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Need help - how to teach puppy to stop biting?
We got Bentley two weeks ago - he will be ten weeks old tomorrow. He is very, very good, but, very mouthy.
We can usually get him to stop biting by distracting him with other toys, etc. However, after a few minutes of doing that, he starts to really freak out, and at this point, we don't know what to do. It's almost as if he wants to bite SO bad, that he'll do whatever he can. Sometimes he bites really hard - to the point where it has brought me to tears. We call him "Monster Puppy" when he gets in this stage. 
Thankfully, it typically only lasts about ten minutes - but that is ten minutes way too long.
We start training classes next Saturday, but would really like to stop this ASAP. Any ideas on what we can do? We've tried the apple bitter spray (he loves to lick it), and we've tried coins in a pop can - he thinks it's a toy. We've also tried squirting him with a water bottle - but he loves water, so that doesn't work, and we've also tried yelping (high pitch) and scolding (No!), but nothing.
Help. 
Re: Need help - how to teach puppy to stop biting?
You need to teach him bite inhibition.
https://sites.google.com/site/petsboardfaqs/home/training-and-behavior/bite-inhibition-training
Yes to teaching bite inhibition. And, it takes time. They don't just learn this overnight, they learn it over a period of months. Your goal should be to have him not mouthing you at all by five or six months. You probably notice that he's at his worst first thing in the morning and the late afternoon. That's a wonderful time to schedule walks and play, because a tired puppy isn't interested in chewing on you.
I wish I could give you a magic solution, but there is none. Just time and patience. My whole family has scars from the past six months...it's just something you have to deal with when you decide to get a young puppy.
What previous poster said.
I do notice the biting more when he is not tired and wants to play. What worked for us was the give a high pitch "aw!". If he does not listen, I either stand up with my back towards him (telling him that if he bites them I am not playing anymore) or worst I actually leave the room for about 5-10 seconds. Come back, repeat, repeat, repeat until he gets it.I had a very mouthy puppy (golden) and it took a while (maybe 2 weeks). He was good until his adult teeth started coming and it and he got mouthy again.
Thank you, ladies! We've already started working on this - leaving the room seems to work perfectly. Knew I could count on this board for help!!
Thanks again!
Ditto bite inhibition - doing the "OW!" and stopping play immediately method worked beautifully with Quincy. You have to stop all fun immediately and keep it stopped for a few minutes for him to get it. And he won't get it on the first or maybe even tenth try, so it doesn't work right away, stick with it.
And make sure to give him appropriate chew toys. Puppies need to chew; they just need to learn what they're allowed to chew and what they aren't. The non-edible Nylabones were (and still are) Quincy's favorite. Good luck!
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ditto the other ladies.
It does get better. Our puppy is 4.5 months old. At 4 months we started giving him 'time-outs' when he started bitting us. (when he bites us we stop playing take him to a corner and make him stay for a little bit of time.) At the same time we started that we had house guests with a 6 month old puppy for 4 days. They had a lot of puppy playtime and I think he started 'getting' that bitting hurts.
We have seen a huge difference in his bitting over the last 2 weeks. He rarely tries with me anymore. He sometime will bite DH, but they have always played a little rough, so it might be that. I can't tell you how nice it is to finally pet him without him trying to chew on me.
(** he has always lets strangers or other people pet him with trying to bit them, but not DH and me. It was so annoying)