Help needed.........

[Halfpass]

Ok so Benji my Lab will be 3 in November. I got him when he was 9 months old and he was still entire. After a lot of research I decided to keep him entire ( please this isn't a debate about this)

Until now he has been really well behaved. He will ocassionaly go off his food for a couple of days if there is a bitch in season near by but thats all. He doesn't run off is well trained and very well behaved off the lead.

Earlier this week a friend asked if I would like to go for a walk she was dog sitting so though it would be nice, the other dog was a castrated springer spaniel and Benji really took a liking to him.

Firstly they played nicely but then Benji started mounting him, he spent the whole 2 hour walk humping the poor other dog and with out soundin really rude he didn't seem to just be pretending either!!!

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I was mortified although my friend found it quite funny. I kept calling him off but he would just ignore me I had to keep chasing him away.

I don't know what to do now as I don't want this to become habit and find I have a problem walking him out off the lead and I don't want to keep him on the lead all the time.

Id this normal and how do I stop it. HELP!!!!

 

[GinaB]

TBH I cannot stand dogs behaving like this. Are you planning to breed from him? At the age of 3 he is in his peak really probably hence this behaviour coming out. Just make sure what he's doing is wrong but I would imagine if it continues you may have to consider cutting him.

 

[Halfpass]

Neither can I which is why I am so upset

how is it best to let him know it is wrong?
If it continue I will have him cut but its not really what I had wanted to do. I had not planned on breeding from him, however someone has approached me recently as he is very well bred and a lovely looking dog.

 

[GinaB]

*hugs* Boys will be boys I'm afraid! Although we kept Windsor entire but he was so good he never would have dreamed of doing anything. . Just discipline him how you normally would when he starts to do it. Tell him no in a firm voice and take him off the other dog. He'll soon pick up what he is doing is frowned upon. My OHs JRT had to be cut as he had no interest in dogs....people on the other hand (esp me for some reason!

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[ShadowFlame]

My mother's shih tzu was very much like that, though with him it was any dog he could find. He's about 3 or 4, still entire (he was a rescue, not our choice), and he took no notice of any telling off. She had no choice but to keep him on a lead. He was cut last month, there didn't seem to be any way around it and he wasn't going to be used for breeding anyway.

 

[Blythebeck]

It's a dominance thing that dogs do. If it worries you, disapline him. If that doesn't work and it still bothers you, castration should end it. Talk to the vet.

 

[Oneofthepack]

You can't teach him that it's wrong because it isn't! His choice of mate may not be appropriate but if his urges are that strong then to chastise him seems unfair. A 3 year old dog may not stop the humping after castration as my old dog humped labrador pups (his favourite!) years after he was done.