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opinion during your evaluation of your environment. However, if your child is not yet 6
years of age it is advisable to hold off on the purchase of a large dog.
Preventive measures for dog owners:
The Humane Society of the United States reports that spayed and neutered dogs are
three times less likely to bite. Thus it is highly essential for you to spay and neuter your
dogs. Doing this will reduce their frequent aggressive tendency.
As a dog owner it is very important that you socialize your dog. If you socialize your dog
well it will be much less likely that you will experience a dog bite. Socializing you dog
helps boost it's confidence and reduces it's being nervous or frightened under normal
circumstances.
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So socialize your dog by introducing your dog to members of your family, other
people, and experiences that could possibly cause nervousness and fear and could lead to
biting in the future.
Do this and make it feel at ease with people and other dogs.
Dog training will also help you in preventing dog biting. You have to learn proper
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