a psychologist at Harvard medical school, calls "a ritualized threat to mount," and mounting, in this context, isn't a sexual overture at all. Dominant individuals of both sexes routinely mount subordinates as a way of saying, "I'm the boss." (That's what your dog is trying to tell...
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It never rains in standard lab-confinements; thus we have limited understanding of animal reactions to water and wetness. To address this issue, we sprayed water on different body parts of rats and measured drying and fur temperature by thermal imaging while manipulating behavior, sensory cues and...
The poet Virgil associated the copulatory activity of cattle with the presence of the gadfly and thought that the gadfly noise or bite might cause sexual activity. In 1901, W. Heape introduced the term estrus for the recurrent periods of sexual excitement in animals, which are also called heat...
can happen even when there is nofemale dog in heat. Once neutered, most dogs reduce this behavior naturally, unless it has become a habit or a learned behavior, like if they are neutered at an older age. When a dog pees on another dog, they may simply be trying to mark their ...
You cannot discipline cats as you would dogs. Dogs form social hierarchies that you can take advantage of by placing yourself at the top. Cats form social groups only by necessity and the arrangement is based on respecting territory, not by respecting the “top dog”. Many mistakes made with...
Walking into the house a few minutes later, Super Tall Guy collapsed onto the couch and fell asleep as I took the dog for a short walk. I gave The Little Guy a tight squeeze as I reassured him that his mom had this. “I’m strong. I got this. Don’t you worry. I’m going to...
Some hormonal effects of adolescence in puppies: Females will have their first 'heat cycle' (aka 'estrus') Male dogs will start to 'mark' their territory by spraying urine Dog-to-dog aggression becomes more common and your pup may be more picky about who he sees as a friend ...