Dogs are very cute and friendly pets with their own sexual drive. When a dog matures, the horniness comes from its inside as a simple example of its biological needs and behavior. As they cannot speak, they try to expose their situation with their behavior. When a dog becomes horny, it changes its attitude. Dogs hump, bark, and get a little aggressive. Sometimes they hump people. They get extremely excited if they see another dog. Male dogs are seen to be hornier and more aggressive than females.

Sometimes their behavior worries the owner as they try to hump on everybody’s leg and bark. There are several remedies to control the horniness of your dog, which have to be followed patiently. Do not punish, hit or bite your dog if their horny attitudes are really annoying. Try to solve the problem as we discuss options below. You can also consult your vet for better remedies if its attitudes turn extreme.

Let us discuss some effective methods to make your dog cool off from being horny.

Is The Horniness Of A Dog Normal?

It is normal as it is a natural instinct when your dog gets mature. Many dogs mature sexually at 8-10 months of age. It varies for different breeds. In the case of larger breeds, it may take a few more months to mature sexually. The ideal age for a dog to mate and become a parent is around two years. Keep an eye on your dog and how it reacts at its age of maturity. When they start to mature, they have the strongest desire and horniness in the preceding months as it is their first life experience from their system. Slowly, they learn to adjust with the help of training and time. After a few seasons, they adjust to it and do not become extremely horny like the first two to three years.

Remember, male dogs are much more proactive sexually than females when mature. They have 9 times more testosterone, the sex hormone, than females. This means controlling a male horny dog is a more challenging job.

How Can You Calm a Horny Dog?

Dogs are very adorable pets, but they do not have such control over biological impulses as humans. They also cannot understand the impacts of their attitude. They have to be trained or treated to have control of their horniness like other impulses. The advantage is that dogs are more training savvy and tend to please their master. If you try systematically, it is not a tough job, but it must be done carefully. With male dogs, when they are too horny and hyper, you have to be cautious to handle it in a delicate way.

Sterilization

Getting your dog neutered is a good way to lower its horniness. It helps them to calm down by neutering the activities of hormones. If the dog is not neutered, it has more horniness than a neutered dog. As a matter of fact, if you have a pair of dogs in the house without neutering, the female one will definitely get pregnant at a mature age.

It may seem cruel to sterilize a dog’s natural ability this way. However, it is a far better option than to give birth to many unwanted puppies. The stories of licensed breeders and kennel clubs are different as they usually need the dogs to be parents to give birth.

The other issue is that neutering your dog in time improves its quality of life. It also reduces the probability of unknown behaviors and certain health problems.

The Best Time To Sterilize The Dog

This actually depends upon the maturity of different breeds. In the case of smaller breeds, some dog parents do it at the age of 8 weeks. In some cases, parents do it at the age of 12 months or two years. The significance is that it is always better to sterilize the dog when it is entirely developed and mature. It is ideal for its health and mentality to receive the treatment.

Training Your Dog How To Control Impulses

We cannot expect human-like control of emotions by a dog. When it goes hyper with its horniness, it humps or climbs on you, your guests or other dogs. But their extreme behavior can be controlled with training so that they will remain gentle and control some hyper activities.

Never Encourage With Your Hands or Legs

We often encourage our dog’s bad behavior with our hands or legs out of playing. This is actually a wrong signal we provide to our dog this way. They associate with our hands and legs to show their hyper activities. Sometimes allowing them to bite on your hands or legs also does the same thing. This will not be a sweet experience when your dog is full-grown. They also associate your hands and legs to use for humping and biting out of horniness and do the same with your guests.

Train your dog from their puppy age not to attack your hands or legs. Also, train them not to hump any part of your body from the beginning. This will minimize the habit of humping and other aggressive attitudes.

Tiring the Dog

When your dog is fully grown up, tire it with more and more physical and mental activities. If you are playing with it outdoors, extend playing hours and include more and more exercise games. But never encourage any attacking or pulling game which will encourage its temper. The more you make it run, jump and find things, the more it will be more tired physically. If you are going for a walk with it, extend one or two miles to make it more tiring. The physical tiredness will help your dog to deviate from sexual overactivity or horniness. It also will help the dog’s mind to work on ‘game plans’ and ‘exploring on a walk.’ Daily exercise and games also help the dog to be healthy and fit.

Divert the Attention

The training is not over only to switch your dog from your hand and legs. You have to follow the dog where it is humping instead. Sometimes they try with a pillow, cushion, or something similar which it can ‘ride’ on. Our advice is to immediately remove the object and similar objects from its reach. When it tries to hump on something, give it some toys and play with it. It will divert its mind from horniness to playing. Put some treats as rewards in the games, making it more attractive to the dog. It will take part in the game instead of humping.

Horniness and Humping Control At A Glance

This is a very normal behavior that your dog has. Do not overreact or punish the dog. This will make the situation more critical by making your dog angrier. Here are your options to help calm down your horny dog and stop dog humping:

• You can neuter the dog with a consultation with the vet before the situation goes too bad.
• Train and exercise your dog with fun and treats, which will make it mentally diverted from sex.
• If you want your dog to be a parent, consult your vet and a recognized kennel to plan and help it out.
• Keep patience while training the dog. Remember, it cannot speak in our language. You have to understand its desire from its language and posture and set things accordingly to calm it down.

Now you know the reasons your dog is horny and how to get it to stop humping you, objects and your guests. Be patient during this process as this is a very normal issue for dog owners to deal with.