Odd behavior.

[TattooGurl]

I was wondering what it meant when my Chihuahua backs her butt up on my other dog. She like push's my American Eskimo with her butt she doesn't growl or snarl at my other dog she just turns around and walks backwards.

[TattooGurl]

Well did get my Eskie first a few years before my Chihuahua. So Cleo's just always had Snowflake there tho she dose growl and snap at her some time to time usually only at snuggle time and treat time but I just think Cleo's a little greedy and wants all the cuddles and treats to herself. And when their playing it dose get a little out of control at times that's when they get separated. Lastly the only thing Cleopatra really protects is me.

[TattooGurl]

Nope no mounting, Snowflake did try mounting Cleopatra when she was younger new puppy in the house she was trying to exert her dominance but she quit doing that after a while. Both dogs are confident females but neither is more dominant then the other. The Chihuahua is more the pack leader while I'm home but when I leave I sometimes set up my webcam to spy on them, stuff has been going missing off the coffee table and I wanted to see who was the culprit. But when I'm not home it's like my Chihuahua loses all her confidence and hides either right next or right behind my Eskie the whole time.

It's so weird they almost never sit together when I'm home but when there all alone there nearly inseparable. And the Chihuahua will only go for a walk if the Eskie goes with her but Snowflake is more then happy to go without Cleopatra but then Cleopatra goes crazy when shes gone.

So you think the butt thing is totally harmless? Those two seem to have a very complex relationship.

[Megadodger]

There's always a more dominant female when there's more in the house. A lot of training insists that you hold this position and control this just so the dogs don't have anything to fight over.

I see this a lot but it's not just female to female. There's a dominant male in my house and my girl is a confident female. She happily gives up any and all dominance and happily throws her rear end around like it's nothing. By my understanding this is her going "here, there's no doubt here, I follow you." She does this at the dog park to the more dominant females as well.

The fact that the chihuahua is asking for it I don't think there would be a fight. She is not being forced into anything.  I would still correct any mounting just in case, but I don't think you have anything to worry about.

[Margot49]

I don't think it is dominate behavior but I am no expert.  Dominant behavior I have seen in my own dogs mire expresses itself in other ways like passing close my the other dog, possibly hackles up, laying a head over another's back, more direct eye contact, etc.  had that scenario with my Shelties years ago.  Now, I had a number of dogs and a dominant female.  Never had a dog fight here, fortunately, but I was pretty aware if what was going on. As my dominant female, actually my smallest, got older, one female was starting to challenge her.  I was aware if this and as soon as I saw these behaviors starting, I nipped them in the butt with a firm verbal reprimand.  That usually took care of it because, in reality, I was the pack leader.
Just keep an eye out for any subtle signs.

[TattooGurl]

Well they have been sisters for nearly 5 years. It looks like shes either trying to get my Eskie to play or mount her but their both females. Or is it like a act of dominance. Normally when Cleopatra wants to play she jumps around and rolls around on her back but that's human play time is the butt pushing thing doggy play time? Since Snowflakes injury I don't see her play as much anymore shes also 8 years old when the Chihuahua is not yet 5. I just don't want it to escalate in to something more aggressive.

[Margot49]

It may be nothing more then a firm of greeting and she wants the Eskie to smell her, etc.