Hey! Grrrrrrrr, thanks a lot for laughing at our predicament!!!!
Haha, just kidding... if it was one of the rest of you all, I'd be laughing too. Shoot, it's me and still I'm laughing at myself anyways - these little dogs sure do teach you to be able to laugh and shake stuff off.
Thanks in particular to those who had some advice, or at least could tell me we're not totally alone in having a toddler-age puppy who is a humper. I sure hope we don't end up with a dog like that poodle, chattiesmom, lmao.
So far we're doing more bending over at the waist (uggh) instead of being down on the floor with him, and making him do tricks for his food (high-five, sit, and sit-and-stay are pretty reliable already!). I'm hoping this behavior will help to make sure he sees us above him in the household chain of command. Beyond that, he only really gets humpy-feeling about once or twice a day at most, and we just avoid any situations that would put us in humping-range. He seems to only "like" our arms - maybe our legs are too big around, or maybe that idea just hasn't crossed his mind yet. So when he gets humpy, we go outside and run awhile so he tires out and we can put him in his crate for a nap. After he wakes up, the humpiness is gone. What on earth is up with our little weirdo?!?! LOL... gotta laugh, gotta laugh.
Lauren & Nikko