With dogs, as with kids, responsible parenting requires patience in getting to the root of a problem. Reflexively throwing negative disciplinary measures at a symptom is shortsighted and sure to backfire.

For example, puppies, like babies, teethe. Yet nowhere in the lexicon of child rearing will you find advice suggesting: hold the child's mouth closed and say "no teeth."

If your puppy is teething, he's probably nipping. Nipping is a symptom of the painful teething pro ...

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