Bite inhabition

[tt557]

Originally Posted by Sam_Lover

That's new news to me.. Every place I've seen, and everyone I've heard has advised against letting them bite/nibble on you.. Not saying what's right or wrong, cuz I'm no expert, but Sam knows not to do so now.. Even when we're playing, now if her teeth accidently touch my hand, she stops what she's doing and immediately goes in the down position.. I didn't train her to do that, so I don't really know what that's about..

She's a super genius !

[Cinder]

Super duper genius.


I know that we never allowed or encouraged Atticus to bite or mouth us, yet he soft mouths other animals and toys...so...don't know who taught him. Maybe the neighbor.

[hami2127]

he probably learned it from the other dogs, they would let him know is he was biting to hard

[esprinter]

Originally Posted by hami2127

he probably learned it from the other dogs, they would let him know is he was biting to hard

I have read that pups that are removed from their mother and litter too soon may often lack proper bite inhibition.

[Cinder]

Originally Posted by hami2127

he probably learned it from the other dogs, they would let him know is he was biting to hard

The other "pups" he had contact were FAR smaller than him. I doubt they had the cajones to tell him what was up.


And he really only had contact with other dogs freely till he was about 6 months of age.

Dunno, was just something I noticed from him as a puppy....he never bit hard, and he would do his fair share of "submitting" when playing with dogs, instead of being overly aggressive.

[esprinter]

Originally Posted by Cinder

The other "pups" he had contact were FAR smaller than him. I doubt they had the cajones to tell him what was up.


And he really only had contact with other dogs freely till he was about 6 months of age.

Dunno, was just something I noticed from him as a puppy....he never bit hard, and he would do his fair share of "submitting" when playing with dogs, instead of being overly aggressive.

He most likely learned it from his mother and littermates.

[Cinder]

Originally Posted by esprinter

He most likely learned it from his mother and littermates.

Concur.


Bottom line in this thread, though (for me)...is that I do NOT agree that having a dog put his teeth on you is acceptable. For your typical pet, a dog can learn (and will, and will obey) that it is NOT cool to put teeth on mommy and daddy.