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My poor dog:(

Posted : 3/6/2007 5:04:03 PM

I have a 10 month old Pomerian BOY and whenever I take him to the dog park he always ends up getting humped. This is no joke. Yesterday there was a Pomeranian half the size of him and started humping him and just a week ago he was humped by a Poodle.

Don't dogs know if their guys or not?!

JoAnnDe

Posted : 3/6/2007 5:37:41 PM

That activity is a dominance thing - with your dog being the submissive. Biological sex doesn't matter - they're just trying to work out the "pecking order". That behavior isn't allowed in my obediance class - the trainder doesn't want any of the dogs thinking they are more dominant than any of the others

TinaK

Posted : 3/6/2007 5:44:10 PM

My situation is the other way around - my dog has to hump every dog he meets. Just this morning, for example, he hang onto a Doberman's neck and did it that way. The Dobi just stood there looking interested and content... [&:] I don't know if owners should interrupt this ritual. Should we not let them sort out the order and move on to play?

tiffy

Posted : 3/6/2007 7:44:44 PM

If it wre my dog doing the humping, I would definitely teach him "leave it". Its rude and obnoxious and if I were the owner of he humpee amd the owner of the humper did nothing, i would be upset.

timsdat

Posted : 3/6/2007 8:27:04 PM

I wouldn't let the dog hump everyone he sees. My girl would be really upset if another dog did that to her and the dog would get nailed. If fact she has taught some of my friends young male dogs that this is not appropriate. [

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houndlove

Posted : 3/6/2007 8:32:25 PM

I try not to micromanage the humping. A well-adjusted well-socialized dog can tell another dog to stop, or will understand when another dog tells them to stop. A little growl and air-snap is all it takes. Conrad every now and then meets a dog he wants to hump. He humps, if the dog responds by growling and snapping, he stops and finds another way to play. If he humps and the other dog just stands there with soft eyes and relaxed ears, he humps away and I'm fine with that. I really like it when an owner of the other dog just says, "It's okay, she'll tell him if she doesn't like it." The other dog saying they dont' like makes way more of an impression than me giving a "leave it".

Conrad for one thinks being humped is tremendous fun. It's not that he's submissive--he's not. It's just a fun game that he enjoys.

miranadobe

Posted : 3/6/2007 10:07:15 PM

Hmmm, G is the most tolerant dog, but the one thing she will not tolerate is being humped. She WILL hump the adolescent male Golden who lives downstairs. Gender has little to do with it. If your dog is ok with it, then, eh... although, I bet some folks don't see body language that says, "I'm an inch away from turning around and biting a hole in you if you don't get off me now." You have to know your dog and his/her tolerance levels.

TinaK

Posted : 3/6/2007 10:17:02 PM

I sort of think that we employ too much of our human etiquette on our dogs. It's rude and inappropriate, sure, but it's not about us... Of course, I wouldn't let my dog hump humans, their belongings, etc. But dogs? I think it's a part of their culture. And a well socialized dog can tell another to back off if it wasn't happy.

TinaK

Posted : 3/6/2007 10:29:10 PM

To be honest, I feel like I have to study the owner first to see if she is a type of person who'd find humping terrible... If so, I make my dog stop. If the owner doesn't mind, we have a laugh, and then our dogs are off to play. So, it's not even bout the dog first which is not good. I need someone to tell me why *for dogs* it's a bad idea!

jennie_c_d

Posted : 3/6/2007 10:56:21 PM

My dogs like to hump. They mostly do it when they're excited. Emma, the JRT, is far 'worse' about it than Teenie.

I don't say anything, unless I feel like it. I'm one of those funny people who likes to randomly use commands and interrupt fun, so I can throw a party about how fantastic my dogs are[

] If I call her, or tell her to sit or something, she does it. If the other dog tells her to stop, she does. Very rarely does any dog try to hump her. Last time one did, it was her puppy buddy. He's only 6 months old, and he's about doubled her in size. She put him on the floor, and chewed on his head[

] I don't think he'll be trying that again, any time soon (it was all in play, nothing too rough).

mudpuppy

Posted : 3/7/2007 10:39:01 AM

Its rude and obnoxious

not to dogs. Among dogs it is a perfectly normal and acceptable behavior, like crotch-sniffing. Dogs who don't want to be humped are perfectly capable of telling the humper to stop. I'd only intervene if you have a dog who clearly doesn't want to be humped and is being harrassed by the dog who wants to hump, which you sometimes see.