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Originally Posted by Mscathy712  Hey guys, this is my first post, and I am desperate for some help. We have a 19 month male Yorkie, Bentley. We also have two 7 month old female Yorkies that are sisters, Bella and Bailee. In the last 2 weeks my male has become obsessed with the smallest female, Bailee. By obsessed, he started humping her, licking her ears, face. I took Bailee in to be spayed, after the surgery I was informed that she wasn't in heat. We brought her home, Bentley went crazy. He has to be touching her, laying his head on her, still trying to hump her, and if he can't get to her, he trembles. 2 days later I take him to be neutered, we bring him home...no change. She still has stitches, he has stitches, but he is still going crazy over her. Can anyone tell me why? He doesn't bother the other female at all. We have sprayed him with a water bottle, used a rolled up newspaper...help! |
Probably her smells from the surgery and the surgical incision were what initially drew him to her - that and the fact that she was obviously hurting and weakened. He was likely a combination of interested, excited, protective and drawn inevitably to all this change in his life. Then, stimulated and rewarded by her and your reactions, it became something to do and he developed an OCD or displacement type behavior as a result. If he is not a dog that responds to a simple "no", then the suggests on the website and above are probably going to have to be considered in some combination to avert him. Once he is "de-programmed" from behaving this way, and you get a good handle on assertive but gentle leadership with him in this area, he'll probably calm down and resume his usual life. If he doesn't or your dog-behavior reshaping skills aren't finely honed, a behaviorist should be able to visit your home and give you a program for working him out of this. Until then, you might want to keep him leashed when she is around so that her life isn't highly impacted by his behavior, which can become oppressive to the dogs that are the object of OCD-like behavior by another dog and they can get into withdrawing, isolating or angry reactions to defend themselves.