I recently read the headline of a ‘National Enquirer’ type magazine that claimed: ‘ Humping Dog Impregnates Man’s Leg’
For those who occur to have a ‘humping dog’ problem, don’t fret, for leg pregnancy won’t occur..
But it surely did get me to fascinated with how so a lot of our dog’s behaviours are misunderstood- including mounting or humping..
– Why do they do that?
Humping, otherwise generally known as mounting is what male dogs will do after they mate. Female dogs do that as well, after all less often. Dogs also mount furniture, toys, people’s legs, and for just a few reasons.
Yes it may well still be displaying sexual behaviour, hence that ‘special’ stuffy toy that your dog does ‘unnamed’ things to. Dogs are animals, as are we, and so they still have sexual behaviours in spite being neutered/spayed.
Other triggers could be with varieties of anxiety-I can use my ‘latest’ dog Jessie for example. Things are cool with each him and my other dog Lewis, we will walk on the trail with bouts of peeing, running and playing, then when other dogs show up, Jessie hops on top of Lewis and proceeds to embarrass me and Lewis..
Then there may be essentially the most common explanation, displaying DOMINANCE. You commonly see this with puppies, and infrequently with adult dogs. It’s saying ‘I AM IN CHARGE’ in a socially not at all times acceptable way.
– What Can You Do?
In case your dog is not spayed/neutered, then get this done.
You do not need to handle the behaviour on a regular basis, BUT when it’s excessive, involving your neighbors leg, or crushing the small dog on the dog walk, then you could provide you with some strategies.
Assuming your dog is ‘fixed’ then let’s use some positive rewards based training. Correcting in a harsh manner for humping could cause more serious problems.
1. Get back to BASIC training skills. You would like your dog to give you the chance to take a seat, come, lay down on cue.
2. Distract- get the ball, offer the squeaky toy, the kong full of peanut butter.
3. Do not get too worried- to your dog is not and in the event you get all offended, the behaviour won’t be changing, but you’ll be able to sure damage the connection along with your dog.
As with many unwanted dog behaviours, a while spent learning positive rewards based training pays off in spades, and also you WILL change the undesired behavior.
Dog humping, otherwise generally known as dog mounting, is a comparatively common undesired dog behavior, and dog’s do it for quite a lot of reasons. It could possibly be sexual, it may well be brought on by anxiety, or it may well be a display of dominance. Whatever the cause, there are a selection of things that you would be able to do to stop this unwanted behavior. The common theme of fixing the behavior goes back to basic training, and rewarding your dog after they do the suitable behavior.
