I have just come back from a walk with Willow who is a 15 month old lab. She was spayed 3 months ago, which was 3 months after her first season. While we were out we met an entire dog the same age and was astonished to see them going at it hammer and tongs for about 30 seconds!! I have read lots of posts on here about bitches having to be at the right time and I certainly didn't expect this from willow. Is it unusual. She's in her basket now having a ciggie.( The last bit is joke, but the rest isn't)

It doesn't sound like there was a tie (as you said just 30 seconds), so most likely this wasn't any more than a bit of humping, without any intention of it being a mating. Even bitches will do that to each other, at any time. In fact I have a spayed bitch who will hump cats in call.

Thanks very much for that input.

Yep all my bitches hump on occasion, especially if someone has been in season.

Interestingly my youngest has been my first really humpy puppy, from about 4 months, has been my latest to come in season at 11 months, which was 22nd April, and still waiting on the second.

For the last two weeks due to family emergency, I am looking after one of my 10 month old pups for their owners until Friday, and sadly eh will have to go into kennels for the next month until they relocate to USA.  He has been a sex pest with his half sister, who has an 8 week old litter, his spayed 14 year old great gran, but paid no mind to the bitch expected in season.

If only I knew when she would be in I'd keep him longer, so he didn't have to go into kennels for so long, but we can't just mess the kennels around now he's booked in, as she could come in any day.

I'm rather torn, as he does/did exhibit SA when he first came.  he had been unwell with a virus as a youngster with hospitalisation due to dehydration, and ahs ben babied.  He barked almost non stop day and night for three days, even when I was in the next rom where he could see me.

He's now accepted me being out of sight, ahs largely stopped bugging the girls, and has ben got used to a vari-kennel and will go in willingly (thought it best to get hi9m used to an airline crate before he goes).

I suppose though another way of looking at it is if he stays here much longer eh will settle too much and may be worse in the kennels.

Sorry to go off topic.