In my puppy's first training class, we were told *not* to punish for biting even though tiny stabby puppy teeth HURT. We were told to "yelp" & stop playing for a brief time, first for just the hard bites & then for increasingly softer ones. The lesson: "I won't play if it hurts."
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"Don't punish biting" seemed eye-rollingly Berkeley to me, but I wound up with a dog with a very gentle mouth even when he gets overexcited & nippy during play. Play is about testing boundaries & integrating social feedback. If we're not letting kids do this, what's the result?
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