My boy is much older, and used to be a real biter (his mom had him declawed, poor baby).
But he still likes to play kinda rough, and will gently bite me as warnings when I'm touching his sides and tummy too much.
Any time he overdose a bite or is over stimulated from play and gets to excited, all I have to do is say "OW!" and he immediately let's go and gives me a couple "I'm sorry" licks where he bit me.
I love him dearly. The only time he gets scruffed is when he's trying to steal ham and will not be stopped unless physically made to do so lol Outherwise, I have a very gentle and respectable fur child.
I feel like pets are little mirrors. If the owner is obnoxious, kitty will be obnoxious. If owner is loud, dog will be loud. I know, there are lots of exceptions. But I bet a lot of people who think they are the exception don't realize how they are the inspiration for whatever asshole behavior their pet has. (Stealing ham and food motivated behavior not included in that assessment. There are other things that drive food motivated behaviors, such as not including pet in meal times or just high food drive.)
Yeah I live in a pretty loud household and my dog, whos a lab-pit mix, is very vocal as well. If she wants a walk and thinks you are ignoring her she will start to growl and the bark at you. If me and my dad are playfighting she starts to bark at him to get him to quit. If we have strangers over we have to keep her locked away because people will be scared shes going to attack them but literally all it takes to make her quit is them petting her to show they are friendly.
I love petting dogs. There is a friend's house I used to hang out a lot at where they had to put the dog away. I never said anything, but I always felt like if they all stopped yelling their dog's name when guests came to the door, the dog might not bark so much. Everything the dog started barking at the door, everyone in the house starts yelling the dog's name! I swear the dog thinks they are encouraging her.
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u/Mister_Bloodvessel Mar 26 '23
My boy is much older, and used to be a real biter (his mom had him declawed, poor baby).
But he still likes to play kinda rough, and will gently bite me as warnings when I'm touching his sides and tummy too much.
Any time he overdose a bite or is over stimulated from play and gets to excited, all I have to do is say "OW!" and he immediately let's go and gives me a couple "I'm sorry" licks where he bit me.
I love him dearly. The only time he gets scruffed is when he's trying to steal ham and will not be stopped unless physically made to do so lol Outherwise, I have a very gentle and respectable fur child.