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Originally Posted by
Shona
Im not sure its due to him being used at stud, I tend to find my stud dogs less likely to do this, if that makes sense?
I will stick my thinking cap on,
do you think its a dominance thing?
Thanks, I was just wondering because he seems to know what he's aiming for, he never does the head or the side, but then neither does Charlie and he has never had his way either. I think it probably is a dominance thing but I don't think he's totally sure about why he is doing it if that makes sense, he seems a bit unsure or other dogs so goes for the reassuring hump. I wish I could bring him up to your lot, he just needs to meet a wider variety of dogs but not so many people are willing...
Originally Posted by
TBBS
My Bertie humps other dogs too, never people or inanimate objects. He was castrated when he was about 14 months old and is now nearly 11 years old, it didn't seem to make any difference, if anything he's got worse the last couple of years. It seems to be certain dogs he picks on more than others, I think it's a dominance thing with him.
My Charlie never ever humped when he was entire and after he was done he started, so castration would be an absolute last resort, my view is it's better to sort his head out than just wallop off his plums and hope for a quick fix!
Originally Posted by
Trouble
Frankie would like to be a humper. Castration made no difference whatsoever to it either. He's a sneaky recreational humper though, he tries to sneak aboard while the others are busy with something else. It's not something I have ever allowed, he is told to stop the instant I spot what's going on. He only stops because he's told, constantly and repeatedly at first, now he stops the instant he's told to. So I would start in the home and intervene whenever he starts to hump star. Like any behaviour they learn it's unacceptable if they are stopped from doing it each and every time they attempt it.
That is my Charlie, he does the sneaky hump but he will get down as soon as you say, if you see him going to do it and tell him then he listens, Bear is not so much with the listening!
We can more easily control him with my dogs and dogs he is used to but when it's a totally new dog he's on an absolute mission with it and has to be physically removed a lot of the time.
With Star its difficult as they like to play together and he will do it in play too as all mine will to each other, even the girls, so where do you draw the line?
Originally Posted by
maxine
I have inherited 2 different neutered male rescues that have done this. One of them completely ignored me when I told him to stop doing it at home. When I intervened and pulled him off he growled at me and when I persisted tried to bite my hand. In all other respects he was a lovely dog with no significant issues. The next time he decided to hump I squirted him with a plant mister set on squirt with a firm "No".
After being squirted on 2 separate occasions at home he responded to "No" alone, and then after a couple of weeks of "No" stopped doing it altogether. "No" also worked when he (occasionally) tried to hump other dogs when we were out .
One of my current rescues was a humper when we got him but responded quite quickly to "No" and was never aggressive with it. He was never introduced to the plant mister. I realise I may get a pounding now but it was a quick, effective and humane method of dealing with a potentially serious problem, that avoided me getting bitten.
Do you know that is genius and I am kicking myself now as I really should have thought of that by now, it's so funny that when it's someone else asking advice I seem to have lots of ideas to try but when it's one of my own I draw a blank, I will give it a try and let you know, his temp is fine, he's not aggressive with it at all he just goes into his own wee world of lust and can't hear a word you say apparently!
Originally Posted by
spot
Does he do it to dogs on leads or only off lead dogs?
Must admit if he tried it with a couple mine he wouldn’t need to see a vet to castrate him
, where as with one of them he might get a bit of a shock when he gets the same treatment back.
Maybe thats what he needs?
He will do it to any dog, on or off, when he is onlead or off too, makes no difference, although he will walk nicely with any of mine as he is focusing on the walk but if standing still he will go for the hump.
My Charlie will give him a good telling off and so will Maddy, now he will react differently to a bitch than to a dog. When Maddy tells him off he just blanks her and carries on humping, she will turn and snap and he just ignores her and carries on. At first we tried to let him get on with it thinking he would do this and get it all out of the way but 9 months later he's still doing it. With Charlie though he will carry on for a while, and when Charlie startes to bark and snap at him he will bark back but more out of frustration I think than anything else, he hardly ever barks at all, all kinds of snorts and gruffs and grumbles yes but not barking!
So now with Charlie and Maddy we have to try not to let him hump them at all and he is pretty good with them when out on a walk and can be controlled fairly easily with it but in the house and with new dogs he's a menace with it.