Male dog completely obsessed with female in heat

Look, he's a teenager who won't get his brains until he's four. I'm curious as to why you're delaying neutering?

 

That is really tough for a male adolescent pup raging with hormones to have to try to stay focus in the presence of a female in heat. I'm pretty sure that all the classes I have ever taken at dog facilities around here have a strict ''do not bring your dog if she is in heat'' policy, I know for sure that my current classes do have such a policy.

I'm sure other people on here can give you some solutions. Just thought it weird that people can bring their dog that are in heat to the classes. Sorry I am of no help!

 

Put him in a monastery.

 

None of the dogs I had neutered pre maturity cared about bitches in heat. All of the dogs that were kept in tact, then neutered post maturity, whole different story. With the exception of Tardis, they all knew what that was about and lost their minds when in the presence of a female in heat.
One of you is going to have to not go to class as it is unfair to ask that dog not to react to what is, after all, a natural thing.
I guess my attitude in the face of this "late" spay/neuter is that neither dog should be the one that has to go but one should not be present when the other is there. I don't think it's fair to ask the bitch's owner just because she also decided that she should keep her dog in tact. In confirmation we can show them regardless of whether they are in season or not. I didn't because I didn't want my girls exposed to infection but plenty do and the males can become quite mindless.

 

Bitches in season should not be in agility classes. Sorry. You can't expect your dog to work through that. I expect obedience dogs to work through it, but they are less likely to fall off of something in their distracted phase, and having a BIS at a conformation/obedience all breed show is very likely. Where you don't see them in agility.

I have walked out of agility classes with bitches in season, because I know my dog is a slobbering mess, and it's a waste of my time to try to make him work.

 

My training club does not allow bitches in heat in any classes except for conformation class, which they have I think twice a month, the evening before the mats are all cleaned.

To the OP: Don't even bother trying to change your dog's behavior around the bitch in heat. He is reacting the way most every intact male dog would, and any correction you use positive or not, is going to be very confusing for him. And even if you try to re-direct his attention, it is pointless to expect him to get his focus back on you with all the hormones blowing up. It's an incredibly frustrating situation that can be easily avoided by not going to class when there are any in-season bitches present. Frankly, though, I would ask the training club why they allow bitches in heat in classes at all.

I'll stay off my spay/neuter soapbox because you can read my older posts, but I will say one thing. If you choose, for whatever reason, to delay neutering, you must accept total responsibility for anything your dog does in the meantime.