Hi all

I apologise in advance for the graphic nature of my description!!

Roscoe a CKCS is now nearly 6 months old.  On two occassions now he has been humping one of his toys and his p*nis becomes extended, my OH is even jealous of it!!!!.  The forskin (if thats what you call it in dogs) goes right back behind the large swelling at the base which I understand is there to help the tie in matting.  The problem is it takes ages to return to normal.  Poor Roscoe is left wandering around with his huge dangle and is clearly distressed and afraid to move and stands with his tail between his legs. His poor willy seems to get stuck out and I feel so sorry for him, he looks really upset, bless him. My OH's eyes have been watering at this point! LOL  Eventually it has retracted but the hair he has around the end of his winky gets pulled in and the forskin looks folded in on itself.

Is this normal??  Once the extension has gone in I have to admit that I have tried to tease the winky and gently encourage the hairs out. Should I do this or just leave it? It doesn't look right until the hair is back to where it should be and I am worried he may not be able to do a wee like this.

Please help

Many thanks

Lozi

I do the same with my dachshund! I try to keep the hair around the tip of the sheath trimmed short to prevent this from happening. However, sometimes it remains inverted and he needs some, er, manual assistance!
Becky

My Papillon used to do this when a pup (although in his case it was humping another dog) and it was upsetting for him -and it freaked my kids out. In your case it should be somewhat easier to deal with as the object of affection isn't another dog but toys. If I was you I'd remove the toys from him that he humps, and each time he tries to hump something distract him. Grab another toy an play fetch, call him, do something to attract his attention. Do some training (sit down, stand, stay whatever that is easy to do indoors). In other words, don't let him do it and sotp him before he starts -but you don't have to do this by telling off or punishing or startling, you can do it simpy by making sure the situations don't happen where he does tie otuside his body.

I'm happy to say that "manual assistance" has never been required in these circumstances. However, I also remember a rather perturbed 6 months old Nips gazing down with astonishment at his own fully extended tackle after a serious bed bothering session. His reaction suggested that he couldn't understand where this alien THING had come from and I've avoided him getting quite this carried away ever since by distraction or a simple command that I shan't repeat on here.

At 6 months his hormones are all over the place.  I would remove the toy which attracts attention and distract him with a walk, or training.

As the others say, remove his favourite toy until his hormones have settled down, and if he does get stuck outside his sheath, dunking his bits in a bowl of cool (not cold!) water helps. The problem with the hair is because his bits have dried out - the bowl of water helps prevent this. Otherwise, vaseline's supposed to help.

Really wish I hadn't read this thread whilst having my lunch

poor pup!  I havent had this problem yet but we will see what happens with the new boy only 10 weeks old so perhaps a little way to go yet.

I havent had this problem yet
Phew I am pleased about that ;) ;) ;)
The joys of dog ownership, Why do we do it LOL
Lea :)

The conversations that we doggy folk have - non doggy people would be horrified!!

A spray bottle of cool water can be used instead of dunking. Any old spray bottle well washed out will do.

I have been around dogs for years & haven't had any problems with this, but the other evening at agility, this happened to a staffie. His owner was so embarrassed, she was just going to go round the agility course, the poor dog couldn't even walk, let alone run. I have never seen anything like it! His Dad would have been proud of him!

My Freeway had this happen to him on several occasions. Unfortunate for him he was 3 months and he was stuck in that position for nearly two hours and almost did himself a damage. Our vet recommended an early neuter saying if he was this bad at 3 months ...he would be worse at 6 months. Also for his own protection. His little hormones were way out of proportion neutering was a good option for him.

Cheers
Julie

Thank you all for your replies, I feel reassured knowing it has happened to other dogs.

He doesn't hump very often (its only happened twice), so I will now distract him before he becomes too amourous!!!

I am not keen to have him neutered yet although only one of his testicles has descended.  The vet said he could feel the other one high up in the abdomen and would need to be removed soon if it does not drop.  I have read the other thread on this problem so am aware of the issues.  I am hoping to wait a bit longer.

Many thanks again

Lozi

I had a similar thing with a JRT i used to have. It started when he was about 3 years old (he had sired 2 litters in the two previous years, i don't know if this 'gave him the idea'!), but he didn't hump toys or even other dogs, but took himself off to his bed and licked himself until........... and would then very proudly walk around with it all for us to see. He could actually go right to completion and you can imagine trying to explain to a 4 year old child why 'Bert is .... etc    ;-)    :d

My male cavalier had that problem and got distressed when it wouldn't go back.  Vet told me nice spray of cold water will make it shrink rapidly just like with a man.  it did and after having a cold hose on it twice he stopped doing it
Very occasionally though and don't panic it is quite rare that won't work the odd one does need surgery

MY GOD!  I have a 5 month cavie who proudly displays his ...., but we've never had any issues... yet.

Thankfully, I now know what to do if it should ever occur!