Our 2 year old intact male BT has the curious habit of walking around with a raging erection, and either air-humping, or placing himself where he can rub his penis against his belly, and effectively, masturbate. Unfortunately he sleeps with us, and tends to wake us up periodically with his gyrations. He also annoys our spayed little female with this,,,she just snarles at him when he does this.

I have had dogs for 20 years and have NEVER seen one do this, especially on an ongoing basis like this little guy. Any thoughts?

you could try a chemical castration. this is a simple injection that controles the hormones for up to 6 weeks. this could break the habbit. you could also use homeopathic drops to controle this.

Have you considered getting him neutered? It isn't dominance behavior, because they would be humping something - your leg, etc. if it was dominance behavior. Most vets in the U.S. refuse to give the shots that are in essence birth control or temporary neutering as it has been found that these can be quite harmful.

He really should have been neutered a long time ago, but he was so little, and so sickly as a pup that it just got lost in the shuffle. I had to sleep on the floor with him, and feed him this nasty paste every 2 hours, or he would have seizures due to low blood sugar. He also went to the vet every day for 6 weeks, for asthma treatments, and spent the day there. He's about 13 LBs now, and healthy as a horse, but he got off to a terrible start.

Definitely get him neutered. He isn't too old to stop that habit, and you should stop him when he starts to hump - if you haven't attended obedience classes, that would be helpful to start so that you could teach commands like "leave it" and "off" but right now his hormones are dictating his behavior and that needs to be done. It is an easy procedure for males, and they are back to their old selves within a day or two. Once the hormones settle down, he will be receptive to training and the air humping will go away!

I hope the OP has been able to get him neutered and he is working on training.

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Karen, mom to Turbeaux & Libby

Lop those balls off. Period. Unless he is a champion show dog or part of a breeding program, I can't think of a single reason for a dog to have testes. Snip-snip...problem solved. Good luck to both of you.

PS I have to say that the Boston has the largest erection to weight ratio of any dog breed I know.

Maybe replacing his testes with silicon fake ones may be easier to take than just neutering him. Here's a good site:

http://www.neuticles.com/index1.html

At least he'll look whole. I wish I had been able to do that with our little guy, but he was already done when we got him.

my one year old will hump air after he enounters a female. He's usually pretty good about resisting humping her, (sometimes he just cant resist) but he'll hump air. Vet said it was normal.

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WWCBD?

Nothing says luvin' like something from the toolshed!

And at the risk of being rude, he is hung like a Missouri mule...I'm secretly proud of him for that.