I have some good news on Mookie. She was a very bitey puppy and I'd tried everything to try to stop it. I was close to tears so many times and it genuinely stopped me fully enjoying her puppyhood.

I took her back to her breeder while I was away for 2 weeks, where she lived with other puppies of her age and surrounded by adult dogs. I have NO idea what happened, but since I picked her up last Sunday, she has not bitten once!!! She licks and wags her tail and paws me, and even mouths me (which she didn't ever do before) but not one bite.

I don't know what to deduce from this other than a) being round 'big' dogs she realised she had to grow up b) being with other dogs taught her that biting stops play. The breeder noticed she'd stopped biting after a few days...

Ultimately, could it be that puppies just 'grow out of it'? Or being round other dogs helps more than being on their own?

You decide..