I generally have a hard time keeping a straight face when I tell people this... But my dog, Crash, is a voracious humper.
I will start with a little background- Crash was rescued around 10mos (neutered then). He is dog friendly in general, meaning he has never had a confrontation with another dog beyond a correction here and there. He takes and gives corrections well and has great body language telling me or other dogs how he is feeling. He is just around 2yrs old right now so I have been very attentive because I know aggression can come out around this age but he still seems to be friendly all around.
We don't go to dog parks because people are stupid- but he does have a handful of dog friends that he has fun playing with in a controlled environment.
Here is the problem. Excitement for him is all the same. He gets to a point where his brain leaks out of his head and the excitement is too much and all he can do is hump the other dog. The other dog will be playing chase and he is trying to mount the dog.
I have dealt with it in the past by redirecting him (OFF the other dog first) and come to play with me for a little bit. He usually ALWAYS goes right back to humping the other dog, so that means he is done. He gets to be done playing (leash on so he can't terrorize) or go in his crate or what have you.
Now, I can recognize his 'im gonna hump' look and I can correct him (verbal) and put him on his tether (this is in the house) and he will stop. If I didn't put him on the tether, he would stop in the moment, but as soon as I turn my back, he is mounting again.
This only happens after he has been allowed to play with another dog. We can be in a place FULL of dogs and with his training, he will not engage with another dog unless I release him to do so. If he has never had the chance to play with another dog, he will not try to hump them. He is a normal dog who will give a nice butt sniff, walk with another dog, be in the same house (off leash) with another dog and not engage in play. But as soon as he is allowed to play- that dog is 'fair game'.
I have resolved that this is a management thing for now. Other than removing him from the other dog and not engaging him until he chills out I don't have any other tools in my toolbox.
Any suggestions to manage this better? I generally like to do things with reward-based training. Although he does walk on a pinch, we are slowly phasing that out and I would prefer to use positive training rather than a correction.
Crash does have a lot of training under his belt, he just earned his CGC last week and we will be working on some new things in the coming months :grin:
I will start with a little background- Crash was rescued around 10mos (neutered then). He is dog friendly in general, meaning he has never had a confrontation with another dog beyond a correction here and there. He takes and gives corrections well and has great body language telling me or other dogs how he is feeling. He is just around 2yrs old right now so I have been very attentive because I know aggression can come out around this age but he still seems to be friendly all around.
We don't go to dog parks because people are stupid- but he does have a handful of dog friends that he has fun playing with in a controlled environment.
Here is the problem. Excitement for him is all the same. He gets to a point where his brain leaks out of his head and the excitement is too much and all he can do is hump the other dog. The other dog will be playing chase and he is trying to mount the dog.
I have dealt with it in the past by redirecting him (OFF the other dog first) and come to play with me for a little bit. He usually ALWAYS goes right back to humping the other dog, so that means he is done. He gets to be done playing (leash on so he can't terrorize) or go in his crate or what have you.
Now, I can recognize his 'im gonna hump' look and I can correct him (verbal) and put him on his tether (this is in the house) and he will stop. If I didn't put him on the tether, he would stop in the moment, but as soon as I turn my back, he is mounting again.
This only happens after he has been allowed to play with another dog. We can be in a place FULL of dogs and with his training, he will not engage with another dog unless I release him to do so. If he has never had the chance to play with another dog, he will not try to hump them. He is a normal dog who will give a nice butt sniff, walk with another dog, be in the same house (off leash) with another dog and not engage in play. But as soon as he is allowed to play- that dog is 'fair game'.
I have resolved that this is a management thing for now. Other than removing him from the other dog and not engaging him until he chills out I don't have any other tools in my toolbox.
Any suggestions to manage this better? I generally like to do things with reward-based training. Although he does walk on a pinch, we are slowly phasing that out and I would prefer to use positive training rather than a correction.
Crash does have a lot of training under his belt, he just earned his CGC last week and we will be working on some new things in the coming months :grin:
Humping... There's no way to sugar coat it.
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