my 11 wk pld husky pup i fear is getting aggressive?? she play bites and when she bites too hard i tell her 'leave' but she ignores me,i have had to tap her on the nose several times before because she so insistant.but if i do that she bites me hard and growls,running around barking.does she see this as a game? or could it be aggression? its worrying me because i have an 11month old boy,she leaves cuts on my skin,im scared what it would do to his!
also.toilet training has gone down hill big time...ive been taking her out evey half hour,praising her when she goes etc.but now she just goes where and when she feels like it and refuses to poo outside atall.last night i stood in the garden for 2 hrs and she still didnt go but soon as she was indoors she went really quickly,like she was desperate?! she is in a crate at night,i take up her water 2 hrs before and feed her 2 hrs before i leave her in it.but she only lasts a few hrs before howling,i let her out to the loo but aagain,insists on going inside her crate where she sleeps.poo and wee! she stands in it and i have to bath her nearly every day! any help would be appreciated.

Have you contacted your breeder? Maddy is 2 weeks older than your mum and has no problem with haolding on overnight at all. She was play nipping as well but I just said NO in a sharp voice and removed my hand or whatever until she sat quietly, then I played with her again

Start the house training over again ...out every 15 minutes, use a phrase she can associate with *going* ..I always say *hurry up* and Maddy will now pee on command :D Plenty of fuss when she goes, ignore any accidents but wash with biological soap powder solution

It's very possible that your pup does see the tapping on the nose as a game, all pups differ even within breed, and whereas a sensitive pup might be put off, a more confident one will almost certainly joiin in with the game you have started and find it fun (but then it gets hard because the pup has no idea of the boundaries! ). Likewise, many pups will stop at the "ouch" noise, which is sometimes recommended to stop mouthing;  others will think mum is the latest squeaky toy :P

Try also a search on here, there are lots of threads on this subject :)

Good luck
Lindsay
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Our pup would go totally wild for a couple of minutes, biting at all parts of our bodies :) The only safe way of dealing with her was to pick her up by her scruff and put her behind the dog-gate in the kitchen for 'time-out'. After a week or two she had totally stopped :)

Daisy

As Melodysk says teaching a trigger word is very useful in assuring them they are in the right place to go ahead. 
I don't think it's right to remove the water though, this should be available at all times particularly if feeding a dry diet.  Thirst is not a pleasant sensation and even slight dehydration on a regular basis can lead to urinary infection, discomfort and even kidney damage.  It's not preventing her weeing in the night anyway ;)

Agreed, I meant to say that Maddy has clean drinking water available all the time, including in her crate

When no. 2 dog was a puppy he used to bite than mad and nothing I did stopped him. All the shouting 'ouch' like an adult dog would yelp just fired him up even more so eventually I learnt to just put him down and ignore him when he bit too hard. He grew out of it soon enough. Looking back on it I don't think getting him at 6 weeks helped but I got him as an obedience dog and that was how it was done. It is thought the earlier you got them the closer you bond. With hind sight I can't see how 2 more weeks would have affected that but it may have done him good to be with mum and litter mates for a bit longer to learn some bite inhibition.

He also took ages to house train and even at a year or eighteen months he was having the odd accident. He's ok now though.

When you are playing with your pup and she bites try saying No Bite gettin up and totally ignoring your pup, no fun playing on your own. You can also put bitter apple on your hand the taste usualy deters them. She is only 11 weeks so still learning lots and learns alot with her teeth lol Every time she bites say No bite and maybe in a growl type voice, you could also yip sometimes that helps as well, if not then Yip and walk away. I watched on a tv show where the pup was on a leash and biting (plat biting) the owner yiped got up and went ebhind the door, the pup was left alone on the otherside, the returned after a count of 5, then the second time they counted to 10, always changing the length of time they were gone, the pup learned fast how to play nicely. I have even put a lil pressure on the tonguewith my thumb and said no bite.

As for potty training how about putting a leash and and everywhere you go so does your pup. This way you will notice the signs instead of running outside every half hour or so. I found leashing the pup to me helped in the potty training a great deal, I went out once pup woke up and after that when I noticed sniffing and circling. I never ran out right after meals but shortly there after. I just learned to follow the signs and since I had him leashed to me I learned pretty fast lol.

Best of luck, she'll get there just need alot of patience just like potty training a child alot of patience :)

My pup is 6 1/2 months old and he still bites us :-( and sometimes it really hurts....but i was advised never to smack his nose, just use a firm tone and tell her NO BITE :-)