John,
Humping is just her being dominant over you and other
people. You can just grab her by the scruff of the
neck and put her on the floor and say NO or NO
HUMPING. She's understand that you don't want her to
do it. When puppies are little it's important to
establish who is the dominant leader in the family.
It's just about being consistent.
Good luck!
--- John Morehead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi everyone:
>
>
>
> Molly, my 8-month old spayed female labradoodle
> surprised everyone in the
> room yesterday by humping my leg. It was the first
> time we have seen that
> from her.
>
>
>
> For some reason, I thought that was a behavior of of
> male dogs only, and
> particularly male dogs that have not been neutered.
>
>
>
> My question, for those who know, is why my dog does
> this. Is it something
> that is driven by doggie hormones? I thought that
> spaying surgery removed
> both ovaries and part of the uterus. Doesn't that
> eliminate the hormones, or
> are there other glands that deliver these kinds of
> hormones? If she were not
> "fixed" then this is about the age that she would be
> coming into heat. Could
> her humping behavior have anything to do with that?
>
>
>
> So what do you do about it? Ignore it and look away
> when she mounts the
> neighbor's foot? Distract her?
>
>
>
> Could she have a genital irritation that might cause
> this? She occasionally
> licks herself, but I thought that was something that
> all dogs did.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
>
>
>
> . . . . . . . . . . .
>
> John Morehead
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
>
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