Make sure the puppy
learns good bite inhibition, one of the most important life lessons a dog should know.
Since they have no siblings to let them know they are biting too hard, they may fail to
learn good bite inhibition.
Not exact matches
This is simply pure play, the pups through play
learn hunting skills,
bite inhibition and
good social skills.
When watching puppies in class having a
good time playing off - leash and responding happily and willingly to verbal requests and handsignals to come, sit, heel, and down stay, one tends to forget the two most important reasons for attending puppy classes:
learning bite inhibition and socializing with people.
There are usually other puppies and adult dogs on site, so your pup will continue to
learn bite inhibition and manners from
good teachers: other dogs.
Should socialization ever fail and your dog snap, lunge, or nip a person, you will be thankful that you had the
good sense to take your puppy to classes where he
learned reliable
bite inhibition.
Adult dogs with
well - established
bite inhibition often mouth during play, and should they
bite, the
bites almost never break the skin because during puppyhood the dog
learned how to register a complaint without inflicting any damage.
Bite inhibition is one of the most misunderstood aspects of behavioral development in dogs (and other animals).
It is imperative that puppies meet as many people, dogs and things as possible during this stage of their lives as
well as
learning bite inhibition.
If the dogs acquired
good bite inhibition during puppyhood and
learned how to resolve differences without causing harm, there is little, if any, damage.