I recently got a new pup (7 months) from my local humane society. I have been having problems with him nipping at my hands and feet a lot. I can not tell if he is just playing or if he feels threatened. I've been looking at a few websites and read two techniques to correct this problem. The first was to firmly grab him by the mussle and tell him no. Whenever I do this technique as I release his mussle he nips at my hand as I pull it way. The second technique was to put him in his kennel for about ten minutes and he will figure out this is not a good task. Any input would be helpful. A side note to this is he is a very clever dog he picked up house training very fast and I actually only had four accidents inside in the first week and haven't had any problems since. One final note to this is he has not yet been neutered he has a type of mites currently so that is getting treated with a dip every week and he can not be neutered until this problem is taken care of. Thanks for your time and hello to all.

I have a problem with Alice (and she is 2!) nipping when she jumps. I don't know what to do for the nipping either, I am very interested in any suggestions also!!

We also have a new 6 month old female who started the nipping. We use the stern "no bite" and give her a chew toy. So far so good, we also use the chew toy to keep her from chewing furniture and such, "no" works well and then give her the toy. She also has several toys around the house so when she gets on a running streak she has something to drag around.