Why do my dogs do this?

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Ok i have 2 dogs, one is around 4/5 months old and the other is about a year old.

1 They keep peeing on each other (I hope its be accident)

2 the little one keeps humping the big one!:eek::D

Oh and how the hell do I teach the little not to bark? He goes crazy when someone walks in the communal garden or if i let him out for a run he seems to bark just for fun
 
The humping is a sign of dominance, same with the barking, territory/dominance.

You just have to reclaim the area and let him know it's not his territory.
 
Mr_White said:
The humping is a sign of dominance, same with the barking, territory/dominance.
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I'd say the peeing was a dominance issue, get a spraying water bottle and give him a soaking in the face or make a loud noise when he goes to to his dirty deed, he should learn its not on!

Get them neutered, should control the sexy-time!

Barking is probably just excitment, is this the younger dog? you'll probably find he learns (sooner or later) that the world isn't THAT exciting.
 
Actually humping the dog is probably the best method!! :p

Seriously though, as has been said it's just a dominance thing. Don't interfene, just let them sort it out and it will stop.

As for the barking, you're gonna have to be patient.

Get a pocketful of treats and everytime they bark, walk up to them and say "Quiet". First few times you're gonna have to lead them away to calm down but once they start to listen to you say "Quiet", give them a treat THEN lead them away. After about a week they'll associate the word "Quiet" with a treat.

After a few more weeks, slowly work of the treat (give them a treat after every other command, then every 3rd, then every 4th and so on).

Seriously it'll take time, but it can be done.

But if you don't wanna hump your dog, another way to show you're the boss is to pin them down on their back. If the struggle DON'T lose grip, keep them there for another 10 seconds and calmly let go, they'll get the message ;)
 
~J~ said:
Actually humping the dog is probably the best method!! :p

Seriously though, as has been said it's just a dominance thing. Don't interfene, just let them sort it out and it will stop.

As for the barking, you're gonna have to be patient.

Get a pocketful of treats and everytime they bark, walk up to them and say "Quiet". First few times you're gonna have to lead them away to calm down but once they start to listen to you say "Quiet", give them a treat THEN lead them away. After about a week they'll associate the word "Quiet" with a treat.

After a few more weeks, slowly work of the treat (give them a treat after every other command, then every 3rd, then every 4th and so on).

Seriously it'll take time, but it can be done.

But if you don't wanna hump your dog, another way to show you're the boss is to pin them down on their back. If the struggle DON'T lose grip, keep them there for another 10 seconds and calmly let go, they'll get the message ;)
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Thanks I will give that a go.

The little one is so stupid, the older dog will be peeing and he will come and stuck his head underneath to sniff around midstream :eek:

Agadoo, I did try spraying them in the face but they love it lol.
 
If you really wanna worry, you could always do a search for "2 dogs 1 cup" on youtube!

Would post a link but it has swearies and people get on their high horse.
 
I'd recommend watching a few episodes of the Dog Whisperer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZD_p1trwYM

Maybe you need to show your dominance over the 2 dogs, which would show them that you are the pack leader rather than 1 of the dogs dominating the other.
You could try and pin them both down, lay them facing each other face to face and just hold them there until they relax and you can move away and they both remain.
Saw such a method on the show above and it worked a treat.
 
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