Humpy hump hump hump

[ChickensHaveNoEyebrows]

Jas has literally one doggy pal. And by pal, I mean dog he can be around without freaking out. This dog is a lab x, and very calm and lovely. He is also neutered, as is Jas. Today, for the first time ever, instead of merely being around him without going all psycho, Jas showed an interest. He sniffed his face, arse and penis (nice). However, he then attempted to hump his head. Now, this other dog is so laid back he's practically horizontal, so he just mooched off. Jas was on the lead, so I pulled him away each time he tried to make sweet lurve to poor old Archie's bonce. I've looked this behaviour up online, and got a lot of hits mentioning dominance etc. It didn't seem dominant. More 'argh, we're close, not sure how to respond, I've sniffed you! Yes, that's normal doggy behaviour! Yay me! Now what? Erm, too much! All too much!' . The humping is a definite improvement on 'RAHHHHH! I'LL BITE YOUR FAAAAAAAACE!'. But surely it's rude and inappropriate? So, what do you think is going on here? And what do I do to correct it if this is very bad?

[Floralnomad]

No advice but I do think its nice that he has a doggy friend ,aahh. Mine also has only one doggy friend she's a Tibetan terrier called Jessica ,I think she'd kill him if he attempted any humping , she's as anti social as he is , they just trot alongside each other with a 2 ft gap !

[tabulahrasa]

It's more than likely just general over-excitement, but yep t'is rude, lol, most dogs will object.

I'd just praise the sniffing and say no, off, when he went too far and then praise for something more appropriate.

[gymmummy64]

Yup we have that - exactly that. Gymdog seems to be going through a new 'maybe not ALL other dogs are spawn of satan' phase and has done exactly what you describe with a handful of dogs recently.

It is all part of his lack of awareness of quite what to do next I think. As you say, sort of 'ok, we've done the sniffing, I don't feel like the sausage that's being waved in my face by my increasingly frantic owner, but I'm not ready to go just get, so what exactly do we do now? What else do I have in my repertoire?? AHA! yes, get on top of the other dog, yes of course. Hmm, now I'm up here, what do I do next?' It does seem far more cluelessness than a desire to dominate to my untrained eye. He seems to pick his targets well though. The dogs in question have just stood there looking faintly bemused until I've pulled him off. He hasn't tried it with one that has told him where to go yet .

I actually found his total aversion to all dogs easier to cope with - at least I knew where we were. It's like he's in some transition phase at the moment and I'm playing catch up in terms of reading it all and reacting to it. Maybe he'll come out the other side being every dog's best friend..

What I do know (at the moment at least) is that high energy dogs (like your's I suspect) are Not Friends. High energy dogs who want to play are definitely The Enemy. Puppies are Shallow and must be put in their place and all other dogs seemingly are now up for grabs. Keeps me on my toes!

[ChickensHaveNoEyebrows]

Gym, our BD's are cosmic twins.

[higgle]

Many years ago I had a collie cross bitch and this was her preferred method of greeting other dogs, most embarassing!

[gymmummy64]

Cosmic ginger connection I think Chickens