Smita, Ollie and Juno's Blog – January 2011 Archive (2)

Or maybe my daughter and Ollie were just howling at the moon!

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A question that I have as a dog 'first timer' is this....What is up with Ollie humping his stuffed dog? He has been doing this since we got him home. Is it a dominance thing? Is this common behavior? He does it only to this one stuffed dog named "fluffy". A high energy play time seems to send him into that humping mode. Is it a stress reliever of sorts? It is quite funny for us to watch but we hide the toy when we have company to prevent embarrassment! My 5 and 9 year old daughters call it…