Thank you for your response. My puppy bites all of the time...you can walk past him and he will jump at you and bite. At one point I walked away from him to ignore him, and when I turned my back to him to walk away he ran after me, jumped up and bit me on the upper thigh. If it was just play biting it would not be so much of a concern for me - but he has made both myself and my husband bleed from his bites on several occasions, and now do not want company around him in fear he will bite our guests. We have been redirecting him with a toy, but that seems to only be a temparary fix. Nothing the books or other literature I have read said to do seems to be working. <img src="http://www.leerburg.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />
My father suggested a shock collar, but that is just too mean in my opinion....has anyone else ever had to resort to this? I truely do not want to, but if he is still biting as he gets older that is not acceptable either <img src="http://www.leerburg.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> any other opinions or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Are you following the protocol in this link? -- http://www.leerburg.com/puppygroundwork.htm

Personally, I would not tolerate that from a "family pet only" pup -- IMHO, your puppy needs to learn bite inhibition ASAP since he's already drawing blood at just 10 weeks of age (this level of "rudeness" is unacceptable behavior from a house-dog)...

If you don't already have Ed Frawley's DVD, "Your Puppy 8 Weeks to 8 Months", you should order it NOW <:-)

Cindi,
Thank you for your reply - it is nice to know that it may be more than just a puppy thing and that this should not be tolorated. I have not yet gotten the DVD but I am gonna be ordering it now. I have read I think all the puppy help and training articles on this site and am frankly about to pull myhair out over my puppies behavior. Our vet said once he gets neutered it may help to calm him - have you heard anything about this?

Marena

Well, he shouldn't be neutered before 6 MONTHS of age, so that's a long ways off -- But no, castration will NOT solve this problem...

What will help alot is proper management by the humans in your household -- It's an issue of you learning how to be the pup's pack leaders & upping the ante on his handling one step at a time, until he knocks off that aggressive biting (most puppies don't need to be "shaken by the scruff til they scream" but a few DO need that degree of stronger discipline) IMHO

Marena,
I am a pet owner, not a trainer, and have had only the usual mouthiness with young dogs and pups. I agree with Candi, the dog needs to be told firmly and fairly that he cannot bite you. I have used a neck scruff and the command "no" or "no teeth". It sounds like this is too much fun for the dog, and you are reinforcing the game by letting it continue. Once he is calm, and perhaps chewing on something else, praise him, stroke him, but if he starts to bite again, do not allow it. Ever. When we adopted our GSD/chow/lab, she used to herd and nip us in the yard with great enthusism. We got her to stop in a week or so, without cruelty, just correcting her behavior.

I would definately NOT consider a shock collar, and the pup is too young to neuter. IMO, this is not dominance, it is a game, and you are "it".

See this thread:

two ways to stop biting