On Fri, 14 May 2010 20:36:37 -0500, starcat wrote:

Here's my question: Should you stop your dog from humping other dogs?
Let the dogs work it out among themselves? Remy has been known to be
quite the little humper when playing with his dog buddies, and I get
conflicting opinions on what to do, depending on who I ask. He was
neutered at 6 months, but I realize now it has nothing to do with this
behavior, since I've seen female dogs do it too, albeit not as often.
What I have been doing with sir-humps-a-lot is leashing him, having him
sit, and if he goes right back to it, leash him again and move him away
from the humpee. However, some people are telling me it's okay to let
him go and the other dog will correct him.

Any thoughts?

Greetings

I had two bitches and a dog all intact and of the same breed (figure out
what from my sig) for a period of many years. Dog was very submissive
to both bitches. Never attempted humping. One of the bitches was very
dominant, she was this pack leader, she never attempted humping any
dog,either home or being out. She was a Confirmation and Obedience dog.
The other beach was also dominant and very often humped the dog who in
turn just turned around to get her off.
Many times her humping was just an invitation to a play and ended like
that. Other times she was ignored by the dog. While being in 'company'
of other dogs she had to be closely controlled due to her dominance,
yet she played with strange dogs without any attempts of humping.

I do not consider humping as a problem unless dog attempts to hump
a human. However I believe you should closely observe the behavior.

What happens when Remy does that 'trick' ? How the other dog behaves ?
How long the humper and the humpee know each other ? If they meet often
how do they play ?

I think you are able to tell if it is a dominance or just a play
from your observation, can you ?

Take care
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thedalpal