[Potter]

Do all puppy nip? Siu Pao is 14.5 weeks now and he seriously nips. I have lots of chew toys for him and bully stick and ice cube but he loves hands, my hands and any other people's hands and pants too.

I have tried holding his neck and say no; I have tried the OUCH and I have tried the shake can. None of it really works.

The thing that bothers me most is when I pet him (besides sleeping time), he nips at me. When I try to groom him, he nips at me. He liked hugs and cuddles when I first got him but now he is nipping and doesn't even want me to hold him. Or..when I don't give him something that he wants like the roll of toilet paper, boy he nips me hard! I never ever hit him or abuse him. My husband and I treat him really really well. When we first got him though, whenever we try to pet him, he kind of duck his head like we are going to hit him but he was only 12 weeks old then! He doesn't do it everytime but there are quite a few times I saw him doing it and he doesn't really warm up to my husband. Do you think his breeder treated him badly or his kids because I knew they have like 4 children in the house?

Any YT members with the same experiences? Do they eventually stop? My training is very very consistent..but I don't know what is wrong here. I really hope he is not genetically aggressive. He will grow out of it I suppose? Help please.