dominance humping

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Sometimes they do the dominance humping for years. I have a pair of males that do it all the time and they've been together for coming up on three years. It's like the dominant role switches between them constantly. What I have noticed is that usually by the time the chins are 3 to 4 years of age they don't seem to hump each other anymore. It's a younger male thing...they have to show who is boss all the time...very strange.
 
My 2 younger boys are constantly humping each other, it's just their thing. Ends a little nasty, but hey, boys will be boys. They have been together since April or May of 09.

My older chin will hump Bryson during playtime, but I'm sure it's just purely a dominance thing.
 
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