Baymax is 10 months now, intact, and starting to fully realize he is a boy. A few months ago his playmate went into heat, and that's when he first discovered the mount (promptly took him off and cut playdates for a few weeks) but outside of his playmate he didn't do much mounting/humping (with the exception of random bouts of air humping, haha) .
I've recently started taking him to the dog park frequently, now that his formal training classes are over, to keep him socialized and exercised. The first couple of weeks he was really good, played well and didn't cause trouble. But last week he became persistently interested in a female great dane, and since then has chosen a few females to try to persistently hump and he's also humping boys (I am getting so much exercise chasing him around pulling him off the other dogs!) and has really gotten into marking dozens of places. Probably the grossest thing he has started doing is licking the urine of other dogs right after they pee, and salivates to the point of dripping/drooling afterwards.
How do I address these behaviors? He is my first male dog, and I have never had to deal with this stuff before. I really need to get the humping under control because unfortunately the 3 females he has decided to persistently pursue also have owners that are super haughty about it. Like, I understand you don't want your dog humped, I wouldn't either, but I can only do so much. The very second I see him mount I sprint towards him to pull him off and try to get him to play with different dogs, but that doesn't seem to be enough for them. The first time Baymax mounted that great dane, I was a little farther away than I normally am, and as I was headed in their direction, they started smacking him in the head! While Baymax has never been aggressive with strangers in his life, who knows how he could react to someone hitting him. I mean, what kind of idiot hits a German Shepherd in the head?! That's a solid way to lose a hand.
I would also really like to get the urine licking under control. I'm afraid he's going to pick up a disease from another dog. He's fully vaccinated, but hate to take chances. Also, it's hella gross, haha.
Any tips or information is greatly appreciated! (Neutering is not an option I'm willing to do until he is 2 years old.)
I've recently started taking him to the dog park frequently, now that his formal training classes are over, to keep him socialized and exercised. The first couple of weeks he was really good, played well and didn't cause trouble. But last week he became persistently interested in a female great dane, and since then has chosen a few females to try to persistently hump and he's also humping boys (I am getting so much exercise chasing him around pulling him off the other dogs!) and has really gotten into marking dozens of places. Probably the grossest thing he has started doing is licking the urine of other dogs right after they pee, and salivates to the point of dripping/drooling afterwards.
How do I address these behaviors? He is my first male dog, and I have never had to deal with this stuff before. I really need to get the humping under control because unfortunately the 3 females he has decided to persistently pursue also have owners that are super haughty about it. Like, I understand you don't want your dog humped, I wouldn't either, but I can only do so much. The very second I see him mount I sprint towards him to pull him off and try to get him to play with different dogs, but that doesn't seem to be enough for them. The first time Baymax mounted that great dane, I was a little farther away than I normally am, and as I was headed in their direction, they started smacking him in the head! While Baymax has never been aggressive with strangers in his life, who knows how he could react to someone hitting him. I mean, what kind of idiot hits a German Shepherd in the head?! That's a solid way to lose a hand.
I would also really like to get the urine licking under control. I'm afraid he's going to pick up a disease from another dog. He's fully vaccinated, but hate to take chances. Also, it's hella gross, haha.
Any tips or information is greatly appreciated! (Neutering is not an option I'm willing to do until he is 2 years old.)