Some Natural Dog Behaviors That Seem Unnatural Dogs have emotions similar to humans. They can experience and express pain, anger, fear, anxiety, depression, guilt, happiness, playful humor, and affection. While they have some moral sense of right and wrong and can reason to some extent and sometimes show remarkable altruism, they are still dogs and often seem to act irrationally. This is because they act out of natural instincts. Some instinctual reactions can be a source of annoyance to humans and even regarded as abnormal or perverse behavior.
Pups often engage in sex play, mounting and clasping another pup even of the same sex, or a person.
They are not homosexuals or sex maniacs. They are simply acting naturally. Such behavior can be inhibited by simple discipline. Most dogs like to roll around in obnoxious and smelly materials. Being so smell-oriented, putting a little perfume or aftershave lotion on the dog will often satisfy and therefore inhibit the dog s need to roll.