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my dog is a friendly 1-year-old neutered male lab/pit mix. I usually take him to doggy daycare twice a week and the employees there are very responsible for making sure the dogs play nice and are super attentive. they love my dog there and they say he is usually very good, he is very energetic and sometimes tries to play too rough with other dogs, but he usually calms down and does well with all the dogs there. I know they try their best to discourage mounting/humping, but it's impossible to completely prevent it from ever happening. They also make it clear they are not responsible for any training, they simply manage the dogs' interactions to prevent any fights. one day they called me and said I needed to come pick him up because he was a little too aggressive in reaction to when another dog mounted him. they assured me there was no fight, my dog was "correcting" the other dog and was a little too over-the-top and scared the other dog. But, they told me he was not truly aggressive and he's still welcome to come back, he just needed a time-out for the day. I appreciated they had informed me of the issue, but I was worried because I know my dog is powerful and I adopted him when he was around a year old and I've only had him for about 5 months. So, since I don't know his past I'm worried one day he could snap and get in a bad fight, so I don't want to take him back to daycare until I can get it under control. Also, the very first day I took him to daycare, they do an inspection to introduce the dogs and make sure any new dog is a good fit and will play nice. after his first day, they told me he did great, and that he didn't even react when another dog tried to hump his face, so it's concerning that he went from apparently not minding it, to now he is borderline aggressive and over-corrects.
I also take him to the dog park pretty much daily, he also behaves well there, other than sometimes will ignore my recall. one day at the dog park I was playing fetch with him and no one else was there until a new dog I hadn't seen before came. I could tell right away the dog had anxiety issues and whenever my dog would come up (calmly) to greet it, it would get a little spooked and cower. then as we're playing fetch, the other dog starts coming over when my dog would retrieve the ball to me and it would try to mount my dog, but I would push it away. meanwhile, when my dog is waiting for me to throw the ball, he gets hyper-focused so I don't think he noticed the other dog. after a few more throws, I realized the dog wasn't going to let up and the owner wasn't doing anything so I decided it was time to leave. I put the leash on my dog and as we're walking to the gate, the other dog is still following us. then, as I'm opening the gate to leave, the other dog fully mounts my dog, and immediately my dog whips around to lunge and growl at the other dog. I gave him a quick verbal correction and he turned back to me and waited to leave. this was the first time I saw my dog react to another dog mounting him so I wasn't sure what to do. also what was weird, even after telling him 'no' in a sharp tone, he turned back to me and looked super-happy and excited. So I'm confused why even after a negative encounter with this dog and me disciplining him, for some reason he still looked very pleased with himself right after. other than that, I haven't personally seen any reactions like that from my dog being mounted because I'm normally able to stop it from happening if the owner won't, so I don't know how to go about correcting this behavior. I also know it's rude for other dogs to be mounting him in the first place, but some dog owners are just disrespectful and oblivious. Then if my dog over-corrects them, I look like a bad owner and like my dog is aggressive.
I also take him to the dog park pretty much daily, he also behaves well there, other than sometimes will ignore my recall. one day at the dog park I was playing fetch with him and no one else was there until a new dog I hadn't seen before came. I could tell right away the dog had anxiety issues and whenever my dog would come up (calmly) to greet it, it would get a little spooked and cower. then as we're playing fetch, the other dog starts coming over when my dog would retrieve the ball to me and it would try to mount my dog, but I would push it away. meanwhile, when my dog is waiting for me to throw the ball, he gets hyper-focused so I don't think he noticed the other dog. after a few more throws, I realized the dog wasn't going to let up and the owner wasn't doing anything so I decided it was time to leave. I put the leash on my dog and as we're walking to the gate, the other dog is still following us. then, as I'm opening the gate to leave, the other dog fully mounts my dog, and immediately my dog whips around to lunge and growl at the other dog. I gave him a quick verbal correction and he turned back to me and waited to leave. this was the first time I saw my dog react to another dog mounting him so I wasn't sure what to do. also what was weird, even after telling him 'no' in a sharp tone, he turned back to me and looked super-happy and excited. So I'm confused why even after a negative encounter with this dog and me disciplining him, for some reason he still looked very pleased with himself right after. other than that, I haven't personally seen any reactions like that from my dog being mounted because I'm normally able to stop it from happening if the owner won't, so I don't know how to go about correcting this behavior. I also know it's rude for other dogs to be mounting him in the first place, but some dog owners are just disrespectful and oblivious. Then if my dog over-corrects them, I look like a bad owner and like my dog is aggressive.