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Why is my female dog mounting my male puppy? How to stop it?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Shihpoo | Female | unspayed | 10 months old | 5.1 lbs

Can you please help. Pixie is constantly trying to mount my 5 month old male shihtzu it’s getting to be a real problem she just won’t leave him alone He obviously voices his annoyance at this and lets her know he’s not happy about it but she just pins him down

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Answered By Dr. Elizabeth

Veterinarian

Published on September 10th, 2019

This is generally more of behavioral issue but spaying Pixie may also help to decrease the behavior. Here is a link about mounting: https://www.petcoach.co/article/mounting-behavior/ I hope this helps and best of luck.

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