Should I take his toy away from him?

[Sweet Apple]

I have a friend w/a spayed female yorkie (age 3) that has a teddy bear that she humps one time or another during the day...I've heard it's just a dominance thing...Apple never did that, and I'm good w/that lol, and Debbie, my friend, is o.k. w/her Bella humping her favorite teddy bear...I guess it's all in what you are willing to live with, put up with, or think is best for your little Bailey...About the bed, I wish, so much, that I could let Apple sleep w/me, but she doesn't for the same reason, she'll fall or jump off the bed..I've tried teaching her the steps, and she won't use them, so she sleeps on her puff ball w/the snugglesafe hot water bottle inside it...Buzz sleeps in his little kennel w/no gate on it...

[Ringo1]

I say let them have their toy. I had a maltese that had a favorite stuffed bunny that he liked (loved) at lot. Sometimes their love affair was not pretty; but he never tried to hump another dog, or another person, or anyone's leg . . . . he was happy with his bunny and I let him keep it.

Of course, their affair had a very sad ending. I took Casper (with his bunny) to board for a week-end and they thought they would do us a favor by washing the love bunny. Casper would never touch it again after that.

I guess it wasn't true love after all. Casper never had another 'friend' after that.

[zekie's mom]

Zeke is neutered and he still humps. He likes to do it right before bedtime.

[Darlene68]

Well last night Bailey was in the mood to hump his toy, As soon as I got into bed, Bailey runs up the ramp with it and starts in right away, I was afraid he would fall off the bed again, and I couldn't sleep with that on my mind, so I took it from him and first hid it in the night table, he kept going up and down the ramp looking at me and then the night table and whining, I ended up putting it in another room and closing the door! Finally he stopped his whining and started chewy his bully stick It is strange, he never humps anything else, I'm happy about that!!

[Sweet Apple]

Well, I guess as long as you're paying the bills, you need to be making the rules lol...I always grin, everytime you mention little bailey walking up and down that ramp...I remember when you first got him, you said he was trucking up and down, all night long, moving his toys up and down...I don't think he weighed more than a 1 1/2 lbs....I remember thinking "oh my, what a good mama"...I'd be having a fit, wanting to go to sleep ...I, totally, think if his pre-bed antics concern you and his safety, his "friend" needs to sleep in the other room, at the very least, for his own safety...Maybe, first thing in the morning, they can redezvous, outside the bedroom lol..

[star28c]

Originally Posted by Darlene68

When I first brought Bailey home he was a little over 9 weeks and right aways he started humping this certain toy. He will be 9 months old on Jan 12th and he was neutered at about 6 months. The problem is he will still on occasion hump this certain toy, he'll take the toy on to the bed at night and he gets pretty rambunctious with it, Usually I take the toy from him because I get scared that he will fall off the bed..well, yesterday he got his toy again and he was humping it on the bed, he ended up humping himself right off the bed, I was on the phone at the time and it scared me to death, I hung up the phone to check him, thankfully he wasn't hurt, but my fear came true. Do you think I should take the toy away for good instead of time outs? He loves this toy and when he doesn't have it he goes around sniffing everywhere trying to find it He doesn't always hump it either, just occasionally. I feel so bad taking away his toy, he is such a sulky baby without it. Anyone else have this problem? I thought humping stopped after neutering, but with Bailey it didn't.

coby did this 3 times when he was 3 months old i told him in a very firm voice no so did everyone in my house we also took toys away from him that was big enough for him to hump, he does have toys but not bigger then his head, they are small enough to fit in his mouth and chew on thats enough, he doesnt hump anymore, i believe when we give them stuff animals bears this
feed to that type of behavior, we dont no we are but it does, i would take it from him and for a while he will crie but give him smaller chew toy, he will soon forget.

[BanditSocks2]

SAME THING WITH BANDIT!!! He humps the stuffed duck he had since he was a puppy. He was neutered when he was 7 months but still continued to hump only that. Once he humped it so much his red rocket got stuck out and we had to use lube to get it back it

[LittleJade39]

Gizmo was neutered around 6-7 months and he still humps his fav toy. DH had gotten him a sock monkey doll when we first brought him home and it is the ONLY thing that he humps. He doesn't do it too often, he plays tug of war with it and whips it around (oh and it is almost as big as he is!) and then he gets excited and will hump it. Or if DH is playing with him, he'll beat the sock monkey on the floor and say "bad mr. monkey!" then throw it, then Gizmo will run after it and start humping it (LOL)!! After the first Mr. Monkey was decapitated and had all the stuffing pulled out of its head, Gizmo was monkeyless for about a month and didn't hump anything, then we bought him a new one and he immediately started to hump it! Boy does he love his sock monkey!!! He is on his third monkey now!

[DvlshAngel985]

Originally Posted by Sweet Apple

Well, I guess as long as you're paying the bills, you need to be making the rules lol...I always grin, everytime you mention little bailey walking up and down that ramp...I remember when you first got him, you said he was trucking up and down, all night long, moving his toys up and down...I don't think he weighed more than a 1 1/2 lbs....I remember thinking "oh my, what a good mama"...I'd be having a fit, wanting to go to sleep ...I, totally, think if his pre-bed antics concern you and his safety, his "friend" needs to sleep in the other room, at the very least, for his own safety...Maybe, first thing in the morning, they can redezvous, outside the bedroom lol..

[Darlene68]

I'm sorry ,Lol, it is funny though, I just picture all these small yorkies humping their various toys! Quite a visual!

[Darlene68]

Originally Posted by Sweet Apple

Well, I guess as long as you're paying the bills, you need to be making the rules lol...I always grin, everytime you mention little bailey walking up and down that ramp...I remember when you first got him, you said he was trucking up and down, all night long, moving his toys up and down...I don't think he weighed more than a 1 1/2 lbs....I remember thinking "oh my, what a good mama"...I'd be having a fit, wanting to go to sleep ...I, totally, think if his pre-bed antics concern you and his safety, his "friend" needs to sleep in the other room, at the very least, for his own safety...Maybe, first thing in the morning, they can redezvous, outside the bedroom lol..

Lol! Yes, I will be hiding his little friend in the nightime from now on!

[dwerten]

my dex was neutered at 6 mos so funny all of our dogs were neutered about the same time - luckily dex does not hump anything else as my parents dog always tries to hump dex - it is so funny it is only soccer ball and every morning after his breakfast like clock work of course when i come out from feeding my girls he is all done so he does it when i am not looking lol but can't help but notice afterwards lollll

[msanna]

Originally Posted by dwerten

lol that is his green bear he use to do that one lollll but he graduated to soccer ball and it was true love - it is so funny as it is the only toy i never bought as my appraisers dog passed away a month before i got dex and she gave me a bunch of toys and i washed them and those two toys that green bear and the soccer ball toy are his favorite out of all the hundreds i have spent on toys lollll. I cannot find that soccer ball anywhere and he cries by the washer when i wash it - i am screwed if it ever falls apart lollll as he looks every where for that thing if he cannot find it lol

Rico just loves his soccer balls too! He buries it under the couch every evening so Ben won't get it. Out of the three toyboxes full of toys the soccer is his fave. Not even the tiger print plush ball will do . His has started falling apart and I have been searching for a replacement forever. A few weeks ago I found some on Amazon made by Ethical Pet ( look for the plush soccer in the list, not the latex one). They have em for about $3 so time to stock up

[mollysmom88]

Toby my pom mix has a piggy toy he is extra special friends with He does not do it much so it is really no big deal for us but if you feel like it is going to cause him to get hurt I would take it away... guess dogs can have obsessions as well lol

[dwerten]

Originally Posted by msanna

Rico just loves his soccer balls too! He buries it under the couch every evening so Ben won't get it. Out of the three toyboxes full of toys the soccer is his fave. Not even the tiger print plush ball will do . His has started falling apart and I have been searching for a replacement forever. A few weeks ago I found some on Amazon made by Ethical Pet ( look for the plush soccer in the list, not the latex one). They have em for about $3 so time to stock up

lol you are lucky i cannot find one like his and any toy that looks like it he does not want anything to do with it so i am dead in the water if this one falls apart