[indiandog]

The first time I brought my dog home, she was about 3 months old. She was so cute. I let my dog play with a teddy bear. It suprised me when she got on top of the teddy bear and started humping. She also do this when there is other puppies around. She would try to get on top of them and hump. I thought that humping was only for male dogs.

[crissytr]

I have a female 5 lb Pomeranian that does the same thing. She is almost a yr old. She humps any and all stuffed animals. I can't figure it out either. But I also have 2 boxer golden mixes and they are both males and they constantly hump each other but not the female golden, that is fixed and their mom. Both of the males were fixed when they were 6 mos old.

[opokki]

Mounting is completely normal puppy behavior. It is usually play related when they are young and socially related when they are adults.

[indiandog]

I have seen where adult dogs will hump people's legs. I am just worried that if my dog will do the same. Is there a way to prevent this from happening? I just think that its very embarassing.

[PrincessMartine]

My two year old Bearded collie also humps, but only my leg! she got "fixed" when she was younger, and i also thought it was only male dogs who done it! apparently its a dominance issue, and they are showing you who is boss! she also gets an awful fishy smell now and again which makes me think she has not been fixed properly....

[opokki]

she also gets an awful fishy smell now and again which makes me think she has not been fixed properly....

The fishy smell could very well be her anal glands leaking. My dog has anal gland issues and has had to have her glands expressed by the vet a few times. The smell is aweful....stong and somewhat fishy smelling. I would bring this smell up to your vet because if its not her anal glands it could be another problem that needs attention.

[opokki]

Originally Posted by indiandog

I have seen where adult dogs will hump people's legs. I am just worried that if my dog will do the same. Is there a way to prevent this from happening? I just think that its very embarassing.

If you have a good relationship with your dog, your dog will probably never attempt to hump you as a way to try to gain control (dominance). However, there are many reasons a dog might hump that are not related to dominance including the release of pent up energy.
Neither of my dogs have ever tried to hump me and they are 6yrs old and 10 yrs old.

For a dog that mounts people, my first suggestion would be to interrupt and redirect the dog to a more appropriate behavior. This could be done in combination with other things (more exercise, NILIF) depending on why the dog is doing it.

[1111mel]

the fishy smell is definitely an anal gland issue, as I had a cairn terrier female w/ it growing up and my male mini-schnauzer has it.

As far as humping my female cairn terrier used to hump across our male cairn terrier (which was quite odd as she was fixed right after her final shots)

My mini-schnauzer humps me and he was fixed at birth due to a prolapsed umbilical cord....

[Dopeydawg]

It's not definitely a male trait or related to sex. As other people have pointed out, females do it, as do puppies.

I have castrated male goats and they do it to each other as well, but at their age it is linked to a dominance issue.
If the 'humping' starts to get too frequent I know that we are in for a bit of a challenge on the pecking order side of things!

[WhiteFang28]

Ok so .....all dogs do the famous thrusting action but when does it stop or does it ever....To make a long story short I rescued a husky about 2 months ago and he was in bad shape. Anyways he is a lot healthier now......not to mention neutered....however he tries to hump balls...lol....and other dogs if you let him.....he once tried it with me, but I think he learned real quick I am not the humping kind:shock:

Anyways he is a year and a half....will this continue or will it fade as he gets older?