Cwinifredg - Your pup is 14 weeks old, and that is good / still young.
I start muzzle training / soft bite control, in the first week of getting a new pup.
First i teach fetch frisbee, than fetch tennis ball...and constantly stroke the muzzle, with my fingers...adding to the excitment and control.
Once the tennis ball is returned, I start pulling on it with my hand, in a form of tug.
Then I rotate my hand and fingers into the dogs mouth, and if the bite is excessive...I make a loud & sharp ITCH noise.
Then I throw the ball again, and repeat the process.
When we do to bed, the pup and I will play tug & soft bite training for 5 minutes...I coined this "fight night".
Again in the morning, I say "fight night"...and play some tug, and rotate my hand into the dogs jaws for soft bite control...another 5 minutes of fun.
With a young dog, I don't try to avoid getting bite for a day or two...but use this new experence, to establish my own threshold discomfort level.
I don't avoid getting mouthed or even redirect to discourage a bite / I know it going to happen, and the sooner I get a handle on controlling the pups jaw forces, the quicker it will be a non issue.
- usually I get a soft bite from a pup, after a day or two of putting my fingers/hand in the dogs mouth on purpose...always with a game attached
- also helps build my leadership role, since the dog has to exercise much mouth/muscle control...so the training is most valuable & critical for me
- an strong element of focus training, results from establishing the foundation
- when I rotate my fingers into Amy's mouth, its almost like she is wired with an electronic proximity in their
(I never get even an oz of sharpness clamp-down from her teeth...when my fingers purposely slip into her mouth, I have zero worry from a relaxed jaw)
- when we play tug, she can clamp down all she wants...and this activity, fullfills that need...during teething, etc.