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are sharp as little razors.  We would spray our feet and hands with bitter apple and anything else we didn't want chewed.  We bought lots of durable chew toys (don't get edible bones or rawhides, durable nylabones for strong chewers and kongs toys work well.)  Everytime he starts to bite you, substitute a chew toy.  He will get the idea soon enough and his desire to chew you up will go away when his baby teeth fall out.

Cupcake had to (and still does) constantly be chewing on something.  Now she has more toys than Suri Cruise in this place.  Make sure dog has lots of appropriate chew toys.  I agree Nyla Bones and kong toys work great.  When we play with Cupcake and she starts biting, we immediately stop playing and walk away.  And she wants to play with us so it sort of sends the message that hey we will play, but not if you're going to get rough and bite.  Of course they always need constant supervision the first couple of years.  

And those sharp baby teeth hurt!  I used to call them her devil teeth.  

Something that we tried that worked really well is to get a facecloth wet, roll it into a cigar shape and then freeze it.  They can chew on it and the coldness soothes their sore gums.  You can always have another ready when the first one is thawed out.  And remember, the biting and nipping stage will eventually end!

 although i got archibald @ 15 months...he went threw a chew phase not feet or shoes or anything ....i got him a kong toy which looked like

a pacifier and thnk god (completely indestructible) he was content w/that til he slowly got over it   :)

To teach the pup what they can and can not chew on, they might stop biting you, and all of a sudden 1/2 of the endtable's leg is chewed through.

Constantly watch the pup, if it starts chewing / biting  put a proper chew toy, in their mouth -  Rinse - Repeat - repeat, repeat, repeat..... you get the idea

Gizmo is almost 2 (in 20 days!) and she is finally out of the 'I want to chew' everything stage - however, it only took her a CHOMP on each dining room chair to leave her 'calling card' (Them bullies are FAST when they wanna be ! and Sneaky too!)

we did the frozen facecloth which worked, lots of nylabone chew toys and definitley watch for chewing on furniture, etc... Gracie started chewing on the corner of the kitchen cabinet so we gated her inside the kitchen so she couldn't chew anything.  Then her teeth started falling out, teeth everywhere!    Afther that, the biting slowed down and now she doesn't bite at all.  She doesn't chew any furniture or anything like that.  She will be a year old on Saturday.  It really does go by fast!  Before you know it he will be all done with the biting!!  Hang in there!!

To stop playing when my girl bit.  Putting an end to play was the WORSE thing in the world I could do to her.  So, if we'd be playing, and she'd nip at my hand, I'd substitute with a toy - just like you - and say no or "ah, ah, ah".  I'd give her a few chances at this.  If she kept with the hand biting, I'd stand up, not even look at her and walk away.

She'd be, like, "hey, where ya goin'?!?!"   She soon understood that pushing the boundaries wasn't going to work so she stuck with the toys and left my hand alone.

Best of luck with Oakley!! 

That has seemed to work for us, but they have to be interested in it too.  We are going through the puppy chewing stage, but luckily they haven't chewed on any furniture.  We also got two knuckle bones (dinosaur bones to us) from their breeder and they love that.  We have the nylabone toys and those are hit or miss on some days.  Good luck!

Sarah

Jack just turned 6 months and when we first got him, I had a moment of thinking I made a big mistake. He constantly bit us and our kids. When he got too excited is when things were really bad. So if our kids were really loud and romping about, we had to put Jack in the crate. It kept him from biting us and kept us from constantly nagging him. Playtime was strictly supervised with a water bottle and lots of toys. Everyone gave you great advice on what to do. I just want you to know to hang in there, do what you're doing and he will grow out of it. Jack still likes to nibble on our toes but it doesn't hurt as bad. I've noticed a huge change in the past month and hope that by the time he is a year, he'll be completely out of biting hands and feet. It just takes time and patience.