puppy biting - Page 2

And what about if there are young children in the house and this puppy is merely to be a family pet, are you saying it should be allowed to take chunks out of the kids too!!!
Well not in our house it would'nt, we have been breeding gsd's for over 30 years and never had a behavioural problem yet from stopping a puppy sinking it's teeth into flesh, if taught correctly with common sense why should it cause any problems, sorry dont buy that one

Well, as yoshy said, "what is the purpose of the dog?"  

I can understand if you're a one-person household and you don't mind being bit, then yes, if that's what you want to do, fine, let it bite away.  But I don't think anyone is saying let the puppy take chunks out of the kids.   At least, I hope not!

She sounds great, and is behaving perfectly normally and the way she should be as a GSD.  You're going to have a lot of fun with her channelling that drive into positive things, and not just bite work.  If you don't want to do bite work, she will channel that energy into the enthusiasm of a happy, active performance in whatever you train her for.

Peggy, I have carefully planned my life to exclude small children.

A lot of times the biting is triggered by the owner, they tossle the puppies ears and ''pet'' them in a way that seems to be another puppy initiating play. To try and correct it after that sends terrible mixed signals. initating a behavior and then correcting it causes big problems later on,I try to gear my puppies toward success avoid the wrong type ''petting'' and use tons of treats to initiate behaviors that you want ....  posturing is everything to puppies

"Peggy, I have carefully planned my life to exclude small children."

ROTFL, I hear you.  Smart woman.

lol!! smart woman cant fault you on that one dogs are soooo much easier

Our girl did it for many, many months.  It seemed endless but eventually she got past it and she wouldn't even think about it now.  I did not find it effective to correct the dog at all but rather to give her something that was acceptable to chew on.  To be totally honest, I let her bite on me if we were playing.  We got to the point where saying 'ouch!' would get her to ease up.  When she got a little older she simply stopped biting altogether.  She will not hesitate to bite if she senses a threat however.  She doesn't bite us, will bite if she feels it's necessary to defend against a threat, yet is still capable of serving as a therapy dog.  Things turned out great so don't sweat it and choose whichever method works for you.  This is what worked for us.  :)