Humping

[openarms]

My dog Toby does this thing where he sniffs Honeys

butt and starts to lick it (eww i know lol) then decides he might

like to hump her. They are both desexed but it looks like he wants

to mate with her. As soon as he looks like he's gonna hump her i

distract him and take him away from her. Is this Toby trying to be

dominant over Honey? Or is it possibly that he's just randy even though

he's been desexed? If i let him continue would my girl Honey have a go at him do you think?

[Kowai]

My dog Toby does this thing where he sniffs Honeys

butt and starts to lick it (eww i know lol) then decides he might

like to hump her. They are both desexed but it looks like he wants

to mate with her. As soon as he looks like he's gonna hump her i

distract him and take him away from her. Is this Toby trying to be

dominant over Honey? Or is it possibly that he's just randy even though

he's been desexed? If i let him continue would my girl Honey have a go at him do you think?

It could be a dominance thing - my mum has a female desexed Shih tzu that will hump every new dog she sees and thinks she can be the boss of! (Sometimes she humps their head Its so funny.. )If Honey is a more dominant dog and not so submissive she may tell Toby off, and thats fine - she's telling him he can't get away with it. She may be more submissive though and wont be aggressive.

Others may know more than me though

[openarms]

I think my girl is dominant but in a passive way if that makes sense. She will only tell a dog off if they push their luck but so far i haven't let it get that far. She play bows to him a couple of times but he seems unsure.

[Kavik]

My guys only occasionally hump each other - when they get excited playing. I tell them off for it, not very polite!

I wouldn't let your dogs hump strange dogs - many don't like it (mine don't like it from strange dogs) - and it can cause fights. Have seen this first hand at work - we are now careful to prevent or at least reduce humping especially with certain dogs.

[Rom]

Here's an interesting observation I made at dog club a few weeks ago.

Dog looks to be a Wolfhound cross, male, entire, 12 months old. Handler is his second owner. In her words the previous owners didn't treat him very well so she asked if she could have him and they said yes.

This dog humps the handler only after she rewards him for the correct behaviour. No reward, no hump. The handler is rewarding verbally and with pats as he is not food motivated....they haven't suggested a game with a toy as reward cuz they haven't really taken that side of things on board yet.

Any suggestions?