When I was a kid the neighbor's Golden Retriever bit me hard while riding my go cart. I provoked it and deserved the bite.

I was also bitten by my pet iguana and parrots, both childhood pets. Both drew blood.

While in the Marine Corps I was bitten by a brown recluse - the swelling and pain was not fun and resulted in a trip to Balboa Naval Hospital.

My twins (boy-girl), now five, liked to bite when they were two. My wife and I, on separate occasions, bit them back and that stopped the biting.


"Venison vanishcth down the vale,
with bounding hoof and flaunting tail."