I'm going to assume you are talking about mouthing? This is perfectly normal and not a problem with a puppy. Actually, if the puppy isn't mouthing it's a problem!
Here is a good link to read The Bite Stops Here

Interesting article. If the pup is biting something that you don't want it to bite, say on you or your clothes, say 'no' to him & redirect the pup to bite on something that is ok for him to bite on...say a toy & praise him when he bites on the toy. All pups bite especially when teething. But can also learn to bite on appropriate items.

Totally agree with the distraction approach. I have learned having *plenty* of distraction toys *available* is key.

I just finished caring for a mouthy-bitey pup and it seemed (ironically) the couple of toys I had for him here were always outside or in another room when he'd be going after my hands...so I just made a yip sound and ran to find the toy. THere, distracted...all the way to the toy...yipppppeeeee! Aren't pups GREat???? <img src="http://www.leerburg.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.leerburg.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Play biting for a non working dog can be stopped by grabbing the puppy by the scruff and putting it between your legs and telling it no until it gives in. It takes comitment from all familly members but works. PM if you have ? not the way to do a working dog

I am using distraction approach to our puppy all the time and he is doing alright. But this morning when I was walking him, he played with another two dogs. One dog (11 month old femail husky) was actually playing phisically with him like chasing and biting, the other dog (dont know what the breed it is) was just barking 'unfriendly'(i guess). So I stopped them and pulled away my puppy immediately, but maybe it was a little too late. My puppy became upset, I could tell by his eyes. I know he didnt like that and asked me for help. I watched Ed's DVD just a couple of days before and I know I shouldnt have let other dogs to touch or not even play with my puppy. I felt bad. On the way back home, we met whole bunch of kids. They were running towards us really fast and yelling at the same time (because they were excited to see my puppy). This again scared my puppy. After I took him back home, he started to bite me again, desnt like before just bite gently. This is all my fault. I wonder if there's anything I can do to calm down my puppy? I am upset too. <img src="http://www.leerburg.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

Scott, you did the right thing by picking up the pup & taking her away from the dogs & kids. As I recall, your pup is around 12 weeks old? If it were my dog, I wouldn't let her play with strangers (2 or 4 legged) at all! You learned a good lesson, so don't feel too bad, onward & upward!

Hey susan, my dog's just a couple of days over 2 months, so not even 12 weeks. In the vedio Ed said that once your puppy first started to play with strangers, there would be certain chances he will grow up to be a really agressive or uncontrolable dog. I hope it wont affect my puppy too much. Thanks susan.

Scott, I don't remember Ed saying that "letting a puppy play with strangers can result in an aggressive or uncontrollable dog" in his video, in any of the videos I have (Puppy 8 Weeks, etc, Bite Training Puppies, Building Drive and Focus, Raising a Working Puppy). He did give different ways to deal with strangers, depending on the temperament of the pup. Did I miss something?

Sandy, in his 'basic dog obedience', he pointed out he will never let strangers (human or dogs) to touch or even get closer to his puppy before the puppy is fully ready for that. Check it out. <img src="http://www.leerburg.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> Maybe you missed that DVD.