What kind of puppy is she? It's been a while since mine were pups, but a couple important things jump to my mind from my early days with Miss Emily (my yellow lab.) First, understand that all puppies try to bite things, they're just like kids (gosh, my kids were putting things in thier mouth up until last month) everything to the mouth.
I made a commitment that my dog was NOT going to use my skin (or anyone else's) to use as a chew toy. Any time her teeth touched my skin, I grabbed her snout, held her still, looked in her eyes and used "NO!" in a firm, decisive tone. I NEVER let her play "tug-of war" games EVER with me or anyone else. This seems weird, but it delineats that no biting, chomping, pulling is ever allowed with the humans in your household. Your family has to be ON BOARD with all puppy-rearing decisions and that's probably where it's the hardest. If you have kids and they let the puppy bite them sometimes, but then they get upset when the puppy goes too far, you need to explain to them that NO biting is allowed and they have to discipline her in a consistent manner as you. They need to be sure the pup understands that she (the pup) is the LAST on the food chain after all the humans in your household. I even went so far as to sit by her when she ate and I'd stick my hand into her food bowl - I'd grab her snout and say "NO!" if she ever went to bite my hand. Now that I have little ones, I'm really glad I took the time to do this.
I didn't trust my dog around items of importance (shoes, carpet, cd's etc) until she was well over a year old. She was crated (for her own safety and the safety of everything I owned) while I was either gone or unable to look after her.
The hardest part about puppies is getting everyone in the house onboard for the difficult task of being consistent. Good Luck!
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Puppy Problems
Most of al plenty of love and walks to burn off that energy!
