Good Morning, Powercore. My name is Nick Garrison. I am a certified professional Positive reinforcement dog trainer. When a baby is crying, we don't yell at it to stop; we try to find out why it is crying. So why do we yell at dogs to get them to stop growling? It is their way of communicating that something is wrong. I have a natural ability to relate to people and, of course, dogs. Leah called me and said her new puppy bit her nephew. She told me the dog would growl and that she would correct it for growling. We discussed why dogs growl. It is their way of telling us something is not okay. If the puppy could not growl, its next line of defense was to bite. I am a good referral for your neighbor who just got a new puppy and wants to learn how to better understand and train their dog. Good Dog Happy Owner Dog Training. Positive Training equals Pawsitive Results.