Young puppies bite and chew. They are teething and they will bite and chew on anything, including you.  It’s your job to teach them not to and it’s not hard to do if you are consistent in your training.

Here’s how you do it: As soon as the pup touches you with his mouth you give him a chew toy. I use nylabones for the small dogs and I keep about half a dozen of them around so I always have some in my pocket and am always picking up some from the floor.  Tell the pup “no biting” and give him the toy he is allowed to chew on. If he continues to mouth you in any way, get up and turn your back on him. Do something else.  Even if it is only for 10 seconds.

Turning your back on a pup impacts him. He doesn’t like it. He wants to engage you in play (which in his opinion, his biting is). If he can’t engage you his way he will learn to engage you your way but you must be consistent. At first and sometimes it will seem like you are getting up every 20 seconds.  Sometimes you will be but it will work if you keep it up and the pup will learn.

Be sure that all members of your household are dealing with puppy biting the same way or it will take much longer to teach the pup not to bite.