Why is my female dog mounting my male puppy? How to stop it?

Yes, I recommend to have her spayed between 5-6 months of age. It's hard to know exactly why he suddenly started doing that, It's possible she is coming into heat. It's also possible the mounting was not sexual in nature: https://www.petcoach.co/article/mounting-behavior/ I hope this helps.

Since they are both neutered, this behavior is likely caused by over-stimulation. It's not sexual, it's just an inappropriate outlet for being overwhelmed or overexcited -- think really tired toddler starting to throw things and hit his friends. I would recommend redirecting him to a toy or playing with you, or remove him calmly from the situation. You don't want to punish him for the behavior, but you do want to stop it.

Hello and thank you for reaching out to Pet Coach. This behavior Hana is doing is to establish dominance over other dogs that she comes into contact with. It is purely for dominance in the encounter or relationship. I would recommend to get her spayed as soon as you are able to so you can avoid accidental breeding for her.

Treatment • Seek veterinary help o Visit your regular veterinarian first so you can determine if a medical issue is the cause. If the cause is not medical, your veterinarian will help you determine the underlying problem. Sometimes either journaling or filming your dog performing the behavior and bringing this information to your veterinarian can help him or her determine the reason of your dog’s mounting behavior • Identify what the motivation is for the mounting behavior (stress, anxiety, attention-seeking, sexual behavior). Each require different forms of treatment. For example, if the cause of mounting is due to over-excitement, regular exercise may help relax your dog. By addressing the underlying behavior, often anxiety and stress, you will decrease the mounting. • Practice avoidance o When your pet starts the behavior, leave the immediate environment. This helps to prevent any encouragement and praise. • Teach or use different commands to distract the dog during the behavior. o Make sure your dog can sit, leave it, down, off so when he/she starts inappropriately mounting, you can use these commands. When you do reward him, make sure it is for the command that he followed, and not for the mounting behavior. • Medications o Medications are sometimes used to decrease the underlying anxiety and stress. Please talk with your veterinarian specifically about your options. Things not to do: • Positively reward the behavior o Including giving any type of praise or reward while your dog is mounting, • Punish the dog o Kicking, kneeing, punching, slapping, and other forms of direct punishment, as this can cause more problems. In conclusion, the causes of mounting are many. The best first step is to take your dog to your veterinarian to determine the cause for the mounting. It also can help to keep a journal to document the circumstances of your dog’s behavioral changes. This will allow you and your veterinarian to work together in determining how to help your dog.

Humping is not only a sexual behavior but it also a dominance behavior. It is most likely that she is trying to assert her dominance over the other dogs. This is a link to an article that may answer more of your questions: https://www.whole-dog-journal.com/issues/7_3/features/Mounting-and-Dominance_5615-1.html My recommendation is to get an in-home professional dog trainer to help you. Trying to correct this behavior can be dangerous if you don't know what you are doing. Hope this helps. Best wishes.

Hello there! I understand the frustration of having an unneutered male dog. They don't have hormone cycles like females do, so they don't have a "heat" like females do. Essentially, their hormone levels are the same all the time, which can be even more frustrating. Mounting behavior is not all hormonal, and does have a component of dominance (so he may still do this even after he's neutered). Even females will mount other dogs if they want to express their dominance over them. The mounting behavior will hopefully abate once a dominance hierarchy is established in your home between the dogs, but not necessarily. It can also spur fights, so be watchful over your dogs when they are together, and I recommend against leaving them alone together until you are comfortable with Shadow's personality and interactions with your older dog. Neutering may help, but it takes a long time for those hormones to get out of their system (at least a month), so in the meantime, consistent training can be helpful in stopping the behavior. I have seen some trainers keep a leash and harness on a dog that jumps or mounts, so that when the dog starts to jump up, they can step on the leash and prevent it. It's important to have another task for your dog to do instead of jumping/mounting, so starting off with teaching a solid "sit" could be helpful. Reward him with a treat for any positive behavior, and ignore undesired behavior. I highly recommend contacting a good trainer or veterinary behaviorist if the behavior continues. Best of luck to you and to Shadow!

if Prince is not neutered, this may be the reason behind the behavior. Neutering Prince will help but the behavior will not change over night. Here is a link about introducing dogs: https://www.petcoach.co/article/5-tips-to-introduce-a-puppy-or-dog-to-your-older-dog/ Make sure to monitor all interactions to prevent injury. Keeping Prince on a leash will help you to provide better control. Making sure both pets are well exercised prior to the meeting can help as well. Do not leave the pets together unsupervised. Best of luck.