what different things can people do to encourage it? very new so I don't know a lot.
There are a variety of things...getting him the mood, light jerking, getting him sexually aroused, and then presenting himself for him to mount, letting his insticts take over.
You could pull him up on you and jerk him a bit, get him going. Teach him it’s ok to mount you. Once he gets in you, he should take over from there. After a few times he’ll start to learn and do it on his own...ideally.
Or what worked for me, albeit only temporarily, have an in heat bitch nearby. Get him all horny and riled up and he’ll mount anything haha. Eventually he’ll start to connect the pleasure of sex with you and start to ask for it. Every dog is different, some may not catch on. Some may be ok the lazy side. Some may not be interested at all. It ultimately comes down to the dog.
My male Shep, he is a furious fucker when my female Malamute is in heat. But the other 10 months out of the year, he couldn’t even be bothered to let me jerk him off. Doesn’t care for it. My male Malamute is the same way, although he’s a lot younger, only a bit over a year old. He was so anxiously horny, and I felt bad. So I presented myself to him and he mounted and fucked me without a thought. Non stop for a week. But once her cycle was over, he couldn’t care less. Again, he’s only a year old, and about 125lbs, so I wouldn’t say he’s sexually mature yet. Takes time and honestly a good amount of luck.