I need to have "the talk" with my puppy

[rudeguy]

I have an 8 month old mini dachshund pup. The problem is that she is humping everything! It started with a couple special stuffed animals, which was understandable, but now its getting out of hand. She is even mounting the 80 pound lab. He doesn't seem to mind, but its not very polite. I mean, she's a female so I wouldn't think this would be such an issue.


So how do you break a dog from humping everything and anything?


edit:
non humping pics


she is blind in one eye

tiny

 

[OdiN]

Shoot it.

 

[RESmonkey]

Originally posted by: OdiN
Shoot it.

no.

 

[Cuda1447]

I have a 5 month old mini dachshund puppy. We just got her fixed though

 

[Vehemence]

Originally posted by: rudeguy
I have an 8 month old ... The problem is that she is humping everything! ... but now its getting out of hand. She is even mounting the 80 pound lab. He doesn't seem to mind, but its not very polite. I mean, she's a female ...

:camera:s?

 

[rudeguy]

Originally posted by: dNor

Originally posted by: rudeguy
I have an 8 month old ... The problem is that she is humping everything! ... but now its getting out of hand. She is even mounting the 80 pound lab. He doesn't seem to mind, but its not very polite. I mean, she's a female ...

:camera:s?

my phone doesn't do video :-(

I have some pics of her though

 

[moshquerade]

i didn't know female dogs did this . . .
she must be gender confused.

 

[Pastore]

A firm "NO" and remove her from whatever she is humping. When my golden was doing this we just kept a leash on him and gave him a good tug and "NO". He got the hang of it after a couple weeks, you just have to be persistent.

Is she kept in a crate when no one is around and at night?

EDIT: Oh, and you'll just confuse her and make it harder to break if you let her continue humping her stuffed animals, while stopping her from humping other stuff (blankets, pillows etc).

 

[rudeguy]

Originally posted by: Pastore
A firm "NO" and remove her from whatever she is humping. When my golden was doing this we just kept a leash on him and gave him a good tug and "NO". He got the hang of it after a couple weeks, you just have to be persistent.

Is she kept in a crate when no one is around and at night?

at night she wanders, when I am not home she is in her crate

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Spay her? We had a cat that used to face-fuck a novelty moose rug my girlfriend had until we got it "fixed".

 

[rudeguy]

Originally posted by: Atomic Playboy
Spay her? We had a cat that used to face-fuck a novelty moose rug my girlfriend had until we got it "fixed".

I would pay to see a video of that

 

[alkemyst]

shouldn't have trained her in this first hand.

It's illegal in most parts.

 

[Vehemence]

Originally posted by: rudeguy

Originally posted by: Atomic Playboy
Spay her? We had a cat that used to face-fuck a novelty moose rug my girlfriend had until we got it "fixed".

I would pay to see a video of that

Got a ton, want to watch it on this projector?

 

[rudeguy]

Originally posted by: dNor

Originally posted by: rudeguy

Originally posted by: Atomic Playboy
Spay her? We had a cat that used to face-fuck a novelty moose rug my girlfriend had until we got it "fixed".

I would pay to see a video of that

Got a ton, want to watch it on this projector?

sure?

 

[Pastore]

Originally posted by: rudeguy

Originally posted by: Pastore
A firm "NO" and remove her from whatever she is humping. When my golden was doing this we just kept a leash on him and gave him a good tug and "NO". He got the hang of it after a couple weeks, you just have to be persistent.

Is she kept in a crate when no one is around and at night?

at night she wanders, when I am not home she is in her crate

If she's wandering at night she's probably doing this on and off throughout the night without repercussion, which is also going to make it harder to break her because sometimes she gets away with it and sometimes not.

If it was me I would keep her in the crate any time I'm unable to discipline, until you break her of it.

EDIT: And this may be obvious, but she shouldn't have anything in the crate with her that she could hump.

 

[MrPickins]

I thought female dogs did this as a dominance/territorial thing (to other dogs, though)?

 

[summit]

Originally posted by: MrPickins
I thought female dogs did this as a dominance/territorial thing (to other dogs, though)?

I do this to other things as a territorial thing, is there something wrong with that?

 

[Shawn]

This will fix the problem.

 

[PaNsyBoy8]

Originally posted by: Shawn
This will fix the problem.

its a female dog....i'm not sure that'll help.

 

[rudeguy]

Originally posted by: Shawn
This will fix the problem.

how?

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: moshquerade
i didn't know female dogs did this . . .
she must be gender confused.

my sisters female pit humps her male pit, both fixed, its pretty funny,

 

[SirStev0]

Originally posted by: Pastore
A firm "NO" and remove her from whatever she is humping. When my golden was doing this we just kept a leash on him and gave him a good tug and "NO". He got the hang of it after a couple weeks, you just have to be persistent.

Is she kept in a crate when no one is around and at night?

EDIT: Oh, and you'll just confuse her and make it harder to break if you let her continue humping her stuffed animals, while stopping her from humping other stuff (blankets, pillows etc).

 

[ghost recon88]

We have a female golden retriever that used to hump everything, human legs included. Ultimately it was cured by getting her spayed.

 

[EagleKeeper]

Originally posted by: MrPickins
I thought female dogs did this as a dominance/territorial thing (to other dogs, though)?

It is not just females - it is the need to establish domination.

We have a pair of cocker spaniels. The younger/smaller will continue to do it on the older one. Both will attempt to do it at times to other dogs and vice vera.

Male/female, being the mounter or the mountee - no difference

 

[Capt Caveman]

It's a dominance issue. One of my female Ridgebacks is an alpha with a very dominant personality. At around 8 months, she would get off her dog bed and just stare at me while peeing on the floor. I quickly put an end to that but show here who's the boss. Spaying her will help a little but it comes down to you training her that you're the alpha of the pack. She still humps unneuterd males to show dominance but doesn't pull any stuff like that with me anymore.

At eight months of age, she is moving out of the puppy stage and starting to explore and feel things out.