This is sort of a dog problem, and sort of a dog owner problem. Someone
I am reasonably good friends with has a Smooth Fox Terrier (adult rescue
from a collector). He has a nipping problem (big surprise). He jumps
up and nips dogs that are running around, especially the ones that are
playing fetch. Fortunately for him, his "friends" will put up with a
lot of crap, so no harm done.

He also has a habit of nipping people. He goes for the people who are
generally active with their dogs and running around and playing with
them. He also gets people who bend over to pick up stuff, nailing them
on their behind. Generally, he restricts this behavior to people he
knows well, not to the general dog park visitors. Therein lies the
problem. I like to play soccer with my dogs, which of course involves
running and kicking. On Tuesday, he nailed me twice, hard enough to
leave a nice bruise through my pants, tights and hose, but not hard
enough to rip anything. I stopped him from nipping once, and he didn't
get my hand once only because I had my ski gloves on. Because of his
size and quickness, it is often quite impossible to correct him when he
does this. Every time he hurts me, Pan goes after him, but I call her
off because I don't want him to get hurt. After the last time, let's
just say that I'm entertaining thoughts of letting her eat him if she
wants.

Now, the owner is generally someone whom I consider a responsible dog
owner. The dog is quite well behaved, except for this one quirk. He is
her absolute blind spot, and he is her angel who can do no wrong. I
have told her nicely that she really need to keep an eye on him so that
he doesn't get the opportunity to do this, and that if he ever does this
again, I will not be so nice about it (this is not the first time he's
done it, although this is the first time he's left such a large bruise).
I consider her to be a friend, and she is good friends with other
friends of mine, and while we all concur that the dog's behavior (and
her response) is unacceptable, we are not quite sure how to address it.
I don't want to cause any friction among the group. If I could train
the little **** out of the nasty habit myself, I will do it. But how do
you teach a terrier not to nip?

Suja

P.S. It feels like I might have written about this already. If so,
apologies, but I still need some solid ideas on what to do.