Dealing with dog humping

[BearInTheWoods]

Hey everyone! So, I've been a lurker here for a while. By pure happenstance I ended up recently adopting an intact male dog. He's a big sweetheart, absolutely adorable, and quite horny.

The last part would be great...except that I don't live by myself. My roommates, who take care of him while I'm at work, are not zoos. He loves to try humping people's legs and arms to signal that he wants some special attention. For some reason he humps them first, they tell him no, and than he comes to me. I can't exactly encourage this in front of my roommates, so I take him to my private part of the residence "so he can cool off" ... which is exactly what he does . Once we're alone he immediately calms down and gets mopey like he's being punished. It's not been very long but I'm wondering if there's anything I can do to let him know it's o.k. to hump once we're alone. I've been thinking about encouraging it with some belly rubs but I don't want to force it.

Any advice?

 

[pes]

Ignore his humps and tell your friends to do the same. It is normal that animals refuse sex, you are not going to damage your relationship.
Do not respond aggressively to his attempts at inconvenient time, just take him off yourself and stand up or change position so he can not continue. And your friends should do the same.
If a female dog does not want a male humping her, she snaps at him and sits down or lays down or turns around. It is a completely ok response. Except you are not going to be snapping your jaws in his face.
And then only respond to this request for sex when you can.