What should I do?

So as some of you might know Dragon isn't ok with other dogs and we've been getting him to meet this other dog nearly everyday, which is also a staffy, to get him use to other dogs, which will hopefully show him that dogs are friendly and he doesn't need to attack them.

Well now here's the problem, Dragon wants to be the ''boss'' all the time, he always always tries to hump the dogs that play with him, from what I can see, since he only has 1 dog that he plays with without any problem it's hard to know this. Dragon is always humping my male Lab, but my Lab doesn't really care so it never turns out bad BUT with this staffy that we been meeting it's different, the staffy walks next to Dragon without even showing any interest on Dragon it just walks and does his own thing and Dragon is always trying to sniff the other staffy (the other staffy doesn't mind that) but when Dragon tries to hump him, he goes mad and tries to attack Dragon and Dragon fights back so we pull them apart so they can't fight.

What should I do? I want my dog to socialize but not to hump every single dog because some don't like it and attack.

You must stop him humping other dogs! As soon as he even looks like he's going to do it, pull him away and give a firm "No!" or "Leave!" But you'll have to do this every time, even with your lab.

What Caryll said. Some dogs don't mind it; Loki gets humped constantly by his friend, but he honestly doesn't care, it seems to be part of the fun for him but obviously if you want to get him out of the behaviour of humping, don't let him do it to any dog even if the dog doesn't mind.

I've tried stopping him from humping my Lab but every time I turn my back, he just jumps on him again, I heard that it's how dogs play in a way and the dog that's humping tries to tell the other dog ''I'm the boss'' I forgot where I read this but yea I wasn't to sure if it was true or not.

Agree with Caryll, it's a sign of dominance and should be discouraged

stop it with the lab (you must just persevere ) and if it means you have to keep Dragon on the lead with this other dog to keep his control thenm you must do this and persevere , hopefully he will get the message eventually. If he has been randomly humping your lab without intervention he has been getting the wrong message so you have to put a stop to this immediately

DragonTheStaffie wrote:I've tried stopping him from humping my Lab but every time I turn my back, he just jumps on him again, I heard that it's how dogs play in a way and the dog that's humping tries to tell the other dog ''I'm the boss'' I forgot where I read this but yea I wasn't to sure if it was true or not.

It isn't, in any way, play, and it can cause terrible fights when one dog objects. You must persevere or you will end up with a severely injured dog, either yours or the other person's.

As the others have said, its a sign of dominance, not play. My boy is extremely laid back, but he will not put up with a dog humping him. He'll let them nip him and roll him in play, but if one starts to hump him, he growls, and if it continues, he snaps. It's just not acceptable behaviour and if you let him get away with humping your lab, you can't blame him for continuing the behaviour outside with other dogs. It really Is an issue that must be dealt with pronto. If he doesn't stop humping when you tell him to, put him out of the room, away from the lab and from you, completely ignore him. Let him back in after a few minutes, but if he starts again, tell him to stop, if he doesn't, timeout again. And again, and again and again, as many times as you need to until he gets the message. And he will get the message as long as you are consistent. Good luck.

shontelle wrote:As the others have said, its a sign of dominance, not play. My boy is extremely laid back, but he will not put up with a dog humping him. He'll let them nip him and roll him in play, but if one starts to hump him, he growls, and if it continues, he snaps. It's just not acceptable behaviour and if you let him get away with humping your lab, you can't blame him for continuing the behaviour outside with other dogs. It really Is an issue that must be dealt with pronto. If he doesn't stop humping when you tell him to, put him out of the room, away from the lab and from you, completely ignore him. Let him back in after a few minutes, but if he starts again, tell him to stop, if he doesn't, timeout again. And again, and again and again, as many times as you need to until he gets the message. And he will get the message as long as you are consistent. Good luck.

Thank you very much and all the others.
I shall start correcting him, I thought it was him playing with my Lab but yea I do agree with what you guys say, it nearly cause a massive fight with the other staffy when he tried to hump him, if he wasn't on the lead it would of caused a massive fight, which I don't want so I shall start correcting him when he tries to hump any dog. Thank you.

Agree with the others, as soon as the mounting starts is your time to intervene, if he thinks he's okay to do it to one dog but you don't allow him to with another he's never going to learn, you need to be consistent. It isn't play but it can be down to excitement it's not always straight dominance.

I think you're pushing him too far with the other dog if i'm honest, you may have let them meet too fast. I would go back to basics with on lead walks, starting walking them on the outside of you both, and then gradually..over weeks, not minutes, allowing the calmer one to walk between you both, and then eventually letting them walk next to each other but just walking no interaction until he learns to be calm. It took me 8 weeks to introduce a pair enough to allow them to interact that I worked with last year, an english bull terrier and an american bulldog and it turned out that they were just incompatible in the end and could never be off lead together..

Try to nip it in the bud now if you can with a firm NO, try to get him to meet other dogs by having all feet on the floor, as he would meet other people too.