Desi does this some of the time; he was neutered before four months old. I have read that humping the toys is not a sexual behavior, it is just a play behavior most of the time.and definitely one for our neutered boys. Desi will do it and it may go one for just less than an hour, or sometimes it is small time periods over several days. I just usually pull him a way a little - especially if Dolly is the object - and tell him that I don't want him doing that any more. As he gets older he really will stop. Gimli is only 3 months old and so he is not doing it as a sexual thing.he is too young for that. I would just take the toys away from him and tell him that he is not supposed to play with his toys that way. Well, I always talk to Dolly & Desi in sentences.an sometimes paragraphs. They do understand what I say. Dolly has learned human conversationalism, and maybe Dolly has taught Desi. But don't scold him, just remove the object and while doing it tell him that he is not supposed to play with that toy like that. He will learn the 'take away my toy, and tell me calmly that I shouldn't be doing that' and that should work for a while. Desi was on the bed not too long ago. I am not sure why they were on my bed, so it had to be if I was getting ready for a doctor appt. I think he was playing on one of their big blankets and throws and he just started doing that a little; I was sitting on the bed and he tried to do it to my arm. I think I was on the phone, so I just removed him from me, and then he went to Dolly. I politely asked 'just a minute' to whom I was talking to, and then told Desi, as I was moving him from his current object - Dolly - that I really don't want him doing that. He stopped and there was no further action on his part.
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Shelley Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 6:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Chihuahuas] questionable behavior Gimli, my 3 month old, is always humping his big toys. I am not liking this and wondering what you all do about this behavior? Shelley
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