Hyper?

it's a puppy. it's doing what it suppose to do. nipping and going after your ankles that's part of it. you can train him/her not to do it. the older your dog gets the more training it will have so it'll calm down due to training. how old is your puppy? let it be a puppy. here's what i did to stop the nipping. when ever my puppy would do it i would simply hold him by the back of his neck (not rough) and say "no biting". then i would put my hand/fingers right in front of his face or rub his lips and say "no biting". if he licked my hand i would say "good boy, no biting". at some point it worked. the other day i was own the computer with my hand hanging over the arm of the chair and he walked by and he put four of my fingers in his mouth. he was very gentle. then he sat down and looked at me as if to say pay attention to me. so, i turned off the computer and played with him. my boy is 8 months old.

O BOY THE BITEING!!...i feel ur pain..actually is wut i did was take different advice and see wut worked..u'll get a lot of different suggestions..the last advice that i got was from our trainer. she suggested that when/if he/she bites at ur hands..not feet, clothes shoes etc etc, grab her mouth where she bites it and just hold on makeing it uncomfortable/not fun..it sounds mean but it worked for me..tyson still play bites but has learned the difference between mouthing and biteing and doesnt bite nearly as hard..but i still ignore him when he does it and that means he's not getting to play like that..he hasnt stopped the biteing but it has gotten better..there puppy's and there gonna do it...also with the chewing/biteing try re-directing to the toys, which is letting them know that thats wut there for..not your ankles!!