Humping Habit?

takumi2

A friend of mine who visits my place often loves to make my Takumi (1 1/2 year old neutered male) hump. He shows Takumi a big Shamu (a killer whale from Sea World) stuffing doll and Takumi comes to it and starts moving his hips. Takumi seems to like it and every time my friend comes over to my place, he goes to Shamu and looks at my friend, asking him to do that for him.
I don't do it to Takumi, but I just wonder if it is ok to let him keep on doing it.... Takumi has never tried to hump on other dogs so far, though.
Please advise.

JessicaRabbit

I wouldn't worry. Sounds like a little game. My female Shikoku periodically humps the hell out of my couch. She only does it when she has been playing and is really excited. People apply a lot of archaic BS to humping. It isn't always about dominance. Sometimes it just feels good. Just like little kids hump their stuffed animals. They aren't being pervs. It just feels good to them.

Let him hump shamu.

takumi2

Oh wow., it's interesting to know that even female dogs hump too!
Thanks, Jessica!

AkiraleShiba

I think it depends if you're comfortable with it or not since your friend is provoking the behaviour rather than Takumi exhibiting it naturally. But as Jessica said there's nothing wrong with it, when Akira has played too much he'll hump his bed or lick his weewee. I even asked a behaviourist if it was wrong, since you read a lot of things on the web about it, but she said it was fine to let him do it.

JessicaRabbit

I will mention, the couple times Miko has done it when we have guests and we don't want them to witness her -shall we say- overstimulated state, it is very easy to redirect her. Most of the time we just calmly lift her off the cushion she is humping and give her a toy to chew on and she is fine.

tsukitsune

Our dogs do it when overstimulated from play as well, but I would not be OK with someone trying to get them to do it.

shimaurashibalover92

The real question is why does your friend like to see your dog humping shamu? lol

lindsayt

It may be a perfectly natural behavior for a dog to hump stuff, but I would not like for someone else to get my dog riled up on purpose with the goal of humping an object. It seems to cross a line somehow, one that I am at a loss to specifically define.

tsukitsune

For me, I'd be failing to protect my dog from becoming an object of entertainment for someone else by having them do something perfectly OK (when they do it on their own to each other, etc) in an unnatural way. Uncool.

Ever see the movie Garden State? They taught that GSD to hump on command, to something like "who's your bitch". They also had a call off command. Maybe Takumi should be a movie star.

brandon_w

Ryu gave me a humping demonstration on his dog bed when I was there visiting. Apparently he doesn't usually hump but he pulled out all the stops for his traveling guest.

CrimsonO2

Seems to me like your solution should be: If your friend can get your dog to do it on request, you should be able to train your dog to stop on command:) I would suggest waiting until the dog takes a break and pauses and quickly using a command like "enough". When the dog stops, click and treat.

This way, the dog only humps as far as your comfortable with him doing it.

Jesse

takumi2

Thanks for all the comments!!
As AkiraleShiba says, I am not really comfortable with his behavior, since my friend provokes it. But Takumi asks for it when he sees my friend, which makes me think it might be a Takumi's sexual need (even thoug he is neutered)????

lindsayt

Well, there are some lines people shouldn't cross and I would suggest to your friend that this might be one of them.

obuk

I would redirect it too and teach Takumi to stop on cue (e.g. enough). I understand it can be embarrassing when you have guests over. Just imagine having grandparents over or something. Personally, I would not let my friend make my dog hump.