i have a 8 week old pup. i have been teaching her bite inhibiton and at the moment things have been progressing good. she will listen to the "thats too hard" command that i give out, and will then mouth more gently or will lick my hand sin stead. i have had no problems with her with this and she seems to be learnign fast. however i have a very non doggy partner and a disabled little girl. both love the little pup dearly but she is still mothing them both too hard. she has also started to nip at my partners ankels. while doing it she is yapping and wagging her tail. now i think the main problem here is that i am her main handler and so she dosnt have to try hard to get my attention. i can also tell by her body language what sort of mood she is in, and if i feel she is ion one of her very playfull moods i will avoid playing with my hands and will try and give her somethign constructive to vent her excitment on to.
however as my partner and my little girl both through diffrent reasosn ar enot able to understand the pup as well, they are getting caught up in a battle of , pup always wants to mouth them and gets very excited with them.

i am socilising her and with other doggy owners she is very quite and aks pretty much the same way she does with me.
how can my bite inhibition extend to other family members who are not able to apply the same ruels as myself as they are nto so confident?
and if i am always giving the "tahst too hard" command on behalf of other people, then what happens when im not there?

the thing is that as my oh and little girl are nto that confident there response to the hard mouthing ranges from a loud cry to a scream. this does starlte the pup but them she seems to enjoy the fact she is causing mischeif anf then goes again just as hard.

is this a game where she is tryign to dominante ?

http://www.jersey.net/~mountaindog/berner1/bitestop.htm

No, she's not trying to dominate, dogs don't try to dominate people. 

Once your OH and little girl have screamed or shouted, they should then leave the pup.  Get up and walk away and give her some time out - completely ignore her.  Go back after a minute or two.  The pup will learn that every time she bites too hard, she gets left to play by herself.

I don 't necessarily agree that dogs don't try to dominate people! A clever pup will certainly work out quite quickly who appears to tolerate what. My 13 week old doesn't go anywhere near my ankles since I told his fortune about it - it took several tellings, mind!  However, he continues to try and half-heartedly ambush my OH's ankles from a position of security under the bed from which he darts out, keeping a watchful eye to see if I'm about, before making a "air nip" at OH's feet. Why? Because he's still testing the boundaries to check how consistent everyone is about applying the ground rules. Of which, "no biting" is top of the list right now! Consistency seems to be the key although I realise that this can be easier to suggest than to carry out.

I also don't believe that dogs don't try to dominate people, i have read about dogs in rescue not allowing there owners to go out the house and other such stories, if this is not domineering i don't know what is.

Add this to your already active thread on this topic please.