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My neutered dog is humping my male cat. What can I do to stop it?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Chihuahua | Male | neutered | 10 years old | 23 lbs

Duke is neutered but bless his heart he won’t stop humping my male cat. Any tips? Thank you in advance

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Answered By Jenny, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on January 23rd, 2018

It is likely a behavioral problem and he just does this out of dominance. All you can do is discourage the behavior when it happens and try to provide him with a stuffed animal instead so he might focus on that instead if the cat

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