Questioner: | Patti |
| Category: | Dog Training |
| Private: | No |
| Subject: | Neutered Male Mounting Female in Heat |
| Question: | We are volunteer trainers for a service dog organization. Our "puppy" in traning is in her second heat - she will be used as a breeder for the program. The problem is - our altered 13 year old male (golden mix) is obsessed with mounting the female (a full golden). He can barely move to get on top of her to but he wants to do nothing else and crys and barks when we separate them. How can we stop this -she should be through with this part of her cycle in a week. But we can't live like this much longer! |
| Answer: | Hi Patti, I make the assumption, based upon your experience doing volunteer training, that you are fairly comfortable with basic dog training. I would also assume that you've tried the standard things like isolating or in other ways correcting your male's behavior. Based on those assumptions my advice would be something that it took me many years to learn. Namely that a 13 year old dog like many human senior citizens can exhibit very inappropriate behavior. And just like we would try to turn a blind eye to Granddad behaving badly, I think it best to try to tolerate your altered male's temporary obsession. It will pass in a week. Good Luck! |
