Puppy humping too much?

[Cynthia Whitfield]

Hi All. My name is Cynthia, and this is my first post although I have been reading some of the discussions and forums occasionally over the past few weeks. We have a labrodoodle named Simba.I have a question.

Simba is six months old, was fixed at seven weeks, but he humps things a lot -- his toys and blankets, etc., and he tries to hump us too. He also nips at us a lot, especially my son  Jalen, who is developmentally disabled and doesn't understand why we tell Simbo no. 

Is this normal? Anybody have any advice?

[Julie and Charlie]

When Charlie does this, I just kind of pick him off by the collar (gently, I promise) and that usually stops the behavior. It's so rare now that I can't remember the last time he did it. I don't make a big deal out of it, hoping to avoid "rewarding" him for the attention. It's a pretty natural behavior, and I don't mind if it's his bed or blanket or other inanimate objects. It's just not good manners with people :)

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

Telling Simbo No doesn't have to be with the word No, just the meaning.  Choose another simple word that means Stop That and use it instead.  We use German with one of my doodles - very bad and poorly done German, but our interpretation of German.  We had to do this because one of our other dogs was easily intimidated when he heard the word No when it wasn't meant for him.  So we use "Nein."  If you son can count, then Nein might be too confusing for him, but if he can't then that would work.

[Cynthia Whitfield]

Thanks everyone. I'll try some of these suggestions! Hope things will work out.

[Carolyn Shusterman]

I use the word "EASY" when the pups get too rough.  Our daughter uses the word "OFF' when her dog humps another dog.