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#20102 - 03/09/05 08:29 AM
5 week old puppy humping others
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Jonathan Robinson
Registered: 07/13/01
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Loc: South East
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Hey everyone!
We have a litter of 5 week old pups out of our Leerburg bitch.
One of the males is humping our feet or other pups. He is not the alpha in the litter. He is probably 2nd or 3rd in rank.
I believe that this is just his way of trying to dominate others.
My question is how would you "read" this behavior?
Would you consider to be a positive sign or not?
He is a very social and outgoing pup. Not fearful.
Thanks for the feed back!
Jonathan
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#20103 - 03/16/05 02:21 AM
Re: 5 week old puppy humping others
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Alison Voore
Registered: 03/14/05
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Loc: Canyon Lake, tx
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I guess this is a question within your question...
What do you mean by saying that he is not the "alhpa"? From my understanding, you really can't tell who is an alpha until a dog a physically and mentally mature adult. As your pups grow and learn, the "alpha" may change many times, from week to week as they learn to experiment with their dominance, playing and all the other developmental phases pups pass through in the first 20wks(all which includes humping, dominating each other, submissing to each other, being confident adventurers & quiet antisocials, etc.) Maybe as a breeder you mean the term in another context. Please fill me in.
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#20104 - 03/16/05 08:18 AM
Re: 5 week old puppy humping others
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Jonathan Robinson
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I understand your point. I guess what I was trying to express was that he was clearly not the "top dog" at the time this behavior was going on. I also was not thinking of the fact that this top position could change from day to day or week to week.
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#20107 - 03/16/05 09:39 PM
Re: 5 week old puppy humping others
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Alison Voore
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I can understand the dominance that is intended by humping at an older age, but at 5wks. old, a predictable path of development into possibly being a dominant dog, isn't so clear yet. Just keep an eye on his future behaviors. He might end up being more of a balanced, less dominant dog regardless of his humping as a youngster.
Does anyone with experience with puppy "testing" have any opinion on this? I believe if the behavior hasn't stopped after 3-4mo. it might be something to address.
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