'Mounting behavior may occur when a dog wishes to express the fact that it feels it has control over another dog. The dominant or 'top dog' is literally the dog that is on top,' explains StanleyCoren
in Charlotte, North Carolina, the owners of a dog gave him up to a shelter because they thought that he was"gay." The dog, Fezco, is a mixed breed, about 4-to-5 years old, weighing around 50 pounds, and by all reports, he is friendly and sociable. The Stanly County Animal Shelter reported that the dog's owners surrendered him to the shelter claiming that he displayed hisMounting behavior is when a dog clasps the hips of another dog and stands on two legs while thrusting his hips.
The fact that mounting behavior can be relatively independent of sexual intentions can be seen by watching very young puppies. Well before they have reached they are already showing exactly this kind of activity. Mounting in puppies appears shortly after they begin walking and is first seen when they start playing with each other. It is a socially significant behavior, but not a sexual one.
and dominance. These behaviors will then carry on into adulthood, with the significance mostly being an expression of power and control.Mounting behavior is used as a signal for relative status and power. Since mounting can be unrelated to reproduction, its social significance applies to both males and females. Because it is a display which serves to challenge or to assert social control by one dog over another, this behavior can occur between individuals of the same or the opposite sex.
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