at my wits end puppy wont stop biting

I have written about this before..but my 5 month old english bulldog puppy will not stop biting..we have tried a spray bottle, when he bites we spray water, but he thinks that its a game.we tried pushing gently under his tongue.he just backs up and comes back for more..yelling ow worked for a few days..not anymore. we cant sit on the couch without him going for our toes or ankles and it hurts! anyone else have any ideas?

Oh for heaven's sake, what is it with this water bottle stuff, and pushing on the tounge and, the one that really takes the cake, walking away so he can eventaully figure out that he did something (who knows what) that displeased you - on the last, a 10 year old child doesn't get it??!

Puppies nip in play. PERIOD. It ish ow they would play with other puppies and dogs. Now you have to teach him that it is not acceptable to do it with you because you are the ALPHA of the pack.

All you are doing is encouraging it and not getting the point across.

Now, when he nips, grab him by the back of the neck or the side of the face - which ever is fastest. Make him look right at you.

As you grab him, roar "NO!!" in a deep voice. (Women tend to let their voice slide upward so they have to concentrate on deepening it.)

As you yell NO, snap your finger right on the end of his nose.

Hold him down so he can't wiggle away, and repeat NO - BAD 3 or 4 times.

Let him up and tell him "Okay, now be nice " - in a happy reassuring voice - and go back to playing and petting.