Please help! Humping dog.

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Please help! Humping dog.

Posted : 10/17/2011 12:21:13 PM

Hello. I'm new to the forum. I joined because I really need some advice on my new dog who is humping one of my other dogs.

I had two dogs that I've owned most of their lives. Buddy is 11 yrs old. He's a white shepherd/yellow lab mix. Chewie is a some sort of cocker mix and is 1.5 yrs old. Had her since a baby.

I just got a new dog, Scout. He's a 1 yr old rat terrier. He's neutered. He plays nice with Chewie other than he will start to hump her. I know it's a dominance thing but it's really changing her personality.

Every time I see him doing it, I yell NO to him and he stops. Mostly I can just look at him and he knows its wrong and will stop.

What else can I do to make him stop it?

CoBuHe

Posted : 10/17/2011 1:21:00 PM

Try not to make a huge issue out of it yourself. Calmly move the dog away if it is bothersome to you or the humpee (if the humpee doesn't seem to be able to resolve it alone). Its not uncommon behavior. Especially if the humper is new tp the house.

Distraction is always good. Move humper away and show him something else to do. You could go straight in to some obedience commands. Make a training session out of it. Go into some sits and downs and stays.

The other thing you could try is keeping a leash on Scout at all times (for a while). When you see him humping...you could use the leash to calmly reel him over to you.

My Bruder did this for a while when he first joined the house at around the age of 1. Heidi could resolve the issue herself and tell him to stop. But, my elder dog Buddy (RIP) wouldn't do anything about it...so I helped him by moving Bruder away, and get into something else...

Welcome to the board! A great place to ask questions, share stories and pictures!