biting

I just bought a new little puppy. He is 10 wks old. He's a siberian husky, lab, chesapeke mix. He has got a biting problem and I don't know how to get him to stop. I've tried swatting him with a newspapper, spankining him, flinking him on the nose. You name it, I've pretty much tried it. I need to know if there is anything I can do. We have a female boxer who is 9 yrs old. My puppy stays by her side. He doesn't really like human contact. Is that normal for a puppy? Will he grow out of it? We are getting rid of the boxer and I don't want the puppy to get lonely when she is gone.