[nagdu] Adrian tried to hump me and no, I'm not asking for it! :)

[Linda Gwizdak]

Hi Ioana,
Mounting is a dominance action.  Why your dog is doing it under the 
circumstances you describe, I don't know.  I don't know how you interact 
with your dog and what his general behavior is. Does he always want to be 
boss?  Do you let him get away with stuff like grabbing something from your 
hands?  Do you do obedience with him?

Landon has tried to mount our wounded warriors during our sessions.  This 
only occurs when he has been made rowdy by that person and he or she is 
sitting on the floor.  I instruct the warrior to snarl, "Pfui!" and push 
Landon off.  that seems to work. Landon has NEVER attempted to mount me or 
any other human staffmember of our program.  With our teaching Landon to 
"play nice" while indoors, he is getting the idea of being more calm.  I 
also have him start play in his head collar to keep him calmer.  If he 
behaves nicely, he gets to have the head collar removed.

I don't think the mounting (humping) has anything to do with not enough 
playtime.  From all the literature I've seen, it is a dominance act.  I 
would use the head collar on him for awhile until he gets the idea that 
humping people is NEVER okay. Dogs don't generally hump a superior over 
them - dog or human.

HTH

Linda and Landon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ioana Gandrabur" <igandrabur at gmx.de>
To: "NFBnet NAGDU Mailing List" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 2:10 PM
Subject: [nagdu] Adrian tried to hump me and no, I'm not asking for it! :)


> Hi all,
>
> I have been somewhat out of touch with the list but every time I am back I
> am surprised at how much fun it is and how much you can learn from all of
> you. So now I am back with a baffling behave or of my silly guy Adrian.
>
> I've head him for almost 2 years now and about a month ago he started to 
> try
> to jump on me. First it happened after he played with other dogs so I
> thought that it was just that he could not make the switch between play 
> and
> well-mannered guide dog but it happened more often afterwards and it looks
> like he's doing it not to get at my face to lick me but to try to hump me.
> Mostly when we go out right before he starts to work or when we arrive at
> the studio where I spend the day and before we get in the house. Sometimes
> it would happen if I am healing him in a shopping centre for longer time
> than usual.
>
> I have always corrected him and or turned away and made him sit and then
> when we moved on rewarded him for keeping his paws on the ground. I have
> increased the rewards for just healing nicely to motivate him to try to
> avoid the behaviour rather than intervening after it happened. He is 
> getting
> better I think but I was wondering what you guys think about this. Is he
> trying to dominate? Engage in play? Speaking of play, he used to love to
> play tug and I can't get him to be interested in that unless it is with 
> his
> flexi. He is not the most enthusiastic retriever either. Only if he gets
> food rewards does he get more into it and out doors on a flexi or off 
> leash
> in a fenced in area he will give up and prefers to sniff around.  And he
> chews on his bone only if it is a new one and often right before we leave
> the house. I am writing this because I am wondering if he does not get
> enough play. But it is not for lack of trying on my side I think. He just
> seams laid back.
>
> Anybody has any idea about what this behaviour might mean? Hard to
> understand sometimes what happens in their minds...
>
> All the best to you all,
>
> Ioana
>
>
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