My Bentley is 17 weeks old and I caught him humping for the first time last night. It was heart breaking, my little baby is growing way too fast. My husband and mother in law (whom we live with currently) strongly believe we should get him neutered and keep bringing up the subject. I would like to wait until he is a year old, but they think the sooner the better.
Is it true that the humping would have never started if we would have gotten him neutered before this behavior started? I mean I've only seem him do it once to my pillow pet, (I think he has always tried to dominate it because its bigger than him) but I didnt see what he was doing but i thought for a second he might be humping, so i layed down again waited for him to start and sure enough he was. I quickly stopped him and put the pillow away in the closet.
My husband and MIL also beleive that his constant chewing and biting is because he isn't neutered. He doesn't BITE bite, he just playfully bites when he is playing with us but when I firmly tell him no and quickly remove my hand he will stop completely. Husband on the other hand will push him away, but he will continue, I think because bentley thinks that my hubby is still playing with him. Bentley also likes to sit and lay on my husbands chest while is laying down, husband and MIL beleive this is because Bentley is trying to dominate him. To me, HE IS ONLY CUDDLING, he wants to be near us and will therefore sit or lay on or next to us.
He also is not potty trained and likes to pee on the rugs. We lay several pee pads around the house so he has a place to go no matter where he is, but he still chooses to pee on the carpet or rugs. In my opinion the blame is on us because we do not enforce this with him. He has free roam of the house now so we don't always have an eye on him at every moment of the day. He also like to go in private, so when he does go, he'll always sneak off. and sneaking is something he is very good at haha

... He will poop on or near the pads, but never pees on them. I know this needs to be better enforced and am working on it.
Hubby also thinks he should start going to the bathroom outside, but first off, we only have rock landscape no grass at all, it is also gated in, not brick wall, so he could easily slip through the gate being curious at whos walking past. Another thing is that there are coyotes that come out at night, not only am I worried about him being EATEN (theres already 2 small dogs, 1 of them, a yorkie missing in our neighborhood) shortly after they went missing, the home owners association made calls to every house warning us about the coyotes and small pets. I'm also concerned about the diseases that the coyotes carry in their feces and urine, and Bentley still has another round of shots to go before he's complete.
We plan on buying our own house within the next 6 months, which would solve many problems but I just wanted some advice. I beleive the biting, and rambunctiousness is because he is a PUPPY, not because he has yet to be neutered. Failure to be potty trained is definitely our fault, not because he isn't neutered.
Will neutering stop the humping? Will it calm him down or will his behaviour continue as is?