Dogs and cats bite for a variety of reasons. Cats bite when they are playing and it’s not meant to harm you. Or they may bite when they are agitated or not feeling well. If it becomes persistent, you might want to have your cat checked by a vet to make sure they are in good health.
Like cats, one reason a dog may start biting people is because they don’t feel well and should be checked by a vet. But unlike cats, dogs are “pack” animals. That is, they need to have a leader of the pack or they will become that leader. They show their dominance by biting people. That can easily be rectified with proper training. I had a dog named Brutus. While I was living at home, Brutus never bit anyone in the house. When I moved out, my mother told me that the dog had to stay with them. After a while, he started biting the people in my family one by one. He never bit me though. One day when I went over there, it looked as though he was going to bite me. I looked him square in the eye and raised my fist in the air and shook it in a controlled manner at him while saying his name. I NEVER HIT HIM!!!! He knew I was boss because that was how I use to let him know he was doing something that I didn’t like. A few years later after he passed away I saw a program on why dogs bite. It was based on the fact that dogs need to have a pack leader. I realized then, that I was Brutus’ pack leader and when I left the house he took over. It was stressed that with proper training, the dog will stop biting. I saw it first hand for myself and I didn’t even realize that I had established my own training technique with Brutus. NEVER hit your dog or cat or any animal for that matter! That is not proper training. It only means that the person who hits their animal, needs anger management classes for themselves.
