my female dog humps the kids everytime the go to play on the floor.
why is she doing this and how do you stop it as it scares my daughter

is she new to the family? if so she may be displaying a sign of dominance over your children also if they have been near male dogs and she can smell that male dog scent on your kids that may also be a reason if she is close to coming into season

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no she is not new to the family...we have had her since last august,but we do have a male dog in the house aswell

If it's close to her season it will probably be hormones if it's not then it is a sign of dominance. Either way you need to stop her doing it to the children.

Hi Lizd, could she be coming into season as mine do that at the time of coming into season.Or is it just an everyday thing?

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it could be her season because she dont normaly do it to my daughter....its the last couple of days everytime the kids sit on the floor she just pins them down.....but saying that she did this for awile when we first had her

How old is she?
It might be to do with hormones then again it might be that she is trying to go up the hierachy in the "pack", bitches do mount other dogs to show they're above them. All you need to do is get your daughter to push her off and grab her by the underside of her throat as if she was a dog telling her off. That should do the trick

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she is 1 1/2 years old.
the problem with kathryn and the dog is....the dog is bigger than kathryn when she stands on her hind legs...plus kathryn has motor skills problems so when she is knock she falls over due to lack of balance

ah i see, then hopefully it's just hormones, you could try getting a water pistol then when you see your dog pin Kathryn you could spray her with it. or give the water gun to Kathryn so if you're not around she can spray her when she starts to pin her.

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i will have to try that one.....normaly she is fine....will get a water pistol tomorrow