No, When Male Dogs Mount Other Mal, It Don't Mean They're Gay | Psychology Today

Contents:

• CAN DOGS BE GAY? WELL, Y AND NO…
• DOGS AND GAY MEN: A MATCH MA HEAVEN
• NO, WHEN MALE DOGS MOUNT OTHER MAL, IT DON'T MEAN THEY'RE GAY
• CAN DOGS BE GAY?
• GAY DOG
• IS MY PET GAY?

CAN DOGS BE GAY? WELL, Y AND NO…

We attribute a lot of human quali to our ne iends, g people to wonr – n my dog be gay? But are the same-sex scenars nothg more than hormon n wild, or do they actually reprent homosexual behavr and imply that such dogs are gay?

In short, dogs n’t really be gay, simply bee dogs don’t have a sexual orientatn or nsistent sexual preference the way some humans do.

DOGS AND GAY MEN: A MATCH MA HEAVEN

However, dogs n certaly exhib gay sexual behavr for a variety of reasons, which we’ll expla below! Homosexualy Dogs and Animal Sexualy.

Homosexualy Throughout the Animal Kgdom. Whether or not dogs and other animals posss a “sexual inty” or exhib long-term sexual preferenc, homosexual behavrs have been documented a wi variety of animals.

NO, WHEN MALE DOGS MOUNT OTHER MAL, IT DON'T MEAN THEY'RE GAY

But once aga, exampl of homosexual behavr abound. Many birds exhib homosexual behavr.

Defg the Term “Gay” for Non-Humans.

CAN DOGS BE GAY?

Jt bee an animal exhibs homosexual activy do not mean is a homosexual.

GAY DOG

We obvly n’t munite wh dogs well enough to illumate such topics, so is difficult to distguish between an animal that has a long-term preference for same-sex dividuals, vers a heterosexual animal that engag a homosexual activy. One lm tt rearchers have vised seeks to distguish between the two possibili by notg whether or not the homosexual animal qutn will still breed wh a member of the oppose sex when is likely to lead to offsprg.

IS MY PET GAY?

If, for example, a prumed “gay” male dog will still breed wh a female dog heat, he probably don’t have a tly homosexual inty; he jt engag homosexual behavr (such animals uld probably be intified as bisexual).