Dominant Behavior?

Our 15 week old puppy (Emma) has been exhibiting a somewhat strange behavior towards our 11 year old (Mrs. Nesbitt). She occasionally goes over to where Mrs. Nesbitt is laying down and stands over her head, with the back half of her body directly over the head. This does not seem to annoy Mrs. Nesbitt much, but we were wondering if anyone has seen this behavior before or has an explanation. Is it some sort of dominance behavior? Thanks in advance!
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Well, yes and no. Puppies try to figure out where they stand in the pack so she needs to test everybody. Adult dogs let puppies do a lot of thing, which changes when Emma turns 5-8 months of age.

If Mrs Nesbitt allows her to do some things at an early age she may snap at her later on. When she does, Emma will scream her head off as if she was being murdered but don't worry about it. Mrs Nesbitt is only letting her know what is appropriate and what is not.
Prof. Boni wrote:
When she does, Emma will scream her head off as if she was being murdered but don't worry about it. Mrs Nesbitt is only letting her know what is appropriate and what is not.


wish someone could convince my husband of that - he doesn't want the OES to "hurt" his Puppy. all 88 pounds of him :(
I have a mini Schnauzer who does this to both my girls. I think he expects them to "lick" him, they just ignore him and he moves away.
kerry wrote:
Prof. Boni wrote:
When she does, Emma will scream her head off as if she was being murdered but don't worry about it. Mrs Nesbitt is only letting her know what is appropriate and what is not.


wish someone could convince my husband of that - he doesn't want the OES to "hurt" his Puppy. all 88 pounds of him :(


Give him my number, I tell him! :P :lol:
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