There's a Lesson in Here Somewhere

In my home town we have a LOT of dogs, mostly loose, usually friendly, but completely and utterly shameless.

Twice a year the females go into heat, and the town turns into a massive orgy of unbridled dog sex. On every street corner, in every yard, even under the houses the canine population of my village indulges vigourously in the pursuit of making more puppies.

Now I don't very much mind the actual sex part: it's usually over and done with in under a minute, and that is something I can identify with. It's the aftermath which disturbs me on a number of levels.

For those of you who haven't witnessed it, the two dogs in question become locked together for a considerable time. And they don't get stuck facing the same direction, but, as if struck by shame, stand opposed 180 degrees from each other with confused looks on their faces, barely acknowledging each other's presence. From time to time the female will nip at the male in a vain attempt to get him to move on and get about his normal doggy business. But nature has to run its course, and it will take a good five minutes before they are able to extricate themselves from this ignonimious circumstance.

Conventional wisdom has it that if you throw a bucket of water on them, they'll break free. My advice - don't. I once had a 30 lb labrador mix who got stuck in a 75 lb huskie. Inevitably, he got lodged in the female, and I began to worry about the jealous male dogs which started to circle him in his vulnerable condition in a very menacing manner. So I filled up a bucket with cold water and throw it at the connected canines. Well, the female took off across the snow, dragging my hapless dog on his back by his penis for at least a 100 metres before he finally became free.

But I digress - I'm just wondering what goes through a dog's mind when glued to another in this manner. They don't have the option of rolling over and falling asleep like all decent humans do, so they must be thinking of something.

I wonder what it is?