| During your
puppy’s adolescence, it will experience both physiological and
emotional changes. These modifications transpire approximately
at six months of age. Your canine’s adolescence will be marked
with the onset of puberty coupled with raging hormones. The vast
majority of dogs enter a tumultuous period of adolescence around
the age of six months. The inundation
of testosterone in the male dogs enables the canine to discover
its own sexuality. Unlike an infant who will experience its
sexuality until it reaches puberty (11-12 years later), dogs
will endure a certain level of sexual and emotional changes
early in its life. However, a canine will not reach its final
sexual maturity until later in life.
When your dog becomes masculine -- it is considered
the release of sexual hormones. It may transpire prior to birth
in the male dog's brain. Prior to the male dog being one month
old, its testes descend into the scrotum. Although the male
dog will demonstrate sexual behaviors such as mounting at a
young age, the males are verisimilar to the females — because
they are sexually mature and capable of reproduction once they
reach puberty.
Generally, newfound sexual drive motivates
the male dog to roam, wander and explore boundaries that exceed
your backyard. Additionally, sexual maturity will spark aggression
directed toward other males. Urine may become a marking as they
seek female dogs available for mating.
Throughout the year, the male dog is sexually
promiscuous. Triggered by seasonal changes coupled with the
production of the estrogen a hormone, most domestic females,
or bitches, undergo two periods, called estrus or heat, per
year in which they are interested in sex. |
