Guest Anonymous Posted March 1, 2004 Posted March 1, 2004 I have a spayed female White German Shepherd dog who loves to put her mouth around smaller dogs' and cats' heads...She never bites or picks them up, just holds them like that. Does anyone have any suggestions as to why she does this? :-? Quote
bk_blue Posted March 1, 2004 Posted March 1, 2004 With my dog (male neutered ACD X)- he does this as a dominance thing. He will do it to my grandpa's smaller dachshund or my sister's border collie as a sign that he is the boss. He only does it when they're playing together, and he's very gentle when he does it, because it wouldn't take much effort for him to hurt them if he so chose. So perhaps that's it. She may be just reaffirming her status as alpha (top dog). :) Quote
courtnek Posted March 1, 2004 Posted March 1, 2004 it is a dominance thing...it's a way of saying "I'm the boss..." an Alpha will do it to remind an "erring" pack member that he's crossed the line... Quote
DogPaddle Posted March 1, 2004 Posted March 1, 2004 We fostered a GSD/Malamute who was obsessed with this - did anytime he played, greeted or got excited. Didn't know it was a dominance thing, thanks for the info folks. Quote
Peng1zrule Posted March 2, 2004 Posted March 2, 2004 it's dominance...she's aiming just to put her mouth around thier muzzle but they are smaller so she grabs the head...all she's saying is "I'm the boss!" Quote
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