Aussie, sharp teeth

Question
My puppy's 1-male and 1-female are 9 weeks old. The teeth are very sharp. Is this something that will become not so sharp when the next set of teeth come in. I have never had a dog with teeth so sharp. What is your best advice in dealing with this? I don't want to bring children, friends or neighbors around. I fear they will be intimidated, especially kids.

Answer
Get those dogs into puppy class (separately, on different nights is better, but don't wait just to do it that way - you can also bring one pup one week, one the next) right away as soon as a positive trainer will let them attend!!  That way, your puppies will learn bite inhibition from the other puppies, and you will learn how to teach your pup not to nip at you.  (I suggest that you do what the other pups would - if the pup puts teeth on your skin, you yelp - it's like saying ouch - and turn away from the puppy for 4-5 seconds.  You may have to repeat this a lot.  Also, it's really important, especially if these are litter mates, to exercise them separately, walk them separately, and play with them separately.  The tendency, which you want to avoid, is for litter mates to pay attention to one another and not to the owner, so you need these tactics so that you can improve your leadership role with both.  Also, teach kids, grownups, everyone, to do the same thing - and do NOT restrict your pups' contact with other people or dogs, or you will have a whale of a problem.  An undersocialized Aussie is an unsafe Aussie - they usually have a natural reserve with strangers, but if you compound that by not socializing them until its too late (the optimal time is between age 9-12 weeks), then you may create dogs that are downright fearful, or worse, unfriendly.  Read up on the Aussie temperament at the breed club site, or ARPH.  Also, these are brilliant dogs that need a job - hope you have time:-))  They do very well with clicker training (www.clickerlessons.com), and often love sports like agility when they get older.  Their teeth are sharp now, and the second set will be less so, but if you don't teach the dogs to inhibit their bite, it won't matter - either kind of teeth can give you stitches.  Training is the answer here, not the eruption of the secondary teeth.