# How do bestiality enthusiasts get male dogs to uh perform? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 4, 2015, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-bestiality-enthusiasts-get-male-dogs-to-uh-perform/708939 "2015-01-04T12:56:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-bestiality-enthusiasts-get-male-dogs-to-uh-perform/708939/1 "2015-01-04T12:56:22Z")
Yea I can’t believe I’m asking this question either, I can’t believe I’m even thinking about it. But as pretty much everyone with dog experience knows dog sex is based around pheromones, male dogs only respond sexually to a female in heat. I know there is the old joke about a dog humping someone’s leg, but I’ve never actually seen that in real life. So yea… ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-bestiality-enthusiasts-get-male-dogs-to-uh-perform/708939/2 "2015-01-04T13:19:11Z")
I think you either have a very sheltered idea of canine sexuality, or a view much more informed and nuanced than my own. I’m not sure which. Maybe both. Some dogs will dry hump random things, although I grant it’s not really the same process as how they mate. I have heard of dogs buggering other dogs (not in heat nor even female) but on reflection I don’t really suppose that involved the whole, “knot and stand there for an hour,” mating process. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-bestiality-enthusiasts-get-male-dogs-to-uh-perform/708939/3 "2015-01-04T13:25:38Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > I think you either have a very sheltered idea of canine sexuality, or a view much more informed and nuanced than my own. I’m not sure which. Maybe both. > > Some dogs will dry hump random things, although I grant it’s not really the same process as how they mate. > > I have heard of dogs buggering other dogs (not in heat nor even female) but on reflection I don’t really suppose that involved the whole, “knot and stand there for an hour,” mating process. I’ve seen alpha dogs, even female, do a sort of mounting thing but this seems more about submission than sex. The males when doing this are not erect, and it isn’t so much humping as just a still hold with growling. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-bestiality-enthusiasts-get-male-dogs-to-uh-perform/708939/4 "2015-01-04T14:36:29Z")
> [@grude](#): > > I know there is the old joke about a dog humping someone’s leg, but I’ve never actually seen that in real life. I haven’t met more than a few handfuls of dogs in my life, and yet I’ve twice seen dogs that would move from object to object humping away. Legs, blankets, baskets, handbags, you name it. Not a “sort of mounting” thing either. ---
**Author:** ![Toxylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@Toxylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxylon)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-bestiality-enthusiasts-get-male-dogs-to-uh-perform/708939/5 "2015-01-04T15:44:16Z")
From what I’ve seen, male dogs have no problem getting an erection from physical stimulus, without a female dog in attendance. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-bestiality-enthusiasts-get-male-dogs-to-uh-perform/708939/6 "2015-01-04T17:19:44Z")
Hell, my neutered dog gets erections when he’s overly excited from play.(ETA: great. Now if my wife searches my username, this thread title is going to come up. 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-bestiality-enthusiasts-get-male-dogs-to-uh-perform/708939/7 "2015-01-04T22:41:29Z")
My neutered dog humps his teddy bear. He gets right into and even has a little canine erection.