Nebo is a biter too (not nearly as bad as he was when he was smaller though! Devil dog!). He's not bad, except when he gets playing. He's never really used it to get my attention. But when he's hyper...watch out.....especially when he's rolled over playing, or if you are on the floor, he seems to really like to bite. He's getting bad at jumping too. My family is not helping, they keep getting him all riled up and having him jump for toys. A while ago my brother was having him jump at his green lizard toy. Well, a few minutes later my mom came up the stairs holding a green shirt. Nebo jumped at her for the shirt and ended up biting her arm instead....she was not very happy about this.

I've been working on getting them to stop letting him jump up, not get him as excited...and I tell them, when he starts biting just get up and WALK AWAY. Most of the time they don't listen to me, sometimes they say "no bite" but continue to play with him.

What I have been doing with him is if he starts to bite me, first I say "no bite" and if he doesn't stop....I (lightly) grab his muzzle and say "No Bite!" And if he still doesn't stop, I'll walk away and ignore him. This didn't work with him as a pup, he'd start fighting and bite me harder.......but it works now....when I let go of his muzzle, he seems to calm down. Sometimes he'll start licking my hand after this too.

He is...slooooowly...getting the hint. But I have to realize, he's still a pup, and he just gets overly excited. I think the method of "punishment" really depends on the dog....Holding his muzzle or saying "Ouch!" did NOT work for him at ALL when he was smaller. He'd just bite harder! Stuffing a toy in the mouth still works pretty good.