Hello, my little guy is starting to hump at only three months. Now he isn't humping legs or anything it's just this ONE toy, a fuzzy, peanut shaped toy that's as long as him. He keeps humping just THIS ONE toy I'm not sure if I should just let him or tell him no? It's not like he's hurting anybody (but the toy) and not humping but would him continuing humping it start to lead to worse things? I am not sure what to do?!
Hi, Barney went through a few days of trying out that behavior at about that age too. He stopped, as long as I don't let him get into position on my arm when he's bouncing around and happy.
I researched on this forum and came up with both sides of the discussion. Overall, I think it is up to you. Some people correct it, some do not as they consider it a natural thing to do. Some say it is showing dominance, others say it is just natural and makes him feel good.
Simple. Take away the toy he is humping. Done and Done.
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Bandit is going through this. He is now 4 months - and not fixed because my vet wants to wait until he 6 1/2 to 7 months. I take the toy from him, but he is one persistent little bugger. My vet also said it is dominance, but I still stop it as I do not want it to become a habit later.
My boys did it about the same age. I ignored it unless they were bothering someone. They both got neutered at 7 and 9 months and it stopped and never happened again.
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It is a sign of dominance and is fine and normal. dont allow him to hump any person tho and if he does have that person flip him on his back or side and hold him like that hovering on top of them to show that they are dominate over the dog. It is the only way a pack/family will function. I wouldnt worry about the toy at all let him
Our 4 month old does it too
I ended up taking his peanut toy away because he starting to growl and nip pretty hard after he would hump it, he left a good mark on my throat so I just said that's it, and threw it away. He tries to hump his zebra bone toy but it's too small so I will just stop buying him toys that are soft or have fuzz...
Funny story - My previous Chi, who was also a female mind you, used to hump watermelons. We have some friends who grow them and I swear if they
left one on my porch or there was one that she could get to, she would
hump it like crazy.
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