lol I remember when my girl was first trying to chew on me and I got her to learn my "negative" sound which is "EHH!" kind of a loud grunt/word, kind of a an alternative yelp version. But also when I play with her, I mimic my hands like a mouth and play gently with her, I sometimes even mimic with my actual mouth as I'm "mouthing" her with my hands/fingers. She has learned to be very gentle in mouthing me and the only time she gets a little firm (but still doesn't get too terribly rough) is when I'm doing something she really doesn't like... like trying to put socks on her, trim her paws, put her arms through clothing, or nail trimming. But she's fine if I'm massaging her paws or brushing or petting them >_>;; The only time her bites actually hurt is if foods involved, like she gets really excited to eat the treat, she'll bite me in the process. But I know it's not intentional so i don't get on to her too badly. I just learn to work around that. I present the back of my hand while holding the treat (as bad as it sounds it's not a hitting thing :P lol) and she'll gently work her way around my hand to the treat.
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