Normal Behaviour Or Just Scout Being Scout?

[spooksnscout]

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Hi all,

I'm hoping someone may be able to shed a bit of light on Scout's latest habit. To put it delicately, she keeps trying to hump my leg (w00t)

She only does it to me, and she only does it when we go out for wee's and poo's after her dinner.

I've asked the lady who runs our dog training class, and she advised that it was just Scout's way of showing her affection :wub: , which is sweet, but I sure wish she'd show it in another way!

Scout is 17 months, and a little monkey. As yet she's unspeyed. I was going to have her speyed after her first season, but she's still such a puppy, that I decided to wait until after her second (after reading several past K9 threads and talking to my vet who's very experienced with sighthounds).

Has anyone else had experience of a bitch doing this? I would really appreciate any advice.

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In the meantime, we'll continue to entertain the village on our evening pootle, as I leap about like a crazy monkey trying to avoid Scout's amorous advances - on the current icy roads we must look like a pair of not very coordinated ice-dancers :clown:

Thanks all,

Terry.

 

[Dr B]

My Mums jack russel bitch does the same. You might be lucky and she will grow out of it??? )

 

[Nicola]

.In the meantime, we'll continue to entertain the village on our evening pootle, as I leap about like a crazy monkey trying to avoid Scout's amorous advances - on the current icy roads we must look like a pair of not very coordinated ice-dancers :clown:

Thanks all,

Terry.

I can't advise, sorry, but I couldn't help but giggle. You paint a picture... :teehee:

 

[LM1981]

Can't offer any advice as I have a similar issue.

My 11 month old bitch doesn't do this to me but my friends female dog doesn't seem to be able to avoid a good humping :wub: :wub: , this poor lab will be running flat out after a ball wearing Mae as a backpack (I have discovered whippets can be quick on 2 legs as well), but at least Mae is still very light and it only seems to be the one dog that she knows very well, is really relaxed and doesn't seem to mind Mae's advances; she has never tried it with another dog, thank god. Not so good when you are in public though, highly embarrassing I sympathise totally :teehee:

I will be interested to see if anyone has any ideas on how to deal with sexually confused K9s, I had been told that it is just raging hormones probably combined with the fact my whippet has a fairly dominant character and she will grow out of it (I live in hope). I always stop her, but if anyone has an idea of how to get them out of it quicker I would be most interested

 

[Clueless]

Its a dominance thing. :thumbsup:

She may also be due a season or comming out of one.

 

[ingsay2000]

Its a dominance thing. :thumbsup: She may also be due a season or comming out of one.

I agree :thumbsup:

My Ziggy used to do this to me when she was coming into season. Although she is now spayed she still tries it now and again but a firm 'NO' will stop it (eventually!)

Dont encourage it or it may become an embarassing problem :b

My bitches sometimes do 'the conga' round the house together. It is funny to watch but its definately a dominance thing.

 

[Dotty&Duke]

I had to reply to this LMAO (w00t) Dotty does this to Duke usually when out on a walk especially when other people are about! She always seems to know the exact most embarrassing time to pick, shes done it in shops pubs restaurants. I know I should be telling her off but its all we can do to stop laughing she's such a clown :clown: :clown: I think it is defo dominance as she only does it to Duke and has never done it to us. We had her speyed but this made no difference. I think she's just a bossy little Beaaaatch!! :teehee: :lol: Good luck with your little nympho :wub: o Lol xx

 

[Clueless]

Speying to stop a dog having such behaviour is a fallacy...The only thing speying does is stop unwanted mating.

 

[Hula]

My 13 month old whippet does this to my 6 month old whippet ( both bitches )

I say a very sharp No and she does stop eventually :thumbsup:

 

[FeeFee]

In my experience it's normally excitement and a misdirected attempt to play rather than either dominance or anything directly sexual.

I would say a firm 'off' when she does it and walk away and ignore her for a couple of minutes. Ideally distract her before she starts, try to redirect her to a favourite toy or a game where she can get a bit of your attention in a different way (on the basis that it's usually easier to teach a dog to do something else rather than not do something, if that makes sense).

It does tend to be a phase, if you are firm and consistent she will stop eventually )

 

[wild whippies]

It's one of those things that without seeing what's going on it's hard to know what the cause is.

Some dogs do do it to ascertain dominance over another dog. However I think in the majority of cases it's just overzealous excitement.

If she was strutting up, tail up, stood tall and looking generally overbearing I would suspect a dominance issue. We have a mother and daughter here who do it, especially during season times and I know they're trying to incite trouble. You tend to just know if there's any bad intention, purely from the body language that's going on and to me, a whippet bitch ascertaining dominance over her owner is unlikely.

If she's just bouncy, giddy and playing around I would put it down to excitement. We have a number of dogs that do it, especially at exciting times of the day like when we greet them. My friends dog does it repeatedly to her partner and suspect there's definately no malice because the dog dotes on him.

If it's annoying just tell them to calm down and shrug it off. If everyone's laughing or smiling the dog can perceive that it's a fun thing to do so I'd try and discourage that. It's certainly not something I see as requiring a severe reprimand and speying wouldn't help in my opinion because like Fee Fee says, it isn't sexually driven.

If it's any consolation, I used to have a pedigree whippet that would always hump the winning dog at the end of a race. VERY embarassing when he ran at the English Derby in front of hundreds of people. :b Again no malice, just purely excited about racing! (w00t)

 

[spooksnscout]

Thanks for all your replies and advice!

Scout is indeed a very bouncy, fun-loving little girl. Her tail wags non-stop, and she always has a whippet "smile" on her face, except when she's being a princess puppy, when she expects you to obey her every command (w00t) - you probably all know that look

She will be speyed after her next season, as I don't want to breed from her, and I don't want any accidents with all the un-neutered dogs around here.

She is quite bossy by nature, but there's no malice there at all, just high spirits and a general love of life Spooky does get a bit fed up with her at times, but he's a totally different dog - he'd rather spend his days upside down, under several blankets -_-

Thankfully she only does it to me, and I always try to avoid the "lock-on" and distract her with another activity. I'll carry on and hopefully she will grow out of it - she tries very hard to do what you ask her, but sometimes life's just too exciting for a crazy chick )

She sure does keep me on my toes :lol:

Terry xxx

 

[TillynPip]

My 21 month old spayed bitch does this to our 9 month old entire dog. He is much bigger than she is, more laid back and is quietly becoming pack leader and she doesn't like it. When she does it, it is always because he has taken a toy from her or won't play with her (rare!) and you can see her frustration. I have put it down to her trying to assert her dominance over him, although it fails miserably every time and he completely ignores her.