Jul 31, 2026 · 38 min · 11 segments
Is that nipping at your heels mean your dog is trying to herd you? This week, Tara and Laura debunk the myth that dogs are trying to herd people or other animals constantly. They explain what this…
Laura McClureHost
Again, this is not the, like, you have a puppy and they're being, you know, mouthy.
My dogs, they broke skin," that type of, they came and they nailed you situation.
Gonna r- I'm gonna remind everybody, if you did not listen to the episode prior to this, do so because remember, puppy age ends eight months.
So if your adolescent dog is, you know, putting and, and actually biting you, then there's a problem, and this is the, again, like, you could be on a walk.
What happens when your dog turns around and nails you on the walk? Or, you know, you go to pull them away from a resource or take the resource away, and they actually make contact with you, um, when, when you do said thing.
Um, this is not the, "My dog, you know, snapped at me, didn't make contact, and it was an air snap." This is a-
So I'm gonna give you some examples, and, and the reason I'm gonna give examples is 'cause a lot of people get confused by what true intent looks like.
Right? A lot of people, again, I'm gonna refer back to a episode, My Dog Accidentally Bit Me, a lot of people think a dog bites them on accident.
Um, so I'm gonna, we're gonna break it down today because it's super important you know what to do if your dog has true intent behind their mouth.
Right, and I mean, we've talked about it on that episode before of there is no accidental, my hand got in the way, you know, or anything like that.
Again, this is not the, like, you have a puppy and they're being, you know, mouthy.
My dogs, they broke skin," that type of, they came and they nailed you situation.
Gonna r- I'm gonna remind everybody, if you did not listen to the episode prior to this, do so because remember, puppy age ends eight months.
So if your adolescent dog is, you know, putting and, and actually biting you, then there's a problem, and this is the, again, like, you could be on a walk.
What happens when your dog turns around and nails you on the walk? Or, you know, you go to pull them away from a resource or take the resource away, and they actually make contact with you, um, when, when you do said thing.
Um, this is not the, "My dog, you know, snapped at me, didn't make contact, and it was an air snap." This is a-
So I'm gonna give you some examples, and, and the reason I'm gonna give examples is 'cause a lot of people get confused by what true intent looks like.
Right? A lot of people, again, I'm gonna refer back to a episode, My Dog Accidentally Bit Me, a lot of people think a dog bites them on accident.
Um, so I'm gonna, we're gonna break it down today because it's super important you know what to do if your dog has true intent behind their mouth.
Right, and I mean, we've talked about it on that episode before of there is no accidental, my hand got in the way, you know, or anything like that.
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