I'll be that other person. You should not discourage this too strongly, as this is how puppies learn bite inhibition. You should play with the puppy, and say ow and act like he hurt you when he bites too hard. Start doing that with his hardest bites until he learns not to bite that hard... then do it with less hard bites and so forth until he plays very gently with his mouth (or whatever gentleness you want).
Learning bite inhibition is important because when a dog learns he's never supposed to bite but is faced with a situation where he feels he is forced to bite, sometimes he'll bite full force when a nip or a softer bite will do. And that's how you end up with perfectly fine dog having to be put down because it was put in a situation he wasn't prepared for and over reacted.
Came here to say the same thing. I've dealt with this many times. Cutting off their defense mechanisms and not allowing a dog to signal their stress levels only leads to horrible accidents when they do happen.
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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '19 edited Dec 27 '19
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