Usually, when a dog starts humping your leg, you’re quick to make him stop, but at the Humpy Awards, owners actually encourage their pooches to get it on with their legs.

There’s the Grammys, the Emmys, the Webbies, and now we have the Humpys, which celebrate dogs’ natural behavior to hump your legs. This first ever annual humping competition for dogs was actually a viral marketing stunt for a new AMC reality show called Small Town Security, but that doesn’t in any way diminish the dogs’ admirable performances. Almost all of the canines brought forth into the humping arena did just what they were supposed to, impressing the judges with their techniques. I don’t know if they got any training prior to the competition, but it all seemed pretty natural to me.

The judges at the the first edition of the Humpy Awards picked the winner after examining such things as the mount, speed, stamina, style and dismount. The lucky winner of the first ever Humpy was Miss Hope, an eight-year-old Jack Russell terrier who impressed the crowd with her moves.

Apparently, this leg humping contest aims to celebrate one of the dog’s natural behaviors while creating an entertaining show for us humans. Just one piece of advice though, don’t wear shorts, if you ever plan on attending this kind of events.

via Geekosystem