Agressive Biting--Wits' end!

Hello.

I did read your topic concerning Agressive Biting.

However, I have a 5 month old JRT puppy (male) who incessantly bites both me (especially me) and my husband every time we go to pick him and and love him.

I am a former dog trainer, so I know about the technique you describe with the 'no-bite' and curling of his lips under his teeth to make him bite himself,,

do you know what he does after this correction? He lurches back at us snarling and curling up his lips and clapping his jaws in attempt to bite us again. We received him when he was 3 1/2 months old. We have been dealing with this situation since then, and we have been very consistent with 'no-bite' technique.

My spouse and I are besides ourselves about what to do with this little guy. This happens every time we pick him up to hug and love him he starts to bite on us, then we do the no-bite correction..and the cycle begins. We have tried time-out as well...we don't want to resort to hard spanking (beating) because it is both unpleasant for us and we could seriously injure him ...I am thinking to give him back to the breeder...your feedback is appreciated as we are at our wits end