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Firstly I must appologise for the title but there was just no other way to word it
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I have 2 dogs a 3 1/2 year old entire male and a 11 week old male both labs.

Now the older dog is not a humper he never really has been. There have been 1 or 2 dogs that he seems to take too much of a liking too but its easy as we just avoid said dogs.

Now since getting the puppy I have noticed on occasion that the older dog has 'humped' the puppy and the puppy seems to have started doing it to.

Is this something that the puppy will grow out of or is it a sign of things to come?

Am I going to end up with 2 humping dogs that I can't control?

I don't want to get into the castration debate. The older one has been used as a stud dog and may well be used again at some point in the future and I was hoping to keep the puppy entire too......but if this is the sign of things to come then I have no problem with getting him 'done' if it will help.

Thoughts on this much appreciated
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I would just treat it the same way you would with any undesirable behaviour ... so if you say no to chewing your slippers say no to humping, sure he will grow out of it with a bit of guidance
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Actually so far the older dog has just put up with him doing it but as I was typing my thread he gave the puppy a telling off. Good on him I say!!!!
 
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Actually so far the older dog has just put up with him doing it but as I was typing my thread he gave the puppy a telling off. Good on him I say!!!!

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Well he might teach him for you then
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A sharp 'no' should suffice, my boy isn't a humper but if he starts to get frisky when he shouldn't then that does the trick, as with anything he shouldn't be doing.
 
Best way is to let the older dog put little one in his place, so hopefully the problem will be solved. Presumably as you have used the older one at stud now you managed to get hips etc scored and the breeder has lifted the "not for breeding" endorsement, that is good news.
 
Well done. And sounds like the BVA are getting scores back quicker now which is good news as I am having one done next month and had heard tales of 2 month wait for the scores. The suspense would have killed me
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Well done. And sounds like the BVA are getting scores back quicker now which is good news as I am having one done next month and had heard tales of 2 month wait for the scores. The suspense would have killed me
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It did take about 6-7 weeks for the scores to come back unfortunatly. It was a tough time waiting for them. The scores were back teh week the puppies went but it has taken a while for the endorsement to be lifted so we are having to register them retrospecively. Good luck with yours and thanks for all your advice
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I'm sure I have read that in young dogs it is a dominance thing- perhaps your older dog is just giving him a taste of his own medicine?
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I've read this too. My older bitch 'humps' the air beside my younger one if she gets too big for her boots.

Could be a sign of the dominance battle beginning!
 
My castrated 5 yr old Choc humps other peoples dogs, funnily enough he doesn't do it to our own other spayed 2.5 yr old lab?? I think it probably is a dominance thing in his case as he generally is a right wimp and low down in the pecking order! We constantly correct him, however as soon as our backs are turned he's at it again - dogs will be dogs!!
 
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