Khloe's newest "trick"
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 how old is she? Best thing to do is firmly tell her 'no' and make her stop straight away. My opinion is that she's asserting her leadership over him, others here will probably have other reasons too. If he's more assertive over her, she wouldn't try it! Get him to feed her, then she will know he's boss. I've had paw-print bruises on my legs from Ru suddenly hooking me.. nip it in the bud now!  |
Dominance. Bumble did it to me a couple of times as a young pup. I was walking and he tried to snag my ankle with his paw. It didn't register what the goof was trying to do until he did it.  Darn it, his claws hurt because I was wearing shorts. Lisa recommended I stop it immediately and I only had to do this once or twice but he's a marshmallow-type dog. Others may have different ways of handling this depending on the temperament of the dog... The next time Bumble tried to hump me, I quickly rolled the little dude over on his back and held him in place with my hand in the middle of his chest. I loudly told him, "NO!". When he relaxed, I released him and walked away ignoring him. I agree, curb the behavior now. The bigger the dog gets, the more powerful they'll become. I can't imagine him doing this to a human now... he's 90 pound. |
| She is 10 weeks so at the moment it is just annoying, but it could soon become harmful it we don't stop it. Thanks for the suggestions! I will have him try those things. I am home with her all day and when he gets home his job is to get her all tired out for bedtime. I will have him do her dinnertime feeding tonight. |
| Humping info from another tread... Shaggeypaws wrote: Humping behavior is usually driven by arousal. A highly excited aroused adolescent dog with play skills deficts may habitually hump other dogs. Dogs who are "best buddies" will often engage in reciprocal humping, and sometimes dogs, especially young dogs are just so excited they don't know what to do so they hump! Anytime we want to extinguish an unwanted behavior we need to think about what is rewarding the dog for the behavior and remove the reward. If reduction of stress or arousal is rewarding the dog's humping behavior we want to prevent the dog from having the opportunity to practice the behavior. Practice makes perfect. Having the dog on a dropped lead in the house will prevent the dog from humping. If you see the dog is getting aroused, stop the play or other activity and request a calmer behavior such as a down. I have a great "go wild and freeze" exercise for this. If the dog is humping the owner out of attachment, excitement over being reunited after a brief separation etc. then we want to interrupt the behavior (take the dog gently but firmly by the collar and remove him from your leg) and ask the dog for an incompatible behavior (such as sit or down) and reward the dog for that behavior. If the dog is so aroused he is unable to give the sit, then his humping behavior just earned him a 10 minute "time out" in his crate or behind a baby gate. He will learn to associate humping = loss of social contact with my person. Sitting, hand targeting, or other tricks = my person stays around and gives me attention. Just like with the young of our own species, when overly stimulated a time out gives the child/dog a chance to self calm and reduce the level of arousal. Most dogs will self calm in about 20 minutes. Keep in mind there is always an extinction burst period when removing the rewards of an unwanted behavior and working through this takes time and patience. Physically manipulating and shouting at the dog will only increase the dog's arousal and therefore contribute to what is driving the humping behavior. Katherine Smith Shaggeypaws |
| 10 weeks. Is "hey, I just figured out something about myself". I would assume it's not dominance in a 10 week old. Don't allow it that's the point. |
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