My older Daughter is back at home with her female 8 lb West Highland Terrier / Poodle mix (pretty obviously a miniture Poodle in the mix, not the Standard Poodle she was told) just about 16 months old.
We have 3 other dogs. The oldest is a mostly Pit female (not sure what else, but not the boxer/mastiff mix we were told...
) 60 lbs. The two middle are Lab mixes (the Sire is the brother of the Pit we have)..also females. The smallest was the runt of the litter...she's about 45 lbs at 3 years old, the other is about 55 lbs.
Now, my Daughter's tiny dog plays well with them...not too aggressive, has fun inside and out. Has for a while (both on visits and since the Daughter has moved back).
Now she's starting to hump the smallest of our dogs....out of the blue. Nips at her (playful), then humps. Our dog tolerates it.
Why is it starting now?
And a food question...the older dogs get fed basic Dog Chow (do well with it, and it's not expensive for all 3...in theory, they're all my Younger Daughter's dogs, so she should be buying it...ha!). My Older Daughter's Dog had some fancy dry food, but now she won't touch it...she eats the Dog Chow for the bigger dogs. I guess we're stuck with her eating that too?
Thanks for any ideas/suggestions....