When is a dog old enough?

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3 hours ago, heavyhorse said:




Pretty much what WGW said above.  




A lot of male animals will start "acting sexual" at a very early age.  Ram and goat kids will mount and hump while they are still nursing.  Doesn't mean they are actually ready.  Keep in mind in nature a young male won't be allowed by the others in his group to breed; the resident male will "educate" him on appropriate behavior, the females mostly won't "stand" for him even in heat.  




In my experience (working livestock farm and small-time giant breed dog breeder) they aren't physically mature until 18 - 24 months.  




And my gawd make sure he's gotten his puppy shots.... 

So do you or do you not believe a puppy of this age is old enough for sex? WinterGreenWolf believes it is, from how I interpreted his post, and you say you agree with him. But then you go on to say humping behavior doesn't mean they're ready and that they don't mature until nearly 2 years. 




I don't know the individual offline, so I don't know if he's gotten the puppy shots. I assume he has, as he's mentioned going to the vet. I try to talk to him about the dog as little as possible, as the situation makes me deeply uncomfortable.