Really silly question

[Charmed 4 Pits]

Lucky is 4 months old and he has a humping problem. He humps everything and everybody, I tell him no and put him in his cage and he'd stop for awhile then later on he'd be out and he'd hump on Tamera, or Tia while they're laying down. I've never had a male apbt before so what can I do to make him stop that?

[Evil_Elvis]

Humping generally is:
the dog wants to play with the other dogs, people, etc
The dog is trying to be dominate over the other dogs, people, ect.



I think your's would be the domiance issue. Your young pup is trying to learn his place in the pack, his hormones are starting to kick in (early lol). Humping while your females are laying down is him being ABOVE them.. the dominance factor



When he starts to hump ... stop him immediately - you can do this by:

Saying noooo (in a low growly voice) ... and expect him to stop. If he does not stop, say NOOOO again (louder this time, using a low tone) ... If he still continues ... control him by holding to his collar and moving him away from your leg ... while saying NOOOOO.

Keep your hand on his collar and control/restain him ... wait till he settles down before you let him go.

If he trys to hump again ... repeat the above ...

Through out the whole exercise, DO NOT sit, kneel or come to his level ... keep standing OVER the dog ... in this way, you show that you are dominant over your dog and he must obey your command to stop.

Once he stops ... continue restraining him for a little while ... then priase & treat.

.As you can see, if you have already started training your dog the basic commands of ... SIT, STAY, RECALL & NO ... it is much easier to handle this habit of humping ... So, start training your dog if you havent already

[gil230]

.As you can see, if you have already started training your dog the basic commands of ... SIT, STAY, RECALL & NO ... it is much easier to handle this habit of humping ... So, start training your dog if you havent already
I totally agree with you. Once your dog has learned the basic commands, it will be a sinch to get him to stop doing things you don't like or want. Azul use to jump on people when they came in the house and now all I have to do is give him the sit command and he stops jumping and sits.