My chi is just 9 weeks this week and she is humping my brothers arm lol and she did to me to? Is it normal for a baby chi to be humping?


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My girl chi would do that to her dolls when she was only a few weeks. It is a dominance thing in female chis, I am told. She is trying to be the boss of you, I guess!

Oh wow didn't no that lol, ur chi looks so pretty, do u got any pics of her I cud see?


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Yeah its a dominance thing with females. Just say a quick "No!" and clap and she should soon stop

It's not a "dominance thing". Dominance in dogs doesn't exist, and there's plenty of research that shows this. A good place to start: Dominance in dogs.

Play-humping is like play-biting, it's just a stereotyped behaviour. Just as play biting doesn't mean your puppy wants to eat you, play humping doesn't mean your puppy wants to have sex with you. These behaviours are hardwired into all dogs, and they practice them during play. It just means she was "in the moment", having a really exciting playtime and happened to be in a position that triggered the "I should hump!" circuit in the brain.

I agree that its related to dominance. Weither you believe it dominance or not I would nip the behavior in the butt now if you dont want her to do it redirect tell her no and play with a favorite toy anything to make her forget about what she was just doing.

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Quilll is right in my opinion. Dominance in an eight week old? Come on! She just got excited and started to hump. If you don't like it, stop it. You can easily redirect her at this age. Please don't punish. Most of the positive trainers don't believe in dominance in dogs toward humans.