Hello guys, I have a strange question. I have two degus, one of them (a couple months older) is a male, the other one was not really identified as the people in pet shop were not sure, but we are pretty sure it’s a girl. They didn’t get along when we first put them together in one cage and would start fighting, but after some time of exchanging them from one cage to another, they became friends and now we keep them together recently. My question is: in last couple of days, the smaller one (a female?) is humping our older degu, which is a male 100%. Is this normal, or is this only possible if both of them are males? Even if it’s asserting dominance, the smaller one should not be a dominant one, right? I am really hoping you can help. Thank you very much, Nem

My dog is constantly humping stuffed animals and another male dog. What do I do?

I am going to buy a new puppy and i already have a 8 month old pug and he is in heat will he try to hump the new puppy or will i be fine if not how can i introduce the new pug puppy

Hi Krista
About 3 weeks ago my 9yo Bichon cross lost all function in all legs in the space of 2 hours. She had an MRI which showed slight brightness of the meninges but nothing requiring surgery. She had a CSF tap afterward with mild mixed inflammation as the result. She also had elevated levels (not clinical) for neosporosis. We are awaiting results from bloods after 2 lots of antibiotics. Last vet visit they still were not committed to exactly what is was – meningitis or parasite. Treatment with antibiotics and prednisolone has worked wonders and after 3 nights at the emergency vet she came home walking but very wobbly. 3 weeks later she’s pretty much back to normal. Tonight she was acting quite skittish sort of trying to run away from herself. I noticed your rump/tummy was quite hard, her tail down and sort of humped over. She seemed to recover after 10 minutes or so. She doesn’t seem to be in pain and is happily eating, toileting, and moving around including up and down stairs and on furniture. I’m wondering if what is really happening is the early signs of IVDD? and whether I should be rushing back to the vet?

Any advice is appreciated.
Kellie

Dachshund legs movement after IVDD surgery. My 8y/o (give or take) Kiwi had IVDD surgery 10 weeks ago. 1st time diagnosed. By the 3rd week after surgery he was walking without the need of a sling. Of course his legs were kinda wobbly but the vets told me it was an ok situation.
Basically he’s been in crate rest until 2 weeks ago when I let him out while I’m at home (small apartment, no stairs, no access to furniture). Outdoors bathroom time is minimum and area restricted. But I notice that there’s been not improvement in the last month. Aside of the wobbly legs, his knees are not bending completely when walking. Also the hump he got after surgery never retrieved.
I’m looking for ways to apply some kind of physical therapy at home for those knees. The clinic is really far away from us to take him for therapy.
Also I would like to know if there is a way to make him like stand up a little bit more “straight” (sorry I don’t know how to say it). Basically with the new big hump Kiwi cannot urinate spreading his leg and wets his front legs. I’m also worry if this new bended position is gonna agravate the rest of his back in the future. Tks

I have male pug and he is 8 months old whenever he smells me he try to humps on me and sometimes he humps on teddies, cushions,and with my friends too please help me.

About 10months ago we got a German wirehaired pointer puppy and her integration into the family hasn’t exactly been smooth. A little background…
Atticus is our 6 year old cocker spaniel mix (I think he is mixed with a springer) and he is most definitely the alpha. I would call him well socialized, he loves going to the dog park. He has been sickly most of his life with some major allergies and ear infections that almost never heal and has been on and off steroids for a good portion of his life.
Arya is our 5 year old poodle/schnauzer mix. She is obsessed with Atticus and has to be with him all the time. She was always so sweet to strangers until about 2 years ago when for some unknown reason a stranger ran at her barking while I was holding her and she came unglued. Ever since then she has been very timid around strangers.
Lady is our 1 year old German wirehaired pointer and she is a very loving and playful dog. If she see’s love being handed out she wants in the middle of it and she is always trying to play with the other dogs.
I was told when we got Lady to let the dogs work out their social hierarchy and I did that but now I feel like that was a mistake. The other dogs will play with Lady every once in a while and we all sleep together but there is still lots of growling. Lady doesn’t seem to understand or care about warnings the other dogs give her about leaving them alone when they are resting or having cuddle time with mom and dad. At first they give her a low growl but she ALWAYS keeps going and it turns into major growling and Atticus pinning her or making her cower. Arya isn’t able to illicit that response because she weighs twelve pounds. Also Atticus humps lady (they are all fixed, purely a dominance thing) and Arya gets so upset and jumps all over Atticus. I feel like if Lady back off them they would eventually accept her better but I can’t get her to stop. She went to obedience school for 2 months and is very well behaved outside of this. Sorry for the long post just wanted to give you as much information as possible.

Our 3 month old puppy we adopted is very smart. He knows most of his commands. I spend the most time with him and he definitely listens to me more. Looks to me as the alpha. But he will put his mouth on me which I had put to teething but it’s getting worse. Even leaving marks and braking the skin. He is neutered but he has started humping my leg, arm and back when I’m sitting down. He doesn’t do this to anyone else. I have tried teething bones, giving him other things to chew when he starts to put his mouth on me. Really have tried everything I can think of. We’ve had many dogs and he is the worse with not stopping when I say stop. He was rescued with his mother and 7 siblings from a kill shelter in Tennessee. We brought him home at 7 weeks. Not sure if that has something to do with it. Because he was so young. That he didn’t have that time with his siblings to play with. Need some answers please.

Is my kitten safe?

Here is the thing, we have a Male kitten who is a little over 4 months old his name is Xero. He has always been playfull and has always tried getting our small dogs to play however they don’t want too. So we got him a friend, Yuqi. She is 2 months old and has settled in well. We took it slow introducing the two and they actually hit it off well. At least we think so. Here is my worry. Xero is kind of obsessed with her. He will go looking for her and whenever he finds here he ‘plays’. I think its play. He will pounce and bite at her and roll around, I don’t see any tell tale signs of aggression (ears flat, fur puffed up, growling etc.) coming from him. Yuqi seems ok to play even running to go back to him when I take her away but she will often squack and even growl and hiss sometimes during ‘play’ but even though she looks like she hates what he is doing she goes back. Her eara will go flat and she will roll backwards to get away too.

So in simple terms, is Xero just playing a little rough for Yuqi, genuinely trying to hurt her, possibly sexually mature (he does get on top of her but no humping), or being a kitten? Either way is it possible that Yuqi will get seriously hurt? I have looked up different things but can’t get a clear idea whats going on. Neither are desexed (neutered/spayed) obviously Yuqi is too small, but Xero will be done after Christmas. Will this die down the level of behaviour?

Thank you in advance.