My husband and I have an 11 month old female dog and yesterday just
rescued a (1 y/o ???) male dog who just got neutered 2 days ago. He
is insistent on humping our female dog and I was wondering how to stop
this behavior. Does it take a while for the dog's hormones to be
released after the neuter? Is it just a dominance thing? Should I
just allow the behavior? Please help.

CHELL wrote:
My husband and I have an 11 month old female dog and yesterday just
rescued a (1 y/o ???) male dog who just got neutered 2 days ago. He
is insistent on humping our female dog and I was wondering how to stop
this behavior. Does it take a while for the dog's hormones to be
released after the neuter? Is it just a dominance thing? Should I
just allow the behavior? Please help.

Yes, humping could be related to either dominance or sex. It's
impossible for anyone here to know for sure why the new dog is
humping the old dog, but it could well be that he's unsure of
himself and is trying to establish himself above the female in the
hierarchy, by literally putting her in her place. In any event, if
you don't want him humping the other dog, it's okay to tell him to
knock it off.

--
Shelly
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http://esther.cat-sidh.net (Letters to Esther)

diddy wrote:

It's even advisable to tell him to knock it off.
It doesn't matter WHY he's doing it. You should make it clear that it's not
allowed, regardless of why.

I don't know the OP's dogs, so I wouldn't go that far. While it's
important to be able to call off the humper, and totally appropriate
to do so if the behavior is bothersome or inappropriate, there are
times when it's beneficial to let two packmates play the humping
game. Dogs do a lot of non-aggressive pack jostling during play, so
the humping game can actually work as a pressure valve, and lead to
*less* posturing and snarking at other times.

--
Shelly
http://www.cat-sidh.net (the Mother Ship)
http://esther.cat-sidh.net (Letters to Esther)

Well, they have been very good together so far. They play hard but
not too rough (no biting, growling, etc). Butch (new dog) is about
1.5 times the size of Brinley (old dog) and is clearly stronger than
her, however, Brinley fights back and tries to be the dominant one
herself.
Last night was crazy with the dogs chasing eachother in circles
through the house.

On Fri, 06 Apr 2007 16:52:42 GMT, Shelly wrote:

diddy wrote:

It's even advisable to tell him to knock it off.
It doesn't matter WHY he's doing it. You should make it clear that it's not
allowed, regardless of why.

I don't know the OP's dogs, so I wouldn't go that far. While it's
important to be able to call off the humper, and totally appropriate
to do so if the behavior is bothersome or inappropriate, there are
times when it's beneficial to let two packmates play the humping
game. Dogs do a lot of non-aggressive pack jostling during play, so
the humping game can actually work as a pressure valve, and lead to
*less* posturing and snarking at other times.

I'd have him knock it off anyway, without making a big deal about it.
Otherwise it may develop into a habit. In fact, that may be why he's
humping her now. He's already developed (or is developing) the habit.
It's always easier to break bad habits sooner rather than later.

Give the dog something else to do, an equally good "pressure valve,"
like having him "sit" on command and then get rewarded for a speedy
compliance.

--
Handsome Jack Morrison

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Unfortunately it doesnt appear that the previous owner trained him at
all. I am going to call the place I trained Brinley and have him
enrolled in a class. Hopefully this will help.

On 6 Apr 2007 10:45:18 -0700, "CHELL" wrote:

Unfortunately it doesnt appear that the previous owner trained him at
all. I am going to call the place I trained Brinley and have him
enrolled in a class. Hopefully this will help.

Good start in the right direction!

--
Handsome Jack Morrison

So long! Ta-ta! Somewhere Winston's weeping.
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More "crazy ****":
http://www.michaeltotten.com/archives/001412.html
Secretary of State Nancy Pelosi’s Muddle Diplomacy:
http://austinbay.net/blog/?p=1731
Washington Post Slams Pelosi - A "Shadow Presidency" (to be filed in the "Be careful what you wish for" category)
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/webl...residency&only
Another conspiracy theory for Sandman and Mel Shore to believe in!
http://maddox.xmission.com/
Way to go, Madame Speaker! Olmert denies peace message to Assad!
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satelli...cle%2FShowFull
Way to go, Britain! You freakin' pussies.
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles...e.asp?ID=27672
Not everyone in Europe is a stupid as Rosie O'Donnell:
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Your United Nations at work!
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How modern liberals think!
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Gore's Global Warming Religion:
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Researchers Question Validity Of A 'Global Temperature':
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Liberal eco-preeners: Do as we say, not as we do!
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/ar...599714,00.html
Danish scientist: Global warming is a myth.
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Scientists threatened with death for 'climate denial'!
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The Great Global Warming Swindle - the video:
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in thread t: Shelly
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diddy wrote:

It's even advisable to tell him to knock it off.
It doesn't matter WHY he's doing it. You should make it clear that
it's not allowed, regardless of why.

I don't know the OP's dogs, so I wouldn't go that far. While it's
important to be able to call off the humper, and totally appropriate
to do so if the behavior is bothersome or inappropriate, there are
times when it's beneficial to let two packmates play the humping
game. Dogs do a lot of non-aggressive pack jostling during play, so
the humping game can actually work as a pressure valve, and lead to
*less* posturing and snarking at other times.


Fine. But MY dogs simply aren't allowed. But then, my dogs aren't allowed
to snark either. It just doesn't happen

CHELL wrote:
My husband and I have an 11 month old female dog and yesterday just
rescued a (1 y/o ???) male dog who just got neutered 2 days ago. He
is insistent on humping our female dog and I was wondering how to stop
this behavior. Does it take a while for the dog's hormones to be
released after the neuter? Is it just a dominance thing? Should I
just allow the behavior? Please help.

It won't be any consolation, I know... our 11 year old Lab was
neutered at 6 mos. and he still occasionally tries to air-hump
some of the females he encounters. We stop it when it happens,
but we haven't succeeded in preventing it.

You'll probably have the most success if you can identify clues
in his behavior that he is about to start, and distract him at
that point, before he gets going. With Oppie, he doesn't give
any warning that we've noticed, but your dog may be different.

Since the male was just introduced yesterday, it could be a
combination of residual hormones and trying to sort out his
position w/r/t your other dog in your "household pack". Make
sure he knows that YOU are the leader.

FurPaw

--
My family values don't involve depleted uranium.

To reply, unleash the dog.

Hi -- we were surprised that our 2 female litter mates hump each other -- I
thought it was just a male dog thing. When we spoke to our vet she agreed
that it is a dominance issue, but said we should discourage it as much as we
can. I simply say their name sternly and pull them apart when they do it. So
far it has not stopped but it is much less an occuance than when they first
started the behavior. And it is not just Lily doing it to Lulu -- Lulu also
does it to Lily, so in one way I am glad that one dog (so far) does not
dominate the other. I find that all I need to do now is yell out the name of
the dog doing the humping and they immediately stop. So they know they
should not be doing it but have yet to stop completely. I do not know if
this helps, but this is my experience -- good luck!! Kristen

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My husband and I have an 11 month old female dog and yesterday just
rescued a (1 y/o ???) male dog who just got neutered 2 days ago. He
is insistent on humping our female dog and I was wondering how to stop
this behavior. Does it take a while for the dog's hormones to be
released after the neuter? Is it just a dominance thing? Should I
just allow the behavior? Please help.