More and more videos circulate on social networks showing dogs that ride their owners or other animals. A gesture that usually generates confusion and jokes, but that, according to specialists in canine behavior, has an explanation much more related to emotional well -being of the animal that with a sexual issue.
Canino coach Baruch Correa (@Baruchcorrhea in Tiktok) has wanted to shed light on this usual behavior. Far from always being reproductive or dominant behavior, it is usually an escape route for anxiety or excess energy accumulated in the dog.
“When a dog repeatedly rides a person or other dogs, many times what he is manifesting is a high level of stress or overexcitation. It is its way of releasing an internal tension that does not know how to manage Otherwise, “explains Correa.
For the training, this type of behaviors, calls of ‘displacement’, They are clear signs that the animal needs greater physical and mental stimulus in its day to day.
Strategies to mitigate the problem
Correa suggests enriching the dog’s routine with activities that help you to delay. According to the coach, You can resort to biting type toyswhich allow the dog to channel their dam instinct and download voltage biting in a controlled way.
However, the training emphasizes that the results require patience and commitment: “It is not something that is solved in a day. It is necessary to incorporate these games on a regular basis and maintain constancy until the dog learns to redirect their energy. “