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kjsdcarter
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posted 10-04-2002 10:36 PM           Edit/Delete Message
Hello,

I'm hoping that someone will have some insight to my 13 week old shih poo that has begun to try to hump on my leg as I am walking. We plan to have him neutered at 4 months, but I thought that he would be too young to be displaying such behavior. But, since he is, can anyone tell me what this means? Thank you in advance for any insight you can give me regarding this matter.

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Doc Helladay
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posted 10-20-2002 07:23 AM           Edit/Delete Message
I dont find it unusual, I have even seen females do the same thing..when he does it just be firm and tell him no, if he continues then put him outside for bout 5 minutes..my new pup of 4 months old he has done this with my grand-babys stuffed animals we tell him no from the couch and he stops.. spray some Lemon juice with water around your pant leg...maybe even a little pepper he wont like your leg anymore ...good luck with it...He will stop oh and even with having him neutured, Ive even seen ones go through whole ritual mating and locking with female..its just the nature...Soon your pup will prob think his name is NO.... )))
Doc

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Tracey
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posted 11-01-2002 12:16 AM           Edit/Delete Message
I've done a lot of research on this because I brought home a 2 year old female australian shephard that did this to EVERY one of my kids (I have 6)! I was stumped as to why she would do this. I discovered that dogs think of their "family" as a pack, and this is how they establish the "pecking order" or hiarchy. When they are new to your "pack", this is how they figure out where they fit in to the pack. I had to make my kids each deal with it theirselves, otherwise, if I continually repremanded the dog FOR them, all that told the dog was that I was the "alpha" of the pack. Each child had to establish "hiarchy" over her themselves, and in no time, the behavior stopped.

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