Fixed female rubbing self.........strange Options

[live4critters]

i am not sure how to put this behavior without sounding strange myself so I will jsut say it. My fixed female masterbates. Seriouly. I got her from the shelter, she is a 2yr old chi mix, about 8 pds, fixed. When we first seen her doing this I thought maybe an infection but not the case. We have 2 other dogs, a 1yr old hava-tsu and a chorkie who is also 1. Both of those are fixed males. Now my little girl, BO, will lick herself and then take her paw and place it on her "area" and hump it. She does this when our little boy hava-tzu is laying sleeping. she sits behind him and does this. only him does she do this with. I have had many many dogs in my life and I have never seen this before. Bo, was a stray who we adopted and she displays signs of abuse, when corrected about something she immedietly goes belly up. If she is sitting on your lap and you are not petting her she takes her head and lays it on your chest with this look in her eyes like "please pet me". She is also very sneaky. She seems so sweet but if you are not looking she will snarl and growl at the chorkie. Also if BO is laying with someone on the couch, usually under covers, and another dog or even myself if she is sleeping with my daughter, BO will growl and snarl. When school was in and I had to wake my daughter for school BO would growl when i even just spoke the words "time to get up" she wont bite as I usually tell her to stop and put her on floor. she also does this if any of the other pets try to get attention and she is already on lap. She has even bitten my little chorkie behind my back. She is sweet to everyone, including kids and just loves attention which i am sure is where all this stems from. anyway, if anyone has any knowledge with this behavior, esp the masterbating one, i would love advice!!! thank you

[JMM]

I've heard of 1 other dog doing this...she was an intact female and would do it when in heat. Does she do anything else odd? Like flagging (presenting her rear and waving her tail)? Any vaginal discharge? I would guess its probably a learned behavior, but rarely a dog can have an ovarian remnant left inside of them. They can exhibit odd signs like this. When the remnant is removed the issues go away. Just a thought.

[live4critters]

no other signs and no discharge. i thought the same thing at first as i had a male cat that was fixed and then found out it wasnt right. Anyway, i have been researching the web and can not find anything. i am at a loss here. it is kind of weird when she starts doing this, esp when guests come over, and even weirder still is the fact that she only dose it around our hava-tzu male. well ty for you idea. hope i can get more.

[JMM]

Are you able to interrupt her? Like grab a treat and play a game? If its behavioral and you can consistently interrupt and redirect her attention, you can decrease the incidence.
Another suggestion is to give her mind some work. Feeding her in food toys (Busy Buddy, Nina O. toys, kongs) would be a very effective method. You could also hide her meal around a room so she could search for it. A couple short training sessions per day would also help. The idea would be to give her stimulation from another, more positive outlet.

[JMM]

I forgot to mention...I'm almost positive your vet can check hormone levels to rule out the ovarian remnant.