Among the many dog dominance behaviors, those surrounded by perhaps more myths than any others are dog mounting problems and dog humping women. No, contrary to popular opinion, these obnoxious dog instinctive behaviors have absolutely nothing to do with sex. How embarrassing, though, for those who do not know this!

“Don’t worry,” I said to a client who was bright red as he observed his male pup trying to mount mine. Visibly, the client wanted to dig a hole and hide. He was mortified! His dog aggressively continued in his attempts at dog mounting and dog humping on mine, especially going for the head. (My good-natured, large dog easily shook him off.)

“I didn’t know my dog was queer,” he said very sheepishly and apologetically. I could not contain my laughter as I reassured the man that it was not so. How common is that misconception? In the dog world, there is no such thing as a “gay dog!”

One dog mounting over another one’s head, or even unsheathing his penis, is fairly common. The mounting dog is seriously trying to seize control over all others. The unsheathing is to release his scent on the other dog, to proclaim to all the others that he won the battle over this one.

Think about this fact: If a male dog mounts a female for mating purposes, his equipment does not miss its target. He does not fail to put it in the right place. If his intentions toward another male dog were sexual, it would be done. Note that his aim, when riding up from behind the other dog, is OVER the tail and back, not under the tail. That is NOT sexual! Riding up on another dog’s back raises the first dog above him. It is a reminder that, “Hey, you’re not the boss here!”

When the dog mounts another one’s head, he is going to one of the most extreme displays of dominance in the dog world. The head is the highest part of the dog. Bringing the head down brings the dog down from his highest point. It is all about who is higher than whom.

When a dog unsheathes his penis and releases liquid, that forces the dog who is leaked on to wear the scent of the dominant one. It is a very potent scent and stays for some time, making the low rank obvious for many miles — and even to other packs within scent range.

Dogs constantly try to dominate each other. That is dog instinctive behavior, among the rituals they go through every time they meet each other. The dogs will first size each other up through eye contact. If one surrenders by lying down, then leadership is settled. If not, the wrestle for dominance truly begins.

As they wrestle for the dominant dog position, the dogs continue to mount each other until one rolls over submissively and turns his eyes away. Until the eyes have completely turned away, surrender has not happened, and the dog who is losing may try a sneak attack against the other. Look out!

We homo sapiens usually prefer the challenge of a game such as “rock-paper-scissors,” a mind game like chess or Scrabble, or a socially acceptable ball game. It is less embarrassing to the public eye.

You have sometimes seen dog fights break out as the dogs jockey for position, through wrestling or stare-down dares. Normally, however, one dog raises his head higher than the other, and the one with the lower head surrenders.

Clearly, this is an instinctive dog behavior, a ritual dogs often go through. I recommend to all who are interested to question experts and to study this dog dominance behavior for themselves. Dog humping women and dog mounting problems have nothing to do with sex, and they CAN be solved. Remember, there is no such thing as a “GAY DOG!”

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Miniature dachshunds are a courageous, fun loving and warm breed of dog. Unfortunately, they are also notoriously difficult to house-train. In this article, I’ll show you how you can get the upper hand.

Your new dog keeps pooping around the house. You seem to have tried everything, showing it the door, picking out a favourite spot in the yard, reinforcing good behaviour. But it still likes to use the house as a toilet!

Unfortunately, this breed are notorious for being difficult to house train. But don’t give up and don’t be one of those nasty people who abandon this breed every year. With a little patience and a little work, you can show this dog how to behave correctly.

This breed will often learn to use the outdoors and the indoors. They just do not know the difference between right and wrong. You need to show them how. Hang with the dog and be vigilant. As soon as it looks like it will use the house as a toilet, tell it strongly “NO” and grab it and show it out of the house. When he does eventually do it outside then praise him a lot.

Make sure you clean religiously the spots in the house where he has already gone. Otherwise he might be back and mark his territory with his urine.

Especially if he is only doing brief urinations and not letting go fully then your dog might be marking his territory. You should consider getting him neutered if this is the case.

Also, when you can’t supervise the dog then get a crate. Make sure that it is big enough for him to stand and turn around in but not big enough so that he can go to the toilet at the other end of the cage. This will reinforce that the toilet is only inside and not inside.

If your dog is taken outside and then comes inside and go to the toilet then I suggest you put the dog in its crate after coming indoors then wait ten minutes and go back outside until he learns that he will only get the run of the house after he has been to the toilet. Obviously, don’t do this if your dog doesn’t need to toilet at all!

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