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[quote=Anonymous]I read all the advice and watched all the videos before we brought home our 8-week-old puppy. For the biting and growling, we were committed to all the gentle methods. We tried the redirecting his mouth to toys, separating ourselves, getting him on a schedule, making sure he has all his naps, getting him mental and physical exercise, doing the loud "ouch" and leaving, and turning around and ignoring him. It's been a month and NOTHING has worked. At this point I'm done. Our hands and arms have scratches and scars from the puppy drawing blood. The kids (who we got the puppy for) can't play with him half of the time and my daughter has gotten nervous being around him. There are a lot of trainers out there that suggest holding the puppy's collar (only enough to get him to stop) and then redirecting to a toy. They say just giving him a toy without correcting the behavior actually rewards the bad behavior. Has anyone had success with this, or any other methods that I haven't already tried?

Also, I wanted to add that our puppy isn't irrationally aggressive or violent, and is super sweet when he's not being bitey and growly. This seems to just be his version of play. He will sometimes do it when you try to pick him up, but not always. 
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