Just to give a bit of background on both myself and the canine involved...
I've never done anything 'real' or serious, sexually, with an animal. However, I've fondled and been curious over them, but not confident enough before. Now that I'm comfortable with giving it a shot, it looks like I've come to the right place.

My relationship with Rudy, a setter/retriever mix, hasn't been the closest, as in the past I've had issues, and never really welcomed him. Things have changed thankfully. I live with my parents, they just love dogs and animals and have had several. As for myself, I've only really been close to one dog, that I had for about eight years and will miss dearly.

Rudy is about two and a half to three years old, is very smart and friendly, extremely playful to the point of being obsessed with having a ball thrown, energetic, and over all happy and healthy. He's fathered a litter of puppies with a scotty mix that are already sexually mature, and so we have him, the scotty female, and three crazy bundles of energy.

In the past I've been able to fondle Rudy, he's become erect, and humped a bit. However, one or two of those cases has been where his knot did not slide out, making him slightly uncomfortable. Of late I've tried a few times to get a reaction from him, but when I try to touch his crotch he crooks his neck to lick and nose my hand, and with continued attention nudge my arm away and lick his sheath.

He doesn't seem uncomfortable or unhappy, but awkward. I've heard a few things from zoos. One was that he may not want attention because his knot seems to tend to swell in the sheath before his member slides out, others say he may not be fully used to me, or being in my room or this situation. Another suggestion is that he's pee shy and wont react to simple physical stimulation.

I'm wondering if anyone else has had this problem, what others think, and so on. My personal guess is that, since he's fathered already, he has the strong impression of what is right and wrong, as it were. Also I wouldn't blame him for feeling awkward or a little uncomfortable, but I don't know any method to make him more comfortable with being touched. Or maybe he's just not in the mood this week?

You've mentioned already a number of reasons why he may not be as willing to engage in activities with you, and all of them a valid and quite possible: He may already have a firm preference for bitches only; the past two experiences of having his glans trapped in his sheath resulting in discomfort might have had an effective negative reinforcement on him, thus he doesn't want to experience that again.

If he nudges your hand away, respect that. Take it easy, and take it slow. Get him used to having you touch him there first before you attempt more physical activities. If he doesn't want to engage in that activity, then just leave him alone. Learn how to exteriorise the penis properly before the glans has swollen only if he feels comfortable with you fondling him. If he's happy to play with you in this fashion, in time, he'll adapt. If he keeps refusing you, just leave him to his Scotty cross girlfriend :)

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"That's one you don't learn to tie in Scouts."
- Idiosyncratic, commenting on dog knots.

no offense.

your dog is straight :D

My luck with animals seems the same as it is with humans. Sigh. At least I'm no longer self-conscious over being attracted to things outside my species. Thanks, in any case

Don't sweat it... most dogs aren't really accustomed to really doing anything with humans.

I know one dog that's an intact male that didn't like getting his sheath touched, he'd kinda shift about and not stay still, this was because he had his sheath grabbed and squeezed hard as a form of punishment because he was a real stubborn boy when it came to getting his nails clipped.

Usually I just pet him and give him lots of affection, and occassionally massage his balls which he doesn't mind as much. And as long as he's happy, I really don't mind that I don't get to do much if anything sexual with him.