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Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom  Since she is way too young to be away from her Mom, she will show that in these behaviors which would normally be mitigated by her Mom and litter mates. Make sure when she bites you that you squeal just like a littermate would. |
This is exactly what I did with my male puppy. I let him chew on me as long as he wasn't hurting me and even now I can let him chew on my hand (he is 11 months old) and he does NOT bite me in any way. I am like his pacifier, but then it doesn't bother me that he puts my hand in his mouth.
I actually put my hand in my puppies mouths a lot when they are little and I don't have any trouble with any of them biting. They need to know exactly how hard they can bite when playing around with you, although I am not a "rough house" kind of person with my pups.
Also make sure you are teaching the puppy to take treats gently from you. My older Yorkie will sometimes nip at me when I give him treats (I got him at 9 years old) but my puppies would never bite at my hand when I feed them.
I did the yipping thing and boy does it work! They know immediately that they hurt you and I would do that even if it wasn't really hurting, but if I really felt it at all I would yip. Only once did my puppy leave an indent on my finger and boy did I holler loud that time! LOL Scared the poor puppy, but never have they come close to breaking skin or anything like that.
I put my hands in their mouths so that if a small child were to not know what they were doing, my puppies will know not to bite them.