Why do my two male dogs keep mounting each other?
Newton Cormier
2025-07-02 22:05:57
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Many of us think of humping as a completely sexual activity, but actually that’s not always the case and certainly in a neutered dog, the hormone levels and sexual drive is going to be very low or non-existent. Humping can be carried out in a number of different situations. For example, as a dominance activity or displacement activity where the dog humps when it’s feeling a certain emotion and the typical ones here would be stress, anxiety or excitement. Perhaps excitement is the more likely one in your case as well as it being a play behavior. Humping can also be a learned behavior. For example, did you start off finding it funny and making a fuss of it so they’ve now both learnt that actually they don’t mind it and if they repeat it, it then gets your attention. Not necessarily in your case, but if you’ve got an older dog who is castrated, then because they’ve been humping things over some time or if they’ve been sexually active it could have become a learned behavior and therefore removing the hormones doesn’t stop it or doesn’t stop it completely.
Jeanne Mante
2025-06-22 17:51:18
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Humping is a totally natural and instinctive behaviour for both male and female dogs. Some of the most common triggers include: Sexual – it’s perfectly normal for unneutered dogs to want to hump due to their hormones. Some hump other dogs, some hump people, and others hump their toys and blankets. Play – mounting is common when a dog gets over excited during play. Excitement – if a dog is over excited, or very energetic, mounting and humping can help get rid of excess energy. Stress – some dogs mount or hump to relieve stress and anxiety. Neutering – neutering your dog can help if their humping is hormone related – this usually has more of an effect on males than females.
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