Mounting behavior (colloquially referred to as "humping") where a dog clasps the hips of another dog and stands on two legs while thrusting his hips, is part of sexual behavior in dogs. However, in ...

The post Why do dogs hump? How can you stop this embarrassing behavior? appeared first on Dog's Best Life. When your dog humps, it may make you and all the other humans around feel uncomfortable. Dog ...

Q: Despite being female and neutered, my dog constantly humps other dogs and even visitors’ legs. It’s so embarrassing. What can I do about it? A: Dogs get up to all kinds of cringe-y nonsense: ...

Why does my female dog mount other dogs at the dog park? She is always doing this, and it upsets the other dog’s owner? I have no explanation for it. What should I do to stop this behavior, and what ...

Source: Eddy Van 3000/Flickr CC BY-SA 2.0 It is not the case that everything we see is about sex and gender roles. When it comes to what appears to be sexual behavior, it is clear that too much ...

I would like to start by dispelling a long-held myth that dogs mount things (hump) to exert their dominance over the subject. Dominance theory in dog training, as we generally use and understand it, ...

Dear Cathy: I have two female dogs: a lab mix who is almost 5 years old and a miniature schnauzer who is 12. Lately, the lab has been mounting the schnauzer. I’m curious as to why. Can you please give ...

A friendly dog grabbed international headlines when he was abandoned at a North Carolina animal shelter because his previous owners claimed he was "gay." The story caught fire on social media, ...

To get around that, a team of researchers recently did the largest gene/behavior association study within a single dog breed.