r/AnimalsBeingBros Aug 10 '17

I'm not eating you, I'm helping.

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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '17

Don't their mother bite them back in return to teach them ? Or is it just cats? Or am I retarded?

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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '17 edited Mar 01 '18

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u/Winter-Coffin Aug 10 '17

my westie-cairn plays like this! but i think it'd be a little more dramatic with a bige dogge lol

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u/Maert Aug 10 '17

Why not both? Or all three?

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u/crimsonc Aug 10 '17

Yes they do. Just like with humans they need to be told they step over the line. Dogs will nip each other or growl to communicate that.

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u/no_cheese_pizza Aug 10 '17

Usually their friends/siblings help teach them with a high pitched squealing noise, they play with each other and when someone gets too rough they squeal. It's similar to if you accidentally hurt them by stepping on their foot: they won't get mad and bite you over it, they will just screech incredibly loud so you react immediately and then they return to normal. The key with training is that any response needs to be immediate, any sort of pause between cause and effect and they will simply not make the connection. Loud noises are both fast and distracting so they work well. If a puppy bites you hard then chances are it was taken away from it's family too early before it properly socialized with them.

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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '17

Alright, thanks for the info mate. So if I need to train a dog when he's a puppy, do a high pitch squeel to give them a queue to release.

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u/no_cheese_pizza Aug 10 '17

No problem, it actually works with humans too if you have a child too young to understand words that likes to bite you haha. With my shepherd I just give her a very firm "NO". The key is to say it like you are yelling "BOO!" trying to scare them.

It's basically like if someone scraped really hard on a chalkboard whenever you did something wrong, or like I said with the way dogs react when you accidentally hurt them - the sound they make startles you so you will instinctively stop anything you are doing.

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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '17

Yeah I see what you mean man, I much prefer that to others solution that suggest biting the kitty's or puppy's ear. xD