5 year old spayed female dog humping my 4 month old male dog

Hi Erez, ------ The reason is NOT sex but dominance. She is saying to the young puppy: "I am the boss her". That's all and that is very natural and very expected. Don't pay too much attention, after the puppy will "understand" and accept her as dominant ( = leader) it will end. --------- Best regards,

Please do not give her away just tell her no and then give her a treat when you say no,that might help.Ask your vet if you can do anything else or call the dog whisper. I think she will stop if you give her a treat tell her to be good. Please keep her she would be there for you if you needed her.

         Thank you, wanda

Your female dog is not being stupid as you suggested.  Whenever  she was spayed  possibly the veterinarian did not do a  complete  hysterectomy  as in   humans   some get only a partial hysterectomy.  Your  female  seems to   want to show her dominance over the male  maybe because she's older than he is,  maybe because she still ovulates too, even though she is unable to become pregnant. 

You are punishing her for what  comes natural to    an  animal who has been  spayed,  most likely partially. Imagine if you were to get jolts of  electricity each time you felt  an urge to show your dominance or  each time you felt the need to have sex but were not being satisfied.  It is probably best  to find your female  dog a more loviong home where  her behavior  would not be so bothersome. I did have an elderly  lady friend who has died    ... she  played a piano and next to the piano was a  big stuffed   sheep    a  fake stuffed animal    everytime she played the paino   the    dog would  hump the fake sheep   it was   comical to the  elderly  woman. You are dealing with animals who act like animals.   People sometimes expect animals to have  good manners or not "act stupid"    . To me your best choice is to find a better home for this dog you seem to dislike so much.  For her sake i hope it is a loving home  where  she can be more understood and  have a  vet finish the job   that was not completed.

it is  the way you view sex that will leave an impression on your child. if you try to hide it,  she will wonder. One yr old is not  too young to wonder  although the amt of info  will satisfy her  as long as you dont make it sound  bad or insane or   terrible or curse the animals behavior it is a natural  thing..  flowers  do it, insects  do it, every living   being on  Earth  has sex. It is nothing to be ashamed of. Especially uner your own roof.It depends too if you live in a high rise in the city or if you live on a farm  in the  country  and   are used to seeing this behavior  among  animals.to  say they are playing is ok to your child.  to say    the dogs are acting stupid or they are being bad,is the wrong impression to  give her. Maybe  her pediatrician can offer you advice on what to tell her. I am  only a retired nurse maybe i am too old to understand  about how todays youth  view sex.

Grow Up!!!! This isn't sexual at all! It just means that the older dog (IE: THE "HUMPER" ) OR THE ONE ON TOP is showing their Dominance! The old dog ie: the one on top is telling or talking/communicating to the younger dog that "hey, I was here first and I'm the dominant one Im in charge!". I just feel so sorry for the dog thats getting "zapped" for trying to do what is just in their nature. Protect what is theirs and show that they are the "alpha male" so to speak. You really should try to understand how animals communicate before you start "zapping" and punishing them for doing what is in their nature.

just keep her in a different room then the other dog, if you take it on a walk then take them seperately

My german sheperd bitch was 6 years old when we brought home the german sheperd-border collie cross boy dog who was 9 months old. She was fixed and all, but very jealous and she would hump him. It is normal, she's telling him she's the boss and he's the new guy. Sometimes she would snap at him if she didn't hump him. It is a natural process that dogs go through. But if this is bothering you so much, find her a better place and focus on the younger dog. But it will stop, once the dynamics of the pack are re-adjusted, and this happens naturally.