HI EVERYBODY, ADVICE AVADIBLE TO ANYONE WHO HAS QUESTIONS ON BULLMASTIFFS.

Was just about to post this:

Our rescue bullmastiff bitch who joined us on Monday is settling in veyr well she is veyr docile excellent with all the family and the cat.

However, with me her master she gets a little overexcited and has taken to trying to hump me sought of when I am sitting with her or sitting at the bottom of the stairs. She tries licking my arms and face then starts jerking her arched back backwards and forwards.

I read in Bruce Fogle's behaviour book that dogs do it when they are excited about a stranger in their life. How do I get rid of this or does it naturally go? Other people seem to think it is funny however, I feel it isn't nice for me or the dog.

Thanks for anyones help, also she doesn't like to play with her tug of war toy will she take to it in time or just not her thing?

Bullmastiffs are not a complex breed to understand at all . they are a straight up front fun loving dog but easily bored .
Once they do something then that is it . They see no point whatsoever doing it again and again. They will retrieve and then they wont .
They will do all the obedience and then they wont , what they will do is lie down and die for you .Take care of your home and keep all in it protected.
I suggest you forget the master thing and get on with the friendship thing.
Was she in rescue because of the humping. I would push her away and leave her if it was my dog , I guess if she loves you enough she will stop doing that so that she gets to stay with you.

For a start, I would suggest that the owner gets the dog checked over by a vet. Some hormonal treatment may ba required or the dog may indeed be a hermaphrodite, having both male and female organs. Rare yes, but not impossible.
If there is no physical cause for it, then a system of ignoring that behaviour and directing the bitch towards a new behaviour whereupon she gets a reward for good behaviour maybe the way to go. Difficult to advise really without actually seeing the dog in its home environment, with the family present. One-to-one visit from a properly qualified, experienced person may be best.

I had a bullmastiff in my class for 3 years! Her owner didn't come that long because he had to, but because he wanted to! Until her untimely death about 5 months ago from Lymph Node Cancer - she was only 5. Her name was Beth.

Beth came to me because of extreme dog orientated aggression. Her poor owners were on the verge of having her PTS as she was so bad. She had been kept locked away from other dogs for the first 2 years of her life and hadn't a clue how to behave properly towards them. With Beth muzzled, we slowly socialised her with my Weimaraner, Lacey, during private sessions. Lacey showed Beth how to sniff behinds and play! At first, Beth just wanted to kill her but lace just acrried on ignoring her and sniffing about the floor, which is one of the ways dogs tell other dogs to chill! To cut a long story short, within a few months, Beth changed from being a raging monster to being a sweet, lovable dog! Her owner plucked up courage to take off the muzzle and Beth became our meeter and greeter in the class! Other dogs she had learned to ignore if they started on her, but if they wanted to play well hey! Lets play!!!
Her owner committed himself to her training and she flew through the Kennel Club Good Citizen Dog Scheme Bronze, Silver & Gold Awards. Yes, she would switch off ocassionally, but he knew how to get her interest back again! She learned to do Working Trials style sendaways, mini agility, retrieves and distance control.
This was all through her owners commitment and perseverance and the use of non-confrontational, reward for response training methods. No choke chains, no punishment of any sort. Just commonsense, patience and commitment to training.
All the problems the person descibes can be worked through. I suggest they go to www.apdt.co.uk, look on the members index and find a member in their area.