When is the same sex aggression supposed to kick in?

[eoj89]

Hi everyone,

When is same sex aggression in the DDB supposed to kick in? I read it somewhere a while back before we got Murph and forgot. Is it 18 months? He's been 9/m for just over a week now and he's always been fine with male dogs, never a problem - he just wants to play with them.

I know at 9 months, you get an indication of what your dog will be like once fully mature, and judging by how he's been acting the past few weeks, it seems as if he'll end up being a great, well-rounded dog! A little too stubborn 70% of the time, but that's to be expected when you're a spoilt brat a lot of the time.

Thanks for any replies anyone.

 

[NYDDB]

In my case, it was around 10 months or so. At that time, Mateo had a best buddy (male, also intact, Newfoundland)- and there was never any issue between them. However, once the hormones really kicked in, he became a bit pushy with other males and also would not back down from a challenge. We stopped going to the huge park during off-leash times (where there were tons of loose dogs), and came later in the day, or met up with friends with dogs he got along with.

Overall, he has mellowed out and just stares down dogs that want to challenge him (intimidation, really.) He won't start anything, but if pushed by an overly aggressive male, will defend himself.

He likes all the girls, though.

 

[megs]

My ddb boy Leon Is 2 In a few days and he Is still fine with all dogs so I guess It depends on the dog!!

 

[musicdeb]

Titan does not like male pups. However, while at the park yesterday, a black pup snuck up on us while we were walking. The black pup was approaching very slowly and his hair was raised on his back. I told Titan to "leave it" and stood in front of him. I looked at the black pup and told him "NO!" and told him to go home. He kept approaching us. Titan stayed very calm and stayed behind me. I told the pup again, "NO!" and shook my finger at him and stomp my foot. He ran away but approached again. After another no with the stomp of the food, I heard a man whistling for him. The pup ran to a man about 2K fee of mile away.

So...the reason for my story, I'm not sure if he's really not into male pups.

I didn't want to find out since the black pup's hair was raised on his back.

 

[RockstarDDB]

Not all of them have this issue. My male has just hit 14 months and has zero same sex aggression, no dog aggression really. He does not like Large humans with a lot of facial hair and long hair. he will bark and growl at anyone that looks like a pirate or rides a harley lol. My first had aggression though was insecure and jealous. he would tolerate other male dogs as long as they submitted to the head and shoulder check. And those issues showed well before 9 months. i would supect if you make it to the 12 month mark with no issues and your consistent with socializing you will probably not have any issues.

 

[NYDDB]

I forgot to add...

I believe the energy of the male dog has a lot to do with Mateo's reaction (or non-reaction.)

For example, we were invited to a social event held in a gallery in which many other dogs were present. Since most were show dogs, the males were intact. Mateo had no issues whatsoever with any of them, even when standing very close; I had a long conversation with a woman who had an intact Bloodhound, and both dogs were calm and non-chalant. Even when someone told me to "watch out for the Akita," as he was very alpha and somewhat aggressive towards males, things were fine with him, too. (Of course, we didn't hang out for a long time near him, but still....)

So, again, if there is not a direct challenge, other adult males (intact or not) do not really present an issue....

 

[eoj89]

Thanks everyone! He's quite excited when he sees other dogs but he's never shown aggression toward a dog of either sex which is good.


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