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01-25-2009, 08:31 PM | #1 |
Yorkie Yakker | Helpppp i have a few questioss .. 1. my puppy is only 6 months old and he LOVES LOVES LOVES humping my arm!!!!!!! 2. he chewed and ate one of my multi vitaminsss ... will he get sickk? 3. he still pees like a girl .. but he slightly lifts up one of his back legs while doing it .. is this a sign hes ready to start lifting his leg?
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01-25-2009, 08:57 PM | #2 |
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| I have a female dog that started that humping behaviour on my husband's leg. It is a dominance behaviour and unless you want him to think of himself as the dominant member of the family, it should be stopped. This is where your stern voice comes in...tell him "no!" and physically remove him...give him a time out in another room, if necessary. You should call your vet about the vitamin. Excessive doses of some nutrients can be toxic, but I don't know which nutrients and I don't know what is a toxic amount for a small dog. When he is sexually mature and begins marking, he'll get that leg lift thing perfected! Another good reason to get him accustomed to responding to a firm "no!" I once lived in a house in which there had been five chihuahuas, and the males had not been prevented from marking inside. I had to have the sheetrock replaced in several rooms because the moisture damaged it and nothing I tried could remove the smell. You don't want him to think he is the dominant dog in the house and then start marking his territory inside!
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01-25-2009, 09:01 PM | #3 |
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| charlie is 4 months old. Hasn't start humping yet but i noticed he is peeing differently this morning. He lifted his one leg this morning when he was peeing. so weird. |
01-26-2009, 05:42 AM | #4 |
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| Since we are on that subject, what happens if they never hump? Mine will be a year soo. She has never humped anything or anybuddy
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01-26-2009, 05:56 AM | #5 |
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| I had no idea that humping was a dominant issue! No wonder my Yorkie thought he was the king of the castle. He would always try to hump my leg while doing dishes when I had my hands full and could not get him. Thanks for the info! |
01-26-2009, 06:40 AM | #6 |
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| Well, I'd have to guess she doesn't see herself as being dominant...which is a good thing!
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01-26-2009, 06:43 AM | #7 |
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| Mine is 5 months old now, doesnt hump but will definitely lift his leg, nice and high, hes perfecting his aim. I hope this doesnt mean hes going to be one of the guys who like to mark.
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I have this Maltese/Jack Russell female that looks like the perfect little white poodle...but one of her nicknames early on was "Evil Doggie," so that should give you a clue. After we had had her about 8 months or so (she was about 2), she started humping my husband's leg and if I tried to stop her, she'd get aggressive with me. Hubby thought the humping was funny, so he didn't make her stop. She got more and more aggressive and possessive of my husband! Finally, one day at the vet for some other reason, I asked him about it and he said that it is a dominance behaviour, not a sexual peccadillo...the dominant dog puts him (her)self above the others and asserts that s/he is "top dog" in this manner. In a dog pack, other dogs will respond either with submission (allowing the behaviour) or they will fight back and attempt to assert their own dominance. This is how each dog finds his/her place in the pack. When I relayed this info to Hubby, he stopped Candy immediately. She didn't like that and continued to try to do it for several weeks, but eventually we reasserted ourselves as "top dogs" in the household and the behaviour went away. We may think it is amusing, but for the dogs, it is dead serious!
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01-26-2009, 08:23 AM | #9 |
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| He's right on schedule Around 6 months the testosterone starts to kick in This is where you start seeing the lifting of the leg and marking in male dogs but it doesn't have to be exact some start at less and some start at more as far as the humping goes humping isn't always hormonal in dogs humping is often a sign of possession and he probably is making a claim on YOU To stop it just make it perfectly clear that humping is never tolerated Push him away with a firm NO! and get up and leave .... no talking to him and no scolding which is still attention
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01-26-2009, 08:51 AM | #10 | |
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When did he do this, and what kind was it? I would make a call to the vet about this; some vitamins have sugarless sweeteners that are very harmful to pets. Also some levels of a certain vitamin, for example vitamin A, can be toxic. Some problems don't show up immediately, and it's always best to check with the vet about this. Don't ever let your dog hump your arm; stop the behavior immediately. He will also do this on guests, and this is very poor behavior, and a sign that he believes he is the boss. You can allow your dog to hump objects like blankets and stuffed toys; they even make some toys for this purpose. Obviously, if he's overdoing it, and gets irritated, you might want to do something, maybe more exercise. Neutering stops this behavior in some, but not all, dogs. He's about the age to get him neutered, while peeing and marking look like the same thing, they are not, but since he's lifting his leg, I would get him neutered before he starts marking.
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01-26-2009, 09:37 AM | #11 |
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| You need to stop the humping. Your pup is trying to show dominance over you. Yes he will start lifting his leg, and that's where the fun comes in. He make start marking your house. Oh joy. LOL You've gotten a lot of good answers. Best wishes.
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01-26-2009, 06:55 PM | #12 | |
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he ate the vitamin about 3 days ago and it had 5000IU .. 100% daily value of vitamin A, it also had vitamin C,D,E and ALOT MORE. when will the signs usually show up? vets are very expensive
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01-26-2009, 07:19 PM | #13 | |
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Do you have a regular vet, like the one that gave him his puppy shots? Yorkies should go in for a check up once a year, and I know here in Arizona it is essential to take heartworm medicine once a month that you get from a vet. We don't even have mosquitoes that I've ever seen, but all it takes is one, and heartworm is very expensive to treat, and painful for the dog. You should develop a good relationship with your vet and his staff. Many questions can be answered on the phone, and an office visit is much less than a emergency room visit, or another dog. I had to call the vet several times for Joey, and there was no charge for the calls. So find a vet you trust, and see him once a year, and you will be able to call him about things that come up. Yorkietalk is great, but it's no substitute for a vet.
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