GSD pup and Doberman

Question
I have a question regarding the behavior and temperament of our GSD puppy. She is 11 weeks old, and cries and whines quite a bit. The crying and whining is mostly when she is excited to see us. She will even get so exciting when giving us puppy kisses she will bite as well. The other day we had her out front and the neighbors dog (small beagle) came outside, barked at her once and she took off yelping back to our door. She was extremely frightened without even being approached by the neighbors dog. I worry about her behavior. We have a 2 year old male Doberman (neutered) who plays rough with the puppy. They are always supervised when together, and often times we have broken up there interaction. This is purely out of our concern that the puppy will accidently get hurt by the 95 lbs Doberman. Everytime we interrupt their play time, the puppy always goes back to the Doberman to play more. I do not think that she fears him, I just wonder if the rough play that she has been exposed to, has made her fearful of other dogs. The Doberman is clearly the dominate dog at this point. As soon as she gets the remainder of her shots we plan to take her to the dog park to socialize her with other dogs. Do you suggest we take the Doberman along to make her feel more comfortable, or should we focus solely on her ? Thanks in advance for any info!

Answer
It is the nature of German Shepherds to be more vocal than other dogs.  When she cries or whines, hold your hand upright in front of her face and say ''No!'' quietly, but firmly.  

Young Labs, which I know best, and other puppies tend to very bad about biting. You see a litter of them, and all the ones that are awake are biting another one or themselves. I am not even sure they realize that when they are alone, if they quit biting, they would quit being bitten. At 3 to 4 months they are getting their adult teeth, and it seems they spend every waking moment biting or chewing. One thing you can do at that stage is to knot and wet a piece of cloth. Then freeze it. The cooling will soothe the gums. Only let the puppy have it when you are there to watch it. I maintain a Lab's favorite chew toy is another Lab. Otherwise they settle for any person they can. They keep hoping to find one that won't yelp, jerk their hand away, and leave.

You just have to keep on correcting them, hundreds of times, not dozens. Provide sturdy, safe toys such as Kongs and Nylabones. Avoid things they can chew pieces off and choke on them. Keep them away from electrical cords. Crates are essential for most young Labs and other dogs.

The pet stores are full of toys that many dogs will quickly chew up into pieces they could choke on or cause intestinal blockages. If you are not there to watch, stick to sturdy stuff such as Nylabones and Kongs. Keep a close eye on chew toys and quickly discard anything that is coming apart in pieces. Rawhide is especially bad because it swells after being swallowed. I don't trust any of the consumable chews. The dogs just gnaw them down to a dangerous size too quickly. These problems are the worst with, but not limited to, large, aggressive chewers such as Labs.

Don't coddle her when she runs from something.  The best thing is to show you like, not fear whatever.  Lavish praise on it and pat it.  

As for the play, we frequently let different sizes of dogs play together and never had a real problem.  You may need the settle the larger dog if it gets too rough, but usually they back off at the first yip out of the smaller one.