And it might just outright encourage them to avoid us entirely because they associate us with pain.

see this conversation pleases me

Like... fear-biting is a thing dogs do.

what are love bites I don't know what those are

A dog *will* bite you if it's spooked.

my fucking cat will bite me if I lov on him too much

Especially if you spook it.

Yeah I've noticed the pups do nip a bit, but they never do it too hard and it's usually when they play-wrestle.

UwU

So I've never punished them for it.

Ferrets do it too

yeah true

It's a lick-lick- and then a chomp

Mine used to do it but has stopped for some reason

OH

MY FERRET

?

2 weeks on melatonin about now

They grow out of it @Farunel

He's gaining muscle

Not all ferrets

I mean dogs

Ohhh lol

I was gonna say ferrets are a pain sometims

Dogs grow out of play-biting when they grow out of play-wrestling.

I think mine it was a stress issue though

*Ferrets never grow out of that*

If your ferret stops playing it's sick even if it doesn't seem it yet

Another thing

Hitting a dog will also make it less likely to trust you.

And why would you ever want to damage that?

Also, children are smart enough to understand that being hit is a punishment for something they've done.

My dad used to whack me across the back of the head, never stopped me from doing shit that I shouldn't.

Goats are the same way lol

You arent supposed to hit them because their trust is EASILY broken

Why would I expect any different from dogs?

*Goats are like sensitive dog-ferrets*

... I'm too excited about the goats

Goats are just shitty dog-ferrets

change my mind

GOATS ARE ADORABLE

"My dad used to whack me across the back of the head, never stopped me from doing shit that I shouldn't.
"
lmao same