My husky is 11wks. old and we cannot get her to stop nipping on us. We have tried turning our back to her also removing her and putting her in her crate as our vet suggested. She still will nip even when you offer her a toy.

Hi Shiloh- Congrats on your first husky!

As you've already discovered, huskies are very mouthy Sometimes they don't learn bite inhibition at a young age (although it looks like you got her at 8 weeks which should have been fine, but sometimes they need more training). It's something they usually learn from their litter mates.

When she nips you, try yelping very loudly (like a dog would) and shut down ALL play. Turn your back and walk away. Ignore her. Wait until she's calm again, and then continue what you were doing. They yelp is very important. It's communicating to her like her litter mates would that "Ow! That hurt!"

You need to be VERY consistent and you need to make sure you follow through. Huskies HATE being ignored. So make sure you shut down ALL forms of contact (eye, physical). It won't happen overnight, but you should see results soon.

Let us know how it goes!

A good way to execute the stopping of all communication would be to have her connected to a tether so she cannot pursue communication even when you turn your back and walk away. Worked like a dream with icon:) I attached a verbal cue of ouch to it just in case he got excited and tried nipping with new ppl.