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Status: For some dogs, humping is a way to demonstrate their dominance or territory to people or other animals. It can be slightly awkward when your dog starts humping as soon as your guests walk through the door. But, in this case, the cause is usually excitement. The arrival of visitors can be an exciting and fun time for your dog, and their humping is often a type of displacement behaviour. If your dog is well-trained but still humping, you can put that training to good use. The best way to treat humping is to redirect. This lets the dog know that the behavior is not wanted, and allows for positive reinforcement if they successfully perform another command. If you think your dog may become aggressive if you stop him from mounting other dogs, people or objects, do not attempt to do so. Instead, consult a qualified professional, such as a Certified Applied Animal Behaviorist (CAAB or Associate CAAB) or a board-certified veterinary behaviorist (Dip ACVB). If you can’t find a behaviorist in your area, you can seek help from a Certified Professional Dog Trainer (CPDT), but be sure to determine whether she or he has professional training and extensive experience successfully treating aggression. This type of expertise isn’t required for CPDT certification. Please read our article, Finding Professional Behavior Help, for information about finding one of these experts in your area.

Use obedience cues: This is where good training comes in handy. You can teach your dog to stop mounting or humping just as you can teach him or her to sit, stay, or lie down. To do this, watch your dog closely and use a command, such as "leave it," just before he or she begins mounting or humping. If your dog follows your command, reward him with a treat. Dogs sometimes mount other animals and people to display social status or control. A dog mounting for this reason may or may not display an erection, but he’s unlikely to ejaculate. Medical Problems to Rule Out As Preventive Vet's dog behavior expert and lead trainer at Pupstanding Academy, Cathy focuses on helping humans and their pets build a strong relationship based on trust, clear communication, and the use of positive reinforcement and force-free methods. With over 13 years of experience, she has had the opportunity to work with hundreds of dogs on a wide variety of training and behavior issues. Beyond her one-on-one consultations through Pupstanding Academy, she also teaches group dog training classes at Seattle Humane. Her specialties include dog aggression, resource guarding, separation anxiety, and puppy socialization. Sometimes, but not always. Depending on the age and gender of your dog, humping can sometimes be classed as an exploratory behaviour. Humping is usually primarily triggered by excitement, but it can also be linked to your dog’s arousal levels.Essentially, humping can be a pleasurable activity for an excited dog. Some dogs may bark when they get excited, others run around, and others may hump instead. Over time, humping can become an embedded response that you might see your dog exhibit in certain situations. When your dog is persistently mounting a visitor, and redirecting doesn’t stop the behavior, don’t yell or make a fuss. Simply go to the dog and calmly take them to their crate or another quiet area. Humping is most often a normal part of all puppies’ lives, male or female. Although we may interpret it as taboo or entertainment through our eyes, it’s important to remember it is often nonsexual and habitual for puppies to hump. Overall, male and female humping is usually a way to alleviate excitement during play, stress relief or an expression of dominance. Without proper training and discipline, it’s likely the humping in males or females will become excessive and provoke other dogs. Humping can be a self-soothing behavior for dogs who are stressed, whether it's "good" stress or bad stress. This is usually the most common reason for humping that I see in my behavior consultations. Or a dog may become anxious in certain environments or when uncomfortable with what's going on around them, such as with other dogs or when new people visit your home. Note: You'll notice that the dog he is humping is rather permissive and doesn't seem bothered by being humped. The daycare attendants in this video allowed the humping to continue as long as it did so they could get video footage to show the dog's owner. Medical Issues That Can Cause Humping

Be warned: If your dog mounts other dogs, he may get himself into trouble. Many dogs don’t like to be humped. They might take offense and start a fight with your “amorous” dog. If you have a hump-happy dog, you might want to teach him to leave other dogs alone when you ask him to. Once you’ve taught your dog what “leave it” means, you can start using it during his interaction with other dogs. Watch your dog carefully when he plays with his pals. As soon as you see him preparing to mount another dog tell him to “Leave it.” Remember to reward him if he does. If he doesn’t, end his play session and work on leave it without other dogs present for a while longer. If your dog habitually humps other dogs, you can also try teaching him to play games with you so that he’s less interested in other dogs. Tug and fetch are great! Puppies reach puberty when they’re six to eight months old, so, for them, at this point, humping is a non-sexual play behaviour. It’s one of the first ways a puppy discovers its own strength and social standing. Some pups respond to stressful or exciting situations by mounting things. So, if your puppy or dog is greeting you at the door with a friendly leg-hump, they’re probably just glad to see you. Sexually motivated mounting is usually accompanied by certain body language: tail up, panting, whining or pawing. Medical issues aren't the usual cause of humping in dogs. However, there are a few possibilities to consider and rule out just to be sure:

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Cathy is a certified Family Dog Mediator, and certified through the Certification Council of Professional Dog Trainers, holding both the CPDT-KA and CBCC-KA designations. Cathy is a Fear Free Certified Certified Professional, a member of the Association of Professional Dog Trainers, the Pet Professional Guild, and the Dog Writer's Association of America. She has also completed the Aggression in Dogs Master Course. First, the good news. Humping is a very common behavior. You are far from alone in having a hump-loving dog. And, despite appearances, it’s not necessarily sexually motivated. Humping - a dog behaviour that excites dogs & embarrasses pet parents. There have been countless embarrassing encounters where dogs hump other dogs. Other times, they hump a stuffed animal, pillow, or worse, a person’s leg. So, what does all this mean? Is humping always sexual? Excitement: During a particularly stressful or exciting time for a dog, such as meeting someone new, dog humping is a normal response.Occasional humping isn’t usually a problem, and you don't need to do anything about it. In fact, many dogs mount or hump a couple of times a day. But if your dog's excessive humping has become an issue, there are some things you can do to help:

Neutering does decrease the amount of the sex hormone testosterone within a dog’s body, which can make neutered males less likely to hump than unneutered males. But, even in neutered male dogs, a certain amount of testosterone still remains. That means he may still be on the lookout for female dogs to mate. The scent of a female dog may occasionally trigger humping behaviour in a neutered male and he’s just responding to natural mating messages. If a dog humps infrequently without harm, injury or excessive embarrassment, then allow them to continue. If the behaviour is causing any difficulties for you, them or other dogs then it should be managed. 1: Work out why it’s happening

Why Dogs Hump

Owning a dog that humps furniture, other dogs or people can lead to comic, but profoundly embarrassing moments. Most people assume that the dog is a sex pest or asserting dominance. Some owners laugh or shout at a humping puppy. This can reinforce the behaviour and make it more likely the dog will repeat it. Medical issues Secondly, assess the dog’s lifestyle. Is the dog sufficiently exercised, bored or understimulated? Are there stressors in the environment? An entire dog living next to a female in season will be very frustrated. A quiet dog may be overwhelmed by lots of visitors or other dogs. Some dogs are noise phobic and react inappropriately to everyday noises. 2: Distract! Playing / Burning off steam: Dog humping can sometimes be a form of play, especially for dogs that have had little socialization or that become overexcited during play. Persistent erections: When humping is almost always associated with an erection, it could mean that your dog has priapism, recurrent painful erections.