hi all Does anyone else experience humping at such an early age Rolo is 14 weeks and often tries to hump pillows and his Terry's I wouldn't say it was excessively worrying but it's semi frequent I just want to know if it's normal for his age Thanks
Yes it's normal some do some don't it's seems to be more over excitment really. None of my boys have too much but I know plenty who have. I'm sure they will give you loads of good advice. If mine do I just distract. It does work
Yup, even the girls do it. Willow humped her toys a bit when she was little. It's just over excitement.
Harley done it twice .......... Once at 10 weeks and once at 14 weeks. Both times were when she got overly excited . She's not done it since and she's now 3!
Yup. Axel started at 9 weeks and was horrible until about 6 months. Never jumped people or items just other dogs when he was over excited
Oban started at 9 weeks so I bought him his own humpee toy, a big teddy bear, and encouraged him to hump it. Oban is now 9 years old, intact, and he's never humped anything other than Poppa Bear. Poppa is washable and hides in a closet when company comes.
Stanley humped around that age a little bit - only lovey. Thankfully he never humped me I just distracted him and he stopped after a couple of times
Bailey started around 10 or 11 weeks old, thankfully just poor old Eyore (a stuffed toy) who is still the sold recipient of his over excited attentions. As @Snowshoe said as Eyore is easy to hide when company comes round its not something that has ever worried us. At nearly 9 months old now he still has a session when over excited or over tired. Eyore is getting a bit battered now!
It's been on my list to ask about this- I had no idea the girls did it too! Truffle humps her stuffed chocolate Labrador, it was meant fora bedtime cuddly toy, but sadly she throws it round the room and then gets dirty with it Luckily this is the only toy that gets this attention; I always distract her, but should I leave her be with it? My toes curl if she starts it in front of my parents!
Yes...he will when he gets tired-wired. We take away anything he finds "humpable" as we don't want it to become habit for him.
That is too funny! My friend's Yorkie had an Eeyore that he used to use for the same behaviour! Poor donkey! It is also funny that as I logged on to check the board out, Archie was humping my daughter's leg! It is common in response to excitement. Here's hoping they get over it soon! Deb
I think it's always best to distract if you don't want it to become habit. Just read the comments above - those people who didn't mind it have dogs that hump their toys today. Those that distracted them, don't
Oban still does but nearly as much. ONe way to distract an wean off it though is to substitute an approved object, as I did, then slowly withdraw access to it... We don't mind, except, I did come home one day to find the OH had had a friend drop in, a dog person, and they had found it just as entertaining to watch Oban, still quite young then, with his Poppa Bear as Oban found it to, um, well, perform. LOL, men!
