[Ldyrev1]

Hi Everyone!
I am having an interesting problem with Princess Sophie. When she is excited and playing and I grab her, she bites down on my finger or hand really hard! It's very quick as if it's just a snap reaction and she doesn't really mean to hurt me but she wants me to know that she does not want to be picked up and I ruined her play time. She hasn't broken the skin but I fear she could. When she does this, I immediately say "no bite" and "ouch" and look her straight in the eye and affirm "no bite" (she gets a double whammy). What I am concerned about is that she might do this to someone else (besides I want her to stop doing it to me) outside our home and I would have to have her put down. Now I am not anticipating anyone outside our house picking up my dog but stranger things have happened and I'm not sure how to correct this behavior. Will she grow out of this? Do I need to do something differently with the correction so she learns this is absolutely unacceptable behavior. I'm just not sure.

Now don't be wise guys and just say that if she bites me when I do this, then don't do this. LOL There's got to be something I can do that is positive and will still get the point across to her. HELP!