Every day, my Bernese Mountain Dog puppy seems to want to wrestle with me or get somewhat "play aggressive", but I'm not sure if I'm teaching him to be aggressive or if this is a perfectly fine form of play. He growls and barks when we do this (all while wagging his tail), but I do get a puppy bite from time to time and I'm just not sure if this is good teaching or bad.
Stephan R Weber Webboard User Reg: 02-16-2004
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I like the idea of my dog understanding exactly how hard he can mouth me before he's in trouble. Like Bob, when they get too rough, I tell them "knock it off" and the game ends.
My vet says she hates the common "wisdom" to never let the dog mouth you or play bite. She say that when she does something unpleasant, dogs like mine will "yarf" and circle her hand gently with their mouth, while the ones who've never had a chance to learn that they need to be gentler with people than other dogs will bite inappropriatly fast and/or hard, or aim for faces instead of wrists.
Lara Martin Webboard User Reg: 11-04-2005
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I wrestle with my dogs and sometimes I do get little nips but theyre usually scratches only. I agree with everyone, your dog needs to know the limit. My JRT knows she can jump on me and be alittle more rough BUT my dogo knows he has to be gently and he can mouth me BUT he's not allowed to jump on me and grab as well.
Just like stephan, you have 1 word that you use that signals the playing to stop. Just make sure you use 1 word though so it wont confuse him.
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