hi everyone! Dinky my 3.5 month old mini schnauzer's going thru the biting stage too and it's making me sad..

I think dat's his way of playing and getting attention..but it really hurts especially when he bites places like your face, thighs and arms!

Heard of many methods and tried them to no avail:

1) aluminium can of coins (shake it and make a loud sound to startle him) which I didn't really like...DIDN'T WORK

2) shout a loud NO and give him a stern look..he think's I'm playing and pounce n bite even more n bark back..hence DIDN'T WORK

3) pretend to be a littermate n squeel loud n stop playing..DIDN'T WORK EITHER

4) used my thumb n forefinger to circle his muzzle (but of course didn't press it shut) then said NO...DIDN't WORK...struggled to get loose...and after dat barked and bit again!

5) sprayed bitter apple on myself and let him continue biting..ALSO DIDN'T WORK coz he didn't like it, started sneezing and barking at me and the spray! (dat clown)

sigh...dunno what else I can try....makes me feel real bad too coz I know he's juz a puppy n dat's his way to say he wanna play...I've given him so many toys which he's not interested in biting...hard ones, squeeky ones, soft ones...