animals.
The problem is easy to fix. Engage her in obedience training and teach her what ‘no’ means. Good luck.
