The Spring time sex pest

[Jenko109]

So my entire male Whippet has just been a really fruity little sod the last week or so.

I have had to correct him for mounting my other dogs (spayed females) pretty much daily. To be clear, he is not at them all day. Just the odd moment once a day on average. Quickly stops once corrected.

He's three.

He does not usually show either of them a jot of interest.

So I had a read up and apparently it's usual for dogs to have higher testosterone levels in the Spring time. So I guess that explains it.

So why would dogs have higher testosterone in spring? Females have seasons all year round don't they?

Would dogs in the wild typically breed in Spring for some reason?

I assume he will settle down very soon, but for now, upping the exercise a bit so he doesn't have the excess energy to be so fruity.

Nobody likes a sex pest.

 

[Nici]

Hihi, it does get annoying, doesn't it! Our cats (siblings who had an accidental litter with one another once) are both neutered and the male will still try to flirt with our absolutely unwilling female.
Do you know if your spayed females had an ovariohysterectomy or just an ovariectomy? My theory goes that females keep secreting pheromones despite being spayed, and more so if only part of their reproductive organs have been removed.

 

[poiuytrewq]

We had similar recently. All mine are boys. Two done and two not. The older entire was going crazy at one who was neutered.
We got to the point I couldn’t leave them together, I’d have to split them into different rooms or take the little one with me when I went out.
I took the one to the vet and we did blood and wee tests and found nothing. The vets suggested shampooing the victim which didn’t work but it’s very suddenly stopped as soon as it started. I was utterly convinced one of them was seriously ill but thank god peace is resumed and we are totally back to normal.