Oh he is that, it's one of his many nicknames too!

He will be approximately 2 in August, give or take a couple of months, we got him when he was approximately one and he has done this the whole time he's been here, he has got better with the dogs he knows and will do a few humps before he settles and carries on as normal but with new dogs he is most persistent.

I also have to say on a walk with my dogs he will do his usual few humps then he's fine, when in the house or garden is when he humps constantly. Doesn't matter whose house, his or mine.

With Star she usually makes a game out of it but the others don't like it at all. Maddy is sensitive like that and can get herself in a panic, Charlie just snaps, he won't tolerate it, he doesn't really bother Dusty as he's realised she is too small to try and hump and it's more effort than it is worth, by the time he gets down to that level she has legged it! They are all fine on walks together though...





And wrestling with Star, just so you can see how daft he is really...




I am thinking a lot that he has been under socialised and doesn't quite know the right way to interact with other dogs? When he first met my lot he was a bit unsure but the humping only started after he was here a couple of weeks and settled in and he has been persistant ever since.

I would nip him in the bud before he starts, does he lay his chin on the back of another dog then wiggle his way round to the hump? or is it more a straight dive on for the hump?

vinnie did this with a couple of dogs when he was about 18 months old, but it was over as quick as it began,

it does sound a bit like bear has learned this as a part of social interaction??
need to go and put my thinking cap on now...lol
wys could be a good un to talk to about this, more so as its been going on for a wee while now....

No he dives straight on, if he is meeting another dog you cant stop him unless you are holding him, if he is offlead he will do it and there's nothing you can do about it, he's quick, he jumps on board lol. As he is bigger than most dogs he doesn't really have to do much, especially with smaller dogs (like a BC) he will just walk over and 'grab' them round the waist without jumping up to mount if that makes sense? It's obviously something he has learnt before we got him and he sees as normal, that's why I was wondering if he'd been used at stud maybe but he'd have been used pretty damn young.

You can tell him before he does, 'Don't you dare...' and he will listen and have a sniff instead, then bam, he's away, the wee sh***.

I agree though, he certainly thinks this is the way to greet dogs for some reason.

Have you considered looking into something like a suprelorin implant to see what effect a reduction in testosterone might achieve?

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?

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.

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.

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.

to be honest we have used a plant sprayer for another behaviour problem in one of our dogs and found it ineffective but good for you for finding a method that stopped the undesired behaviour. by the way blackie humped once and as we were considering castration it made us go and organise it. he has never done it again. mind you the time he did it he was straight on the lead and back to the car so he knew he had done wrong.

sue

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?