Rabbit is molesting my dog.

[SRedRose1206]

Rabbit belongs to my roommate. He's 5 months old. Most of the time he's very well-behaved, but over the last week he's been annoying the tar out of my 3-year-old miniature dachshund (we'll call him Dog) - who is easily twice his length and three times his weight - by sneak-attacking him and humping him. Dog hasn't turned around and bitten Rabbit (because we got on him about playing too rough when Rabbit was still a bunny) and will opt to get up and leave. Rabbit follows Dog around unless someone physically removes him from the room.

When Rabbit does this, we'll pick him up and move him, put him in his cage, squirt him with water, everything we can think of, and he WON'T STOP. We don't know how to stop him from attacking Dog, and sooner or later I'm sure Dog is gonna get fed up and bite the little stinker.

So. Why is he doing it, and more importantly, how do we stop him?

 

[Ponyta]

You should get bunny altered, then that sort of behavior will stop. In the mean time keep the dog and rabbit separate. He isn't going to stop until he's neutered. He's hormonal, like a teenager. If you think the dog is going to eventually turn around and bite, avoid the situation altogether.

ETA: He's not really being naughty if it's natural behavior, so I don't advise punishment, just time out in his cage. Maybe get him a stuffed animal to take his "frustrations" out on.

 

[Steph16]

My bunny does that to the cat... well not so much anymore, cause we don't give him the chance, but you can see it in his eyes, when he goes near the cat, that he wants to hump him. *You can tell the cat really appreciates it when I intervene.*

I thought the stuffed animal was going to be a good idea, but he never took to it.

What is with bunnies that they must hump everything that lives? Crazies

 

[GorbyJobRabbits]

I would get the rabbit fixed, and I would keep them seperated at all times. Sooner or later the dog will get fed up.