Why do dogs like to pretend to bite when playing?

It is not only a game, but also a kind of communication, a way to interact with the game world.

Their mouths are one of the few ways to carefully control their surroundings. Just like our hands, their mouths are tools. The talkative play behavior you described is also a reproductive behavior.

For example, my border collie sometimes bites people. They are herbivores. That's how they move prisoners. Sometimes they move me where they want them to go, by biting or threatening to bite. What we have now is a half-breed dog, which never bites, but will gently put my hand in my mouth to tease me or guide me.

This is her way of communicating. At first, we wanted to try to train it to learn these things and its roar. But we soon realized that although we may be able to, it is always against her nature not to growl and talk with her mouth. Dogs that violate their natural training are often unhappy and stressed, and we don't want to be responsible for it. No one can be as happy as a dog. Destroying it is a crime. Therefore, her voice and appearance are fierce, but there are no ferocious bones in her body. Everything is play and communication. Therefore, Sophie needs a home that can understand all this, and also needs a home that can appreciate Tshubaka's voice. Once she gets rid of heartworm. )

Sophie, this is not my dog. Favorites include gardening, garbage sorting, playing endless ball games and cats. Hate things, angry cats, heart worms that sting veterinarians, people in uniforms, and especially evil postmen who secretly kill people.

Can be adopted within 3 months ... Learn more. After a failure of almost being adopted, of course, there was an epidemic and Sophie was no longer adopted. She will always be with us. Dogs have no hands, so their mouths have many different uses. Once, a dog put my hand in his mouth, took me to a place and showed me something.

I have had many dogs, and they can do gentle "no biting" movements (many people call these dogs "talkative" because they use their mouths as part of communication tools). When dogs play with each other, their mouths are an indispensable part of the game. Some people think that playing with a dog is a fight, or seeing its teeth is potentially dangerous. But this is not the case. More like children playing hide-and-seek and wrestling, or playing "Around Rosie" or "Duck, Duck and Goose". So when they play with others, unless they are scolded for doing so, or taught that doing so is a bad thing, it is just part of their normal game.