I just got a year old puppy, and he keeps trying to hump my older dog. They live outside in a barrier and have a BIG doghouse. My new dog charlie chases Quincy around and tries to get on his back and hump him. Charlie is a hound dog, and Quincy is a Wheat terrier, and Charlie is a little bit taller than Quincy. Quincy is a really nice dog, never barks or bites or EVER acts mean. Charlie is more hyper and they only have one year apart from each other. How can I stop Charlie trying to molest my baby? Ahahah. I love my dogs (;
rosagallica20022011-01-16T13:23:01Z
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This is not a sexual thing at all. The puppy is trying to establish dominance over the older dog. It probably bothers you more than it bothers Quincy. My guess is that Quincy is just ignoring him and letting the puppy strut his stuff, picking his battles so to speak. When he gets tired of Charlie's antics, he'll put his paw down.
Since you need to establish yourself as the pack leader with Charlie, when you see him chasing Quincy or in the act so to speak, firmly tell him "No! Stop!" and give him your sternest look. Eventually, it will take just a look from you to stop him in his tracks. But allow Quincy an opportunity to put Charlie in his place. They do need to establish a pecking order. Charlie needs to learn that he is not top dog and he needs to learn that from Quincy.
We have four Cavaliers, a male and female who were our first two Cavaliers, a very senior girl we adopted from a rescue who is deaf and blind and just the sweetest thing, and our newest pup, another girl we adopted as a puppy a year ago. The newest little gal is very smart, very assertive, very much an alpha girl. She lives to try to put one over the other girl. She started doing things like taking Emma's spot on the bed (they each have their "spots", taking Em's toys, and just not being deferential to her alpha. Emma has responded by humping her from time to time and for the most part, we don't interfere, as Em needs top let her know her place. If it gets to be a bit much, I will tell Em "That's enough," but I will also tell Katie that she can't have Em's toy or move her out of Em's spot.
Charlie is trying to show Quincy that he's the dominant one and this can lead to more problem if you catch them say no and make sure Charlie gets off. Also if they aren't neutered it can help to get them fixed.
This is a dominance thing. Your younger dog is trying to show the older dog that he is more dominant. This is not a sexual thing. Just keep a leash on the pup and take him off the older dog whenever he tries to mount your older dog.