Hi all,
I found this forum earlier and decided maybe it was worth posting to see what kind of ideas I get here!
My husband and I adopted a 6-7 month old pit (mix?) who we named Pikel last Thursday, so exactly a week ago. He's been doing well, has already learned sit and is pretty well potty trained, and is well on his way to learning stay and leave it, thanks to a visit from a one-on-one trainer yesterday.
So, among all the good things, there are some really frustrating things as well. He likes to hump my leg/back (if he climbs up on a chair behind me), which I don't appreciate. He's never done this to my husband. I've tried getting up and moving away, ignoring him, and placing my hands on his shoulders to hold him down and saying "NO." in a deep, stern voice. If I move away, he follows and jumps up again. If I ignore him, he keeps doing it. If I hold him down, he starts spazzing and gets away then either gets the zoomies (after which he'll come back and start humping me again) or jumps right back. I watched a video that someone posted of a young woman who basically "hugged" her dog to calm him down when he was humping from excitement, but I tried that a little bit ago and it just made him crazier.
One thing that seemed to help last night was putting him in a time out in the bathroom. Only problem is figuring out how to get him IN the bathroom! Last night wasn't a huge issue, but this afternoon when I tried to do it again, he wouldn't go in. I finally got him to follow in a toy that I threw, but any tips on that would also be appreciated.
So to summarize, any help anyone can give on helping a dog calm down (specifically getting him to stop humping) and any help on getting a dog into time out would be greatly appreciated!!!
I found this forum earlier and decided maybe it was worth posting to see what kind of ideas I get here!
My husband and I adopted a 6-7 month old pit (mix?) who we named Pikel last Thursday, so exactly a week ago. He's been doing well, has already learned sit and is pretty well potty trained, and is well on his way to learning stay and leave it, thanks to a visit from a one-on-one trainer yesterday.
So, among all the good things, there are some really frustrating things as well. He likes to hump my leg/back (if he climbs up on a chair behind me), which I don't appreciate. He's never done this to my husband. I've tried getting up and moving away, ignoring him, and placing my hands on his shoulders to hold him down and saying "NO." in a deep, stern voice. If I move away, he follows and jumps up again. If I ignore him, he keeps doing it. If I hold him down, he starts spazzing and gets away then either gets the zoomies (after which he'll come back and start humping me again) or jumps right back. I watched a video that someone posted of a young woman who basically "hugged" her dog to calm him down when he was humping from excitement, but I tried that a little bit ago and it just made him crazier.
One thing that seemed to help last night was putting him in a time out in the bathroom. Only problem is figuring out how to get him IN the bathroom! Last night wasn't a huge issue, but this afternoon when I tried to do it again, he wouldn't go in. I finally got him to follow in a toy that I threw, but any tips on that would also be appreciated.
So to summarize, any help anyone can give on helping a dog calm down (specifically getting him to stop humping) and any help on getting a dog into time out would be greatly appreciated!!!