Puppy humping my leg at 14 weeks?!

[Jinnybean]

Oh my god, I didn’t think I’d have to be dealing with this soon!

She’s 14 weeks today and during a play session while I was sat on the
Floor she tried to hump my arm and I quickly pushed her off and stood up. Then Abbott 5 mins later she tried my leg! I pushed her off and put her in the kitchen for time out as she was excited.

How do I stop this?! 😩

More difficult if it's on people. Our pup started about the same age, but the targets of affection are always cushions so we can just remove to prevent the behavior. She only ever does it in the evenings

Some dogs just do it out of excitement so it's probably a form of zoomies. Does he conk out afterwards? Get yourself out of reach and maybe direct pup on to something else?

Ours humps cushions and his poor snuggle Puppy

It’s just overexcitement... I treat it the same as overexcited mouthing tbh - and they grow out of it.

Humping can also be a sign of dominance. One of my male dogs humps the other 🤣🤣

It's not sexual, it's excitement and over-stimulation.

How much sleep is she getting?

She sleeps a lot tbh, but yesterday she didn’t get that much. Plus I had liver cake on me for the first time and she absolutely loved it lol

Hahah the liver cake was the culprit then

My dog did this around your dog’s age! To me and other dogs when excited haha. He’s 15 months now and very rarely humps now. Only when he’s batshit excited. I just separate him until he’s calmed down.