humping

Just picked BB up from they daycare, and when I asked how he was today, the mentioned that he found another doodle (male) that he kept humping.

I'd like to nip this in the bud and was hoping to get some advise here. I did a quick search and didn't find much, even though I'm sure its out there somewhere...

Just to give a background. BB is 18 months old. He was neutered at 6 months exactly. As a puppy the only thing he humped was one of his stuffed toys. Never a person. About 3 months ago he humped one dog at the dog park (we go about once a week). We immediately corrected him by pulling him off, verbal sharp "no" and a little tug at his collar. It has happend about once or twice more since then, even though we've been to the park at least a dozen times. It seems as if he finds a "friend" and only does it to that dog, (not any random dog at the park). In our view, generally he innocently plays/wrestles with that dog for awhile, and then it escalates to humping. On at least one occasion, I suspected that one of the dogs at the park was "near heat" (if that is a thing) or "in heat" (though not the dog that BB was humping).

He has also started lifting his leg and marking in the last two or three months. Only while we are "out" on walks or at the park, not in our own yard.

I'm not worried about the leg lifting. But the daycare girl seemed like they might not let him come back if he kept his humping. So I'm very concerned about stopping this behavior. Please help....

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