[Sweet Apple]

I got Apple @ 11 weeks old, and she would also bite me when I tried to pet her...I kept telling her "no bites"!!! Someone, on this site, told me to get up and leave her, when she did that, and not to replace it w/a toy, as that would be like rewarding her...I started doing that, and she's starting to get it...She's 5 1/2 months old, now, and she knows what no bites means, but, I think in her excitement of playing, she gets carried away, and I continue to tell her no bites, and leave...Each day is getting better and better...Now, about petting your baby...Apple wasn't about petting, when I got her, and she's still not about petting, if it's play time...However, when she gets tired, and lays on my lap, I pet her, and she likes and accepts it...I think it's just the puppy's personality, and they'll outgrow it...For now, I'm enjoying petting her, when she's all tuckered out, and laying on my lap, or in her bed...I also feel that it takes time to really bond w/some puppies, and until they really trust you, the petting may not be an option right now...The longer I have Apple, the more she is willing to let me pet her...Hang in there, I think the pets will come slowly and more often, as time goes by...Just relax and enjoy her, until she decides that petting is a good thing....
All the Best to You,
Maggie & Apple
xoxoxo