Sharp Teeth, Soft Lessons

Those needle-sharp puppy teeth are not a design flaw. They are a teaching tool. A puppy has to learn bite inhibition — how to control the force of its jaw — before adult teeth arrive and a careless bite can do real harm.

A puppy taken from its litter too soon misses weeks of this feedback. No yelps, no game over, no chance to feel where "too hard" begins. These puppies often bite with more force, simply because nobody ever taught them otherwise.