I posted attaking yorkie, a strange thing happened today......

We have had him for 3 months and he has never shown interest in "humping" humans, he has a bed he likes to hump but NEVER humans.  This evening he has started humping my left arm........  This I find horrible and would love some advice on what to do.... ignore it or do the same as Im doing with his agression and put him in the conservatory for "time out"????? Can you tell I have never had a puppy before I have always had adult rescue dogs and I must admit they have been a lot less worry...

Its normal puppy behaviour :) He does it cos he likes it :D My mums dog used to hump a cushion. Willis never went through that stage - fortunately - although he did get slightly frisky with the sofa once. Basically I told him no and distracted him with something more interesting - ball or toy - and it stopped pretty much straight away. So, a firm "NO!", unpeel from arm, offer toy is the way ahead :)

This is my personal bug bear with male dogs and one of the things which puts people of having male dogs.  I have had a male yorkie and a male dalmatian both who were used at stud and neither of them done it either on me or cushions either before or after they were used.

If it was me he would get a very sharp no and a quick squirt from a water spray in the direction of his privates and personally I wouldnt let him do it with anything be it cushions toys or anything.  I consider the dogs a bit like children so anything I find unacceptable is banned period. 

Um, mums dog was female. It happens with both.

IMHE, Of all the dogs that I have had, the females were by far, the worst culprits for it

As Chloe says, it happens in both sexes.

A firm "no" and immediate distraction by way of toy is probably the best way to go about dealing with this. Mine were all puppies when they did it and the behaviour always followed a mad bout of playing, so overexcitment was the cause.

one of my bitches used to periodically do it to the other dog throughout her life, but thankfully, once she hit adolescence, never to us.

Good luck :)

I think he did it because I sat on the floor with him which I never do. He was easily distracted I just removed him and stood up and ignored him.  He does the "humping" with his sofa but the strange thing is that after he has humped it he stays in the position as if he is really mating (I have never seen 2 dogs mate but I believe they stay attached). Well he does this with his sofa, he is being fixed in a month or 2 so that might calm his vigour down a bit. Crosses fingers!!!  Cheers for your advice I just want to make sure Im doing things right, as people on the street (obviously professionals ;-)) keeps telling me "Yorkies are nasty buggers".

Hi LeanneK
I have Yorkies. Although they are female they are often "humping" - usually restricted to teddy bears though. :)  It normally is a sign that mine are coming into season about a month before they start. Each time they pick out one teddy in particular. If it gets too much I just take that teddy away for a while (if we have company - kids friends etc). I have never kept a boy so don't know, but I know both owners of the stud dogs I use don't have the problem.
I am always getting told they are "yappy little buggars" (one of mine is very yappy another very quiet & one too young to tell yet). One of mine hated my now ex-hubby for no (apparant) reason. She used to attack his feet if he got up out of the chair. She must have been trying to tell me something. :)
Take Care
Helen

Yes I agree with that we had a female Jack Russel who was always trying it on with my husbands arm but the difference is that girls dont go their bits out.  Everytime I have spoken to people about why they want a female nearly everyone says they dont want males for this reason.  My sister also had a great dane that used to try and mount the paperboy but that is whole different story ;)  Luckily my girls only ever try and mount each other when they have been mated which is just as well for their life expectancy!

My Cairn bitch is partial to humping the throw cushions on my sofa.  She slowed down a bit after she was spayed, but once in a while she still cannot resist them.  :-)

Stacey

One of our labs (from long ago) used to really LURVE his blankie!!!!

Margot

Well I think its just lovely we can share humping stories about our little loved ones ha ha   I have never had a dog do it before but as I have already said this is my first small breed and first puppy.  After reading all your cushion/blankey/sofa stories Im not worried about it one bit. Also he hasnt tried humping me since so thats good.  Cheers guys