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Switzerland Suisse. Switzerland Schweiz. United Kingdom. United Arab Emirates English. United States. He might react by humping the pillow on your easy chair. This type of playtime humping behavior is especially common in dogs who haven't been socialized adequately. Humping in dogs, particularly in fixed, older ones, also sometimes signifies frustration, fear and nervousness.
If your best pal's cat stops by at your home for a brief visit, your perplexed pup might react with uneasy apprehension -- leading to an episode of humping your pillow or anything else he might see in the vicinity. Being around strangers can often encourage humping in canines. It's also extremely common for puppies to hump objects as a means of getting others to look at and acknowledge them, whether in play or in meetings with brand new faces.
If you want to eliminate your puppy's humping behavior, getting him fixed might do the trick. Talk to your veterinarian to make sure your puppy is old enough for the procedure. If you wait until your puppy has been sexually mature for a while and is used to humping objects, the surgery might not completely get rid of the behavior. If experience teaches a puppy that he enjoys mounting objects, it won't necessarily stop the behavior after neutering or spaying, but it does tend to reduce it if the behavior's not anxiety-based.
Mounting behavior is most commonly not about sex. Oh sure, if you have a female in season and an unsterilized male dog mounting her, then yes, it is clearly about reproduction. Like many canine behaviors that we humans find annoying, inconvenient, or embarrassing, dog humping is perfectly normal behavior.
So why do dogs hump? Our first Pomeranian, Dusty, would mount the sofa cushions if I took the other dogs out and left him inside. The stress of being left behind triggered the cushion-humping. The stress and excitement of meeting other dogs is a classic cause of mounting, and one of the reasons you are highly likely to see the behavior on display in dog parks. Mounting of human body parts is not acceptable, nor is mounting that leads to dog fights.
There can also be underlying medical causes of canine mounting and masturbation. These can include urinary tract infections, urinary incontinence, and allergies that cause itching of sensitive body parts. In these cases, the dog is merely trying to relieve the discomfort caused by the medical issue.
We had an allergy-prone Scottish Terrier who, in the middle of allergy flare-ups, would do push-ups on the living room carpet to scratch his itchy private parts. Attention-seeking can be yet another reason why dogs hump. Some dogs have learned that a really good way to get their humans to engage with them is to climb on for a little ride. And if some humans find the behavior amusing, positively reinforcing it with laughter and encouragement, the behavior is all the more likely to continue.
So what do you do to stop dog humping? The first step is a trip to your veterinarian to rule out — or treat — any medical conditions that may be causing or exacerbating the behavior.
If he aggravates other dogs at the dog park, limit his social engagements until the behavior is under control. The longer your dog has practiced his mounting behavior, the harder it will be to change. Neutering is another obvious first step. A study found a 50 percent improvement in mounting behavior in 60 percent of dogs, and a 90 percent improvement in as many as 40 percent of dogs following castration.
While both male and female dogs may engage in mounting, it is more often a male dog behavior problem than a female one. Since mounting is partially a learned behavior as well as hormone-driven, the extent to which neutering will help will be determined at least in part by how long the dog has been allowed to practice the behavior. Neutered dogs may still hump after surgery, but the odds are greatly reduced. You will need to work harder to convince your adult, well-practiced dog than a young, inexperienced pup to quit climbing on other dogs.
With both young and mature dogs, you can use time-outs to let your dog know that mounting behavior makes all fun stop. Set up your dog for a play date with an understanding friend who has a tolerant dog. When you turn the dogs out together, watch yours closely. Be ready to intervene if you see the beginning signs of mounting behavior in your dog. This usually occurs as play escalates and arousal increases. When you see the first glimmerings of mounting behavior, try subtle body-blocking.
Every time your dog approaches the other with obvious mounting body postures, step calmly in front of your dog to block him. This is more likely to work with the younger dog, who is less intense about his intent to mount. Be sure not to intervene if your dog appears to be initiating appropriate canine play. It lets your dog know that the thing he is doing at that moment is not going to be rewarded, and in fact, it makes the fun stop.
Sit with him there until you can tell that his arousal level has diminished, and then release him to return to his playmate. Yelling at or physically correcting your dog increases the stress level in the environment, making more mounting behavior — and a fight, or even aggression toward you — more likely to occur.
With enough time-out repetitions, most dogs will give up the mounting, at least for the time being. With a pup or juvenile, the behavior should extinguish fairly easily with repeated time-outs, especially if he is neutered.
Quick re-intervention with body blocks or time-outs should put the mounting to rest again.
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