15 wk boxer questions

Question
We have an adorable 15 wk boxer.  She has been wonderful - though hard to housebreak.  A few things I would like to ask.  She continually chews at the end of her tail where it was docked.  The vet sees nothing wrong with it.  Should I assume that it is because it is still healing?  She is very friendly - but part of her play is to bite at us.  We tell her no in a stern voice and try to walk away.  She just charges after you - bites/nips at your feet, pants leg - anything.  She has bit and drawn blood from all of us at some point.  I hate to say she is biting because I know she is doing puppy play - but her puppy teeth are like sharp needles!  Will this just stop with time?

Answer
The tail should be healed by now but may still be bothering her - sometimes the bone is right at the end of the tail.  I'd keep an eye on that because you don't want her damaging the tail - and if it's causing her pain or discomfort, you may need to have it re-docked at some point.  

The biting is definitely puppy play, but you do need to teach her to inhibit her bite.  There's a very good article on this, so I won't try to reiterate what it says!
http://www.jersey.net/~mountaindog/berner1/bitestop.htm

She's also teething or will be soon, so be sure to provide her with lots of safe, appropriate chew toys; you can also redirect her to a soft toy whenever she starts biting you - I have one I did this with and now whenever she gets excited she'll run and grab a toy. :)

Good luck!