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Hi Andy, I can feel your frustration, those puppy teeth are sure sharp and we want to tackle this behavior before he gets bigger and with stronger jaws. While demoralizing, consider that there are many folks on this forum who are facing the same problem with their pups and puppy classes are full of desperate dog owners always asking for help on their pup's biting, so don't take it personally. On the plus side, its is good you have that 95 percent of perfect relationship to rely on, which is rather impressive considering that puppies at this age can be really a handful especially with the doggy adolescent stage around the corner! https://www.braintraining4dogs.com/members/archive/survive-dogs-adolescent-stage/ So let's start with the biting feet ankles and legs when you are around the house. We really want to work on this, especially at this age, when the permanent teeth are setting in and the jaws are getting stronger. You mention that treats, leaving the room and toy substitution is not working. I imagine leaving the room is not working because as you are leaving, your pup is already attached to your leg or attaches right when you turn your back to leave. Or perhaps, he doesn't attach, but as soon as you come back he's again into biting mode and the scene repeats over and over. At this point, I would carefully analyze the types of treats and toys being used and see if any changes can make some differences. To tackle this, we need to put ourselves a bit in this pup's mind. It sounds like this puppy is finding biting on feet, ankles and legs far more rewarding than anything else offered. This often occurs because puppies are attracted to movement, and we are their favorite playmates because we are alive and therefore move a lot, and when they bite us with their sharp teeth, we move around even more and "activate" further, making the game even more engaging! " So we have to see what we can do surpass this pup's interest in our body parts by making other things more attractive and salient. So here are some tips and options that can to mind. You can try several and see what works best. First of all, worthy of mentioning, just in case any family members do this, is to avoid encouraging rough games such as wrestling and teasing. When we entertain a puppy in this rough and tumble play, we are just sending him the wrong message: that putting his teeth on people and their clothing is fun and acceptable. Sure, we want to train puppies bite inhibition, but there are better ways that don't overstimulate him so much as these games do which encourage dogs to bite hard (when dogs are too aroused in games, they have less control over the pressure of their bites). Calmer methods lead to softer mouths. Here is a guide on how to teach your dog to take treats gently. -Make sure to redirect your puppy before he has a chance to latch on. This cannot be emphasized enough. If you try to redirect him by the time he's attached to your leg, he will be much more difficult to redirect because he will be too focused on tugging. So as soon as you see him coming your way to bite your legs or whatever, stop walking and be ready to redirect at a moment's notice. There are several options of things or activities to redirect him to that you can try. Most of these require that you carry with you a bag of treats and toys as you go with your life. This is not something you will have to do forever. Just to get your through the more critical time and prevent your puppy from rehearsing the problematic behavior (the more dogs engage in problematic behaviors, the more they put roots). With time, your puppy should grow bored of your legs as these other activities outrank them. So here are some redirection options: -Train your puppy to hand target. Hand targeting is a simple exercise where, every time your puppy nose-touches your hand, he gets a treat. If your puppy doesn't nose-touch your hand, you can encourage this behavior by simply smearing some tasty food on your hands to grab his interest. Once your puppy performs this behavior reliably, you can start saying "target' right before you present your hand for nose-touching. The goal is to make targeting more appealing than biting hands. Here is a guide on training this: https://www.braintraining4dogs.com/members/brain-training/preschool/targeting/ -Redirect your puppy's biting by offering access to toys that encourage interaction. Actually, these are the keywords we are after: Interaction, engagement and movement. - Forget about static toys that are motionless. As soon as your dog approaches with the intent to bite, try to toss a tennis ball the opposite way. If you can, carry several balls on you in your pockets so to redirect as needed. -Try carrying a flirt pole with you (toy for dogs made as a fishing pole with a squeaky toy attached at the end) and wiggle it as soon as he approaches you. Let him latch on it and create some resistance to encourage him to tug at it and have fun. Praise him for playing with it. Every now and then encourage him to drop it, by saying "drop" and tossing a treat/kibble. Then, you can re-engage him. When you are done, toss several kibble on the floor, (treasure hunt style) and leave the area as he is busy consuming these goodies.. -Invest in engaging toys. Engaging toys are those that offer some type of reward and challenge. Keep a stuffed Kong on you and redirect him to this toy when he comes towards you with the intent to bite. Offer a Kong Wobbler filled up with a portion of his kibble. This will keep him entertained for some time and his interest away from you. -Redirect to an interactive game with you. As soon as he approaches you, ask him for a sit and reward by tossing one piece of kibble across the room. He'll eat it and come for more. Repeat several times. This makes your puppy tired while you incorporate some fun obedience. Here is how to train sit, which is an incompatible behavior compared with biting (a dog in general cannot sit and bite legs at the same time). https://www.braintraining4dogs.com/members/brain-training/obedience-101/sit/ Try these out and report on how things go. In the next post, will be tackling the issue on walks.