Re: 10-week old yellow lab pup - male
I got a big dog and liked/still like to wrestle with her. Rather than teach her not to bite people I taught her what quit means. To do that, I would get her riled up and then just grab her snout and keep her mouth closed while telling her to quit. If she didn't quit I repeated and got alittle more forceful in my grip. In about a week she was at the point where she would respond to that and you could make her stop at any time.
But by that point i was firmly established as the alpha male and so she was much more likely to liten to me.
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