hi there..... again, my GSD is now 14 weeks old and he is adorable, however he's a little monster at times! my main concern is my husband who has little tolerance with him and undoes all the things im trying to drum into him. the main concern is he bites all the time. you stroke he bites, your lying on the settee he runs up and bites your feet. i usually tell him NO, BAD BOY, seven times out of ten it stops but he'll still come back for more. he has his toys etc but would rather play with us. trouble is my husband would rather raise his hand (but never hit!) although he has come close when the dog has bitten one of the kids. one of my first posts was about pup biting my baby, however its not just the baby anymore. what am i doing wrong? before long me and my husband are going to have a very serious falling out over this! any suggestions would be greatfully recieved
                         Tasha

http://www.paw-rescue.org/PAW/PETTIPS/DogTip_BiteInhibition.php Is an article about this and the sites below will help you too.
http://www.puppyschool.co.uk/
http://www.dogbehaviour.com/

Hi Tasha,
We also have a 14 week old GSD. He's exactly the same as yours and is forever biting, usually hands if you're playing with him but also feet if you're sitting on the settee and not paying him any attention! We had some advice from a dog trainer who suggested making a high pitched squeal if he bites, which mimics what his litter mates would have done if he bit them too hard. This sometimes works but not always. If he continues doing it, we take him out of the lounge and put him in the kitchen, where his bed is, and let him back in a few minutes later. He usually comes back much calmer. I think they do grow out of it! Hope this helps.

You still need to work at it, teaching bite inhibition that is, but I have found that once the adult teeth are through a lot of the nipping stops.  The most I get is a gentle squeeze from their teeth.

It gets better honest.

thanks i'll give it a go, the vet suggested a ten minute time out also. hope they work. all this is hard work,but i think its great! my mother in law has just got 2 pups plus an older dog she already had, wonder if she realises what she's let herself in for! thanks again :)

We've found with our 11wk old Mal pup when he gets carried away with the puppy biting, just to either turn your back and ignore him,or get up and walk away ( back turned to pup still). As if to say, right youve gone too far im not playing anymore. It really works for us. His littermates would do the same!
Also, time -out in his den does wonders as well. Seems to be working for us as he is definitely improving. Hard work though.

hi again, ive decided to book a dog trainer. its quite expensive but he sounds brilliant. its either that or my husband will boot me and the dog out! got my first session next thursday, fingers crossed!

Good luck with that. At least the whole family will be involved, and so you will all know the best way to train your dog. Sometimes its best for an outsider to come in and give their expert opinion. Hope all goes well.

Hi Frazzled :D

I just wanted to add to your post, I don't know if it is the 'right' thing to do, but it works for us, we tried giving a high sqeal but we found this just made our pup even more excited, so instead we now do a low growl, not enough to scare him but enough to make him see that we mean business! Now it is only at night when he has what we call his 'mad half an hour' that he ends up having a time out because he won't stop mouthing, but even that is getting a bit better now!

Nat :D