Humping help.. (not me!)

pricklyflower

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Afternoon everyone.

This is the first time I've posted in AAD so I'll just introduce my canine to you (although it's not his humping problem I would like your advice on!). He's a 15 month old English Bull Terrier. Castrated. Stubborn as they come but generally a good boy:-

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When horsey time permits we meet up with a group of dog lovers to walk them together which has been great to socialise him with other dogs from a young age. He's rather submissive and definately at the lower end of the pecking order within the pack. However there is one dog there that comes occassionally (a young entire golden retriever) who constantly humps him. In fact we usually have to split groups when he's around as it is so constant. The GR is usually very well behaved but when they are together it's like all sense is lost, his owner can't get him to recall. Even when the owner takes the dog away later on during the walk he will find us as he's run off from the owner (who usually comes puffing and panting after him sometime later ;) ). There's no aggression at all from either dog, both tails are wagging although sometimes you can see the frustration from our dog when he's trying to get up and play with the others.

Is it his smell? Is it something else that's making this other dog do this? Anything that I can do to our dog to make him less appealling to him? Usually there's between 5 and 15 dogs there and it's just ours that this dog singles out!

Thanks in advance for any help!
 
What a lovely chap!

Sorry but I would really be taking issue with the other owner on this, it is not on and it is a safety issue, your fella is calm for now, but what if he gets fed up? And what if the GR does this to the wrong dog and takes a real beasting?
It is not your issue, it is THEIRS so stop worrying about your dog and insist they get some control.
This owner should be excluded from the group or come on a different day if they have no control or recall and cannot stop their dog from being rude.
What do you do? If it was happening to my dog I would actually be wading in and removing the dog/going after him, whether that is sensible or not I do not know :p

My young dog is discovering where his cojones are and he will try and get 'over' some other dogs, I keep him on a long line and he gets a telling off (don't panic, I don't beat him....) and put back down again and we move smartly on away from the dog.
If he is running with my friends' pack and he starts, there is one dog who we call 'the bodyguard' who will come over and splat him also, if that does not work he is removed by me and put away.
This kind of thing also begins at home if the dog is prone to pushing his luck - climbing all over the furniture without being invited, coming over and getting in your face demanding attention, refusing to stay in the same spot etc.
If the owner does not have boundaries in the house, they will not have any in the park.
 
Thank you.

Yes I agree it's their problem and to his credit he has been avoiding us but he's started coming again but was wondering if I could help with it at all.

To be honest the owner doesn't seem overly concerned but I am! Im worried that ours will turn and the last thing we want him doing as he is so good with all dogs and you just know what will happen if a bullie gets aggressive, he will get the blame!

I generally wade in and split them up and then we go for a walk with our group and he goes off with his.

The owner is a bit of a local celebrity here so you can imagine what he's like..... The other half is an inch away from launching him one I think. I just want to enjoy my weekend afternoons with our friends.
 
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Lovely bully! The goldie sounds as if he has no manners, and the owner doesn't seem to be interested in teaching him any. I would carry a water pistol, or similar squirty thing and give him a good blast every time he tries to hump your lad, hopefully he will get the message. If that fails let the OH at him:p.
 
Right well I don't care who he is, I would go over to him and ask him to keep his dog on a lead when yours is around.
I would also be calling out to him to 'call your dog' if you see his approaching.

You could also warn him that you will start carrying air spray or a crop or something (even if you are not prepared to use them :p)

You could make up a story that your dog has hurt himself (a back injury is ideal as it is not always obvious and it would tally well with how the GR is acting) and he will be liable for the vets' bill if his dog aggravates the injury.

Wish I could lend you 'the bodyguard', she certainly sends rude dogs back home with their tails between their legs!!
 
CaveCanem said:
Right well I don't care who he is, I would go over to him and ask him to keep his dog on a lead when yours is around.
I would also be calling out to him to 'call your dog' if you see his approaching.

You could also warn him that you will start carrying air spray or a crop or something (even if you are not prepared to use them :p)

You could make up a story that your dog has hurt himself (a back injury is ideal as it is not always obvious and it would tally well with how the GR is acting) and he will be liable for the vets' bill if his dog aggravates the injury.

Wish I could lend you 'the bodyguard', she certainly sends rude dogs back home with their tails between their legs!!
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Thank you for the advice, appreciated. Good idea about the injury, will remember that one!

Our pack leader did have a go at him yesterday and he did immediately stop (pack hierachy is amazing isn't it!) but then started again within 5 minutes, it's so frustrating for poor Rocco!
 
Why the hell people think it is acceptible to allow their dog to hump another is beyond me:confused: I would get pretty P'ed off:mad: and sure enough your boy will probably get sick or even have a tender injury one day that will make him snap. I would have a word to the owner, infact I would lash it round the arse with a lead:p everytime it approached my dog.
It may be worth keeping your boy on a lead asoon as this dog apperars so you can deter this dog, as if they are running about its going to be hard for you to squirt him if that's what you chose.
Smother your boy in something to deter this dog to try and rid of any scent:p or put a barbed wire/spiked harness on him, so the spikes face upwards obs:D

Fortunately I don't have any dogs that would take that kind of behaviour without decapitating the dog:D
 
What a pain that must be and I can see your concern as, if your dog did turn then you can guarantee then the owner will deem you as being the one with an 'aggressive dog'!!!

The owner needs to go to training classes and needs (as said) to get some control over the dog at home. As far as I am aware, when the humping is not down to sexual urges as such, it's a dominating issue and you say yours is a submissive dog hence why this other one can pick on him! i would def try carrying a water pistol with you but I am not convinced this would work 100%.The owner is the one who needs to seek help for their dogs behaviour. Christ, my dog is nervy and shows it by seeming very aggressive (barking a lot) to any thing she deems a 'threat'. i am working on this but christ if a dog came up to her like that whilst I was walking her that would set her back so much - I'd be fuming!
 
Lovely dog, I want a bully next, had one years ago and although she wouldn't go out of her way to start a fight if another dog insisted she would see it out. The GR is insisting in my book!
I'd kick it up the backside TBH, and go ballistic at the owner, bloody fool.
 
What a handsome chap.

Hijacking your thread a bit but I though while you all had your minds on humping ;) my 3 year old lab bitch humps her large toy dog. Do all bitches hump things?
 
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