Stopping a 6 month old pup biting

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Our GSD pup is great in just about every respect, but he is still biting. And by that, I mean chomping down on any piece of human anatomy he fancies, with no warning. It's not ferocious, I'm 99.9% sure he's playing and doesn't realise, but he has all his adult teeth now and whilst it's like a play bite and he's not doing any actual damage, clearly he could do if he wanted to, and it has to stop. Particularly we obviously can't have him doing this to a non-family member. We thought it might be a teething thing and stop once he was past that, but he hasn't. Examples today - out walking across farmland, he's trotting about happily, then suddenly just got hold of my hand. A few minutes ago, I'm sitting on the sofa, and he just clamped onto my foot. We read at an early stage that the best approach is to yell at him like you're wounded, and remove any attention from him - we've done that religiously (although my yell is more crossness than wounded!) but he's still doing it. He is otherwise very attached to us and very affectionate. Any suggestions as to how to get him to stop?

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yes, we have a squirter here, and he does know EXACTLY what that is, and usually stops whatever he's doing if we pick it up! The trouble is that the biting is so random and unexpected, so I might need a water pistol and a holster! Thanks for the info though, if it is to some extent "normal" we'll persevere with the current things.

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Martin4x4 said:

Don't yell, but an clearly audible 'ouch' might be enough to stop it.

We've done that ever since he started this but to no avail - hence considering steeping it up a notch or two!

I googled the Land Shark thing - very interesting, and by all accounts he should stop soon!

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Might try that one. I'm 100% comfortable that there's no malice in his actions, but he needs to know it has to stop. He's actually quite a cautious character in many respects, more so than others I've had, so this might be enough to shock him out of it.

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Thanks, yes, I hope so - I also subscribe strongly to the Top Dog philosophy, I don't make a big song & dance about it but there are certain rules they all have to abide by just to reinforce that point.