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Opinions on humping? So Walker the little weed is now humping like a beast. He's 5 months old now. It is his job, or at least he thinks so. :) He was only doing it on a giant white stuffed bear so we took that away. Now he folds up his bed and goes at it. He hasn't done it to any people yet. I know its a sign of dominance. My question is does it really hurt anything to let him be? He's next to impossible to stop and when you take his "date" away he humps the air and looks up at me with sad little broken hearted eyes. haha. Unless there is a reason other than dominance I think we may just let him marry his stuffed bear and leave it be. :rolleyes: Thanks everyone! |
It is normal and I would much rather have them humping a stuffed animal than someones arm or leg. When hes neutered he may slow down or stop. At least My Chachi did |
Gus folded his "puppy" bed & humped it before & after neutering. So, he now has a non-hump blanket in place of the bed. No more humping. After neutering, I think it's best to discourage the behavior. |
He's not neutered yet so we'll see if that lessens the *cough* urges *cough* hehe:):rolleyes: |
Tricksie is 2 years old and was spayed. This week she started humping her toy. I was told that it was being in control. |
It should stop after being neutered. If not, then it's dominance. Sapphire is a good little "virgin dog" lol. She has never humped anything and if anyone or anything gets to close to her down there, she attacks! :p |
"humping" behavior is used by dogs of both sexes as a signal of dominance, and has nothing to do with breeding. This behavior may never stop after neutering, since it's not sexual. When you see your dogs "humping" tell them "NO!", and make them stop. |
I allow Romeo to hump his stuffed animals. He's not hurting anyone and it makes him happy. I think a few bears are pregnant. lol...;) |
i read that you're supposed to tell your dog no and make him stop.. mickey used to hump my stuffed teddy bear then moved on to people's arms and legs i was young when it happened (9 years old) and i didn't know what he was doing and i thought he was dancing. and i told my parents and they had thiss horrid look on their faces! (they never really told me what mickey was doing) and a week later mickey got neutered. then he never humped ever again. it wasn't like he humped less and less after he healed from his surgery ive never EVER seen him do the "dance" its like he went cold turkey :P |
Riley is almost 2 years old, and he only humps his foam beds, but if I leave him alone with it he will tear it to pieces! So.... he no longer gets any nice comfy beds to lie in....which makes me sad cuz you can get some really nice beds, but he will totally distroy it if I leave him alone. He has been neutered since he was five months old, and no matter how much I tell him no, he just can't seem to help himself. But if anyone has any ideas, I would be willing to listen.... |
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My Diddy still humps his toy occasionally even though he was neutered at 6 months.....I don't stop him as it is not a problem...:) |
Thanks guys for all your help! I think I'm gonna let him be for know since he's just showing his stuffed animal that who's boss...which over the stuffed animal, he is!:) And then we'll see what happens post neuter. |
My little guys are just 15 weeks old and one humps the other I did put a stop to it with being very diligent and stopping him everytime he did it I know they are setting up roles of dominance and as long as it's not something that's distracting like humping humans or another dog it's probably ok |
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haha! That's funny! We are anti-humping at our house. We tell em to "put it up" and they quit. IMHO, it's a bad behavior that must be addressed - but I'm probably just a prude! |
My little Zaira has a white bear that she has slept with since the first night I had her. She drags him around and he is as big as her. We politely call him "humpy bear". He is her boy friend and that is fine with me. She will take him into a dark room and ummm ... use him! LOL She's not hurting anyone and she does try to keep it private! LOL I think it is funny. |
My Sasha (the smaller of the 2) is the "humper". She humped her sister Coco (who happily let her while she sat and played with her toys) and now, when she's feeling well, she's humping CeCe,( who makes her chase and doesn't give her much of a chance to get started!) I tell her "no humpin'! she stops right away....but she just can't help herself and starts right up when I'm not looking! :jump28ib: |
I was over at a friend's house last night with Hiro... They have a pretty little pug girl! (she's fixed and about a year and a half old) I think Hiro adores her! Anyway, they were chasing eachother, playing and having a good ol time, but I think she had enough of him and jumped on the couch to get away. He followed her and proceeded to hump her. @_@ I was mortified! My Hiro was THAT dog! ... He hasn't done this the whole time I've had him. Not to blankets, toys etc. I know it doesn't really hurt anything, but if I can nip this behavior in the bud, I most certainly will. I do NOT think it's cute. We haven't had him fixed yet, but that will change very soon as well. |
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Roxie does this also. She was spayed between 4-6 months. She has a white bear that she confinscated from my daughter (daughter doesn't want it back). It's bigger then her and it's a riot to watch her drag it around the house. She'll try to drag it up onto furniture. We too have named it humpy the bear and I just leave her be with it unless we have company. My brother's 2 yorkie-poo's were neutered as pups and they do it to each other. They mostly do it during a wild rough house session. They make them stop but eventually they go at it again. I find that more disturbing then with a stuffed bear. I don't think it hurts anything and she doesn't do it all of the time. |
If you are not planning on breeding...PLEASE have him neutered. My little precious Mojo :p had a blanket that he would "hump"...and he would only do that to his "love blanket". But, one day, he was bleeding from his wee-wee....it ended up being nothing major...he had rubbed a big sore spot on his wee-wee and it was blistered, but had burst. The vet strongly advised us to have him neutered, since we had no plans of breeding him....because there could be so many other complications to not being neutered. We had that done...he was fully recovered by the next day and he no longer humps anything! |
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:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup: I agree... I finally got my boy fixed and the humping stopped. This does lead to further problems and we may think it's funny but I do believe it can be an irritation to our babies. :p |
my baby has been humping his favorite little blue stuffed bunny since right after we got him..at about 8 weeks old :confused: is that normal??! he hasn't done it as often now as before but still he sometimes feels the need...lol... |
jackson is a HUGE humper! LOL. he has this little white bear he always humps! i just let him. as long as it's a stuffed animal and he's not hurting anyone! only natural! |
I think in the very beginning it is more about dominance. Around the 5 month mark though it tends to be the onset of their sexual maturity. I saw the difference with Toby and made it my business to get him neutered. The last thing I needed was the house marking that was sure to come. |
My 10 month old girl, started humping around her first heat. ( stuff animal) she was justed spay last week, I though she would stop, still humping maybe worst. |
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My almost 13 year old Truman still loves to hump a big ol teddy bear when it's available to him! :D The first time I met him was at 7 weeks of age...believe or not, he humped my arm. That's how I knew he was the one! ha ha :D Even after a month of not seeing him he humped me as soon as he came home with me. He used to hump his toy basket and even got "stuck" a few times in that, but there was no stopping him! ;) He was neutered when he was 6 months old and is the most gentle, submissive little sweetheart ever. But...look out if you are big, furry and he can wrap his paws around you! :D |
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