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I have a 5 month old boy that has just learned to hump.
Do I let him do this on his siblings, ususally on their heads or do I stop him or isolate him?
He has no idea what he's doing but has an itch he wants scratched 
Well in 45 years of keeping dogs, I think ALL of my boys will hump anything that tickles their fancy. It is simply a puppy thing, I just distract them and take them out for a walk or give them a different toy or wait until the older girls teach this youngster that this behavior is not appreciated. It is simply natural, something tickles and they scratch it, do not reprimand him at all, he will learn to mind his manners until the appropriate time.
Humping is not always sexual behavior - many times it is simply a dominance behavior. He may be asserting his dominance in the pack. Many times a dog will hump a person's leg, or his bed, or whatever he/she feels he can be dominant over. It's not necessarily sexual. And it's not always just the boys. We call our girls the "humpty dumpty sisters". They all think they are in charge, when in reality, it's me! HA! HA!
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I have a 5 month old boy that has just learned to hump.
Do I let him do this on his siblings, ususally on their heads or do I stop him or isolate him?
He has no idea what he's doing but has an itch he wants scratched
Reality along with a sense of humor!!!
Lois and Depends . . . . I needed some of that today!
I had a breeder tell me I did not train my dog right and that I created a bad temperament with my male dog because he tried to hump. 
Give me a break he is a dog! When he was a puppy I did my best to discourage him from humping by telling him to stop or separating him from the pack for a little while. He still starts to hump and now that he is older when I tell him "no" he does stop and then 5 minutes later he is at it again. Good luck with that one.
