H*mping

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It's no secret that dogs will hold onto, well, just about anything -- pigs, ducks, cats, big dogs, little dogs, blankets, couches, toys, pillows, dog heads, dog legs, human legs and even the infamous full on human body grab.

At the same time, dog mounting behavior, or "humping," is not necessarily a comfortable topic for us humans. I am currently in a busy coffee shop screening images for this blog post, and are people looking at my computer screen for a few seconds too long? Am I getting double-takes and sideways glances? Yes and yes.

Even though most of us are here on this planet because two people, at some point, shut the door and engaged in a similar activity, "shut the door" may be the operative phrase when it comes to our comfort with h*mping. It's all around us, it brought us here, but we're not talking about it.

Dogs on the other hand, do not share this "shut the door" approach, and they certainly have no qualms about humping behind or in front of closed doors. Nor does this behavior in dogs only appear in the context of producing offspring. Like most things involving the Big H, it's more complicated. 

So let's discuss h*mping. 

Does your dog do it and with whom? And just as important, how do you feel about it, and what do you think it's all about?