I have an incredibly tolerant dog (Border Collie mix). He doesn't care to play with other dogs but will hang out with them and won't fuss if they jump on him or get in his face. Just kinda stands there with his tail wagging casually until they get the memo that he's not going to play back.
The one thing he does not tolerate is being humped. This is a dog that does not bark ever (because he's weird and has always been like that) unless another dog is trying to hump him. Normally, I let the scene play out once because I think it's good that he communicates his boundary and most of the time, the other dog gets the memo and doesn't do it again. He'll bark/cry out and maybe show some teeth as he removes himself. I'll intervene after that for a very persistant pup.
Today at the dog park, a dog tried to hump him four separate times and my pup actually snapped his jaws at this dog's face the last time. I want to think it was a "final warning" snap and he wasn't actually trying to bite the pup, but I know I'm clouded by love. We took him home right after that but didn't try to correct the behavior because I feel like he made his boundary clear and it wasn't listened to. This is the first time he's done that in four years.
Am I anthropomorphizing too much? Is this a problem behavior that needs to be addressed? Is there something else I should have done in that situation?
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