All Posts Tagged With: "dog biting"

Nipping - the playful biting and mouthing of your hands and clothes by your dog - is particularly common among puppies, but can also occur in older dogs that haven’t been taught proper bite inhibition.
It’s natural for dogs to mouth and nip. They explore the world using their mouths - to a dog, his mouth [...]

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A fear-bite is a bite that occurs out of sheer panic. It’s not to be confused with dominance-aggression, which is a sign of deep-set personality problems; a fear-biter isn’t necessarily a ‘fierce’ dog. He’s just scared.
Why does fear-biting happen?
A fear-biter bites because it’s his only way of expressing his extreme fear or panic, and his [...]

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