SRS, I'm not disturbed by it at all; I just want to understand it.

There has been a wee longrunning battle over sleeping-place rights, with no winner but lots of escalating noise. Maybe they're working it out in play instead of taking it to the level of biting. If so, IMO Faulkner started it-- the deflection into play. She never did this until he started doing it recently. He will also go find and brandish a toy to brag over and play tug of war, with her, when the play-snapping in the wrestling gets out of hand. He's not the smartest dog I ever had, but he has that pack-order-maintaining thing nailed in many ways, more than any other dog I've had.

He doesn't mind the humping, BTW, nor insist on her letting him return the favor-- with him, it's all good. His attitude seems to be, "More fun! Let's play!"

~S~