How can I stop my 10 week old GSD from biting? He bites our pants legs, feet, ankles, hands and anything else he can find. We have tried the “NO” command, really stern and sometimes even grab him by his scruff, but all that does is makes him madder or more playful and he starts back at it. When we try to discipline him, he barks and growls and bites even harder. What can I do to stop this aggressive behavior? It really worries me because he is showing his teeth when growling or barking at us, sometimes his tail wags and other times it doesn’t. So far, he has been very trainable, he loves his crate, sits, shakes, lays and other typical puppy tricks. What can I do?
Thanks for any advice

Allison you need to add to the command "No" an alternative like bring out a Kong filled with goodies sliced weiner, let him smell it and roll it 3 foot away. When he gets it and starts trying to get the treats out tell him "good boy", pet him, while you praise him.

I like a spunky pup so this is not a bad thing,to me. I'd just redirect his attention on something else like.

Like a rag or old towel when he starts, I'd swing it around and let him chase the towel add a little tug but not too much or too hard you don't want to snag his little teeth. The idea is distraction, treat, and praise.

Those sqeaky toys that have nobes on them puppy teething seem to like them, especailly if they have just come out of the refrig, (place the toy in a ziplock while in the refrig). Give him other options and as it been said a million times on this board. Correct the habits that you don't want, and praise the habits you want.

This has been hashed over a couple of times, you may get some better input from the board.

This is a high sprung little rascal and you don't really want to break the puppy's will just re-direct it. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Sell the dog to someone who will properly apply his drives. Most of us would relish an ankle biter at 10 weeks.

I'm with that. He's practically still sperm at this age. This is how they are. A good working dog is very mouth and will be especially the first six months.

If he's got good genetic lines for working then I'm sure someone off one these boards would take him if it couldn't be something to live with.

Thanks for the advice, but I have no intentions on selling him or giving him away. I know that this is just the puppy stage that he is going through and I all that I was asking for was advice on how to train him to chew on his chew toys and so forth and to see if this is aggressive behavior, thats all. Thanks

Ed has addressed this issue extensively in his training articles. How you want to deal with it is dependent on what your intentions for the dog are. You may want to read the info at these links if you haven't already.

Q&A on biting
http://www.leerburg.com/qabiting.htm

Teaching your puppy the meaning of the word NO.
http://www.leerburg.com/no-art.htm

And Possibly "How to raise a hard puppy"
http://www.leerburg.com/hardpuppy.htm

There are TONS of articles available for you to read here http://www.leerburg.com/articles.htm

Deanna is right. There is enough good info in these links she has posted. If you have more questions after you read them feel free to ask them. Topic closed.