how to get puppies to stop doing something?

How can I getmy puppy to stop doing something when I tell her 'no' or 'stop it'? She often chews things and although she has lots of toys to chew she prefers carpets and wires! When I tell her to stop she just looks at me out of the corner of her eye and carries on, she also bites a lot and pulls on trouser legs. I have tried giving her a treat every time she stops when I tell her to but this doesn't seem to be working.
Obviously I would rather she didn't even do these things in the first place but no idea at all how to go about that!
I usually shut her away from me when she is naughty and ignores me telling her to stop but this often turns into a game with me trying to catch her, it also doesn't seem to be reducing the behaviour so I am not sure that she understands why she is being shut away.
Any help appreciated, I love her to bits but she is driving me insane!!!!

I would tell her "No" then lift her away from the carpet or whatever and give her a toy she is allowed to have. While she has that make a lot of fuss and play with her for a bit. Basically make the allowed item more fun for her. It'll take time but she'll soon get the idea

Thanks will try that but unfortunately we have a problem with biting so every time we try to play with her she is biting us which then means that we stop playing and she either gets shut away on her own for a few minutes or she just goes back to chewing!
Will stick at it though, I am hoping it will all just magically fall into place one day!!

I agree and I would forget about the shutting away as it doesn't work. It makes for a lot of getting up and down all the time but the effort put in the first weeks really pays off. Be consistent and persistant and have eyes up ya bum

Yup stick with it and work at it and it will fall into place I'm sure. As for the biting, mini has posted some great links which will help with that, much better than I could explain it. I'm sure she or others will be along soon... so keep an eye out here.
Good luck

I think this is the one
http://www.dogsey.com/dog-articles.php?t=14526

Thats what puppies DO!

They nip and bite and pull on your trousers and swing from your sleeves and eat your carpet, internet cables, strip your wallpaper and chew your sofa!!

Its all part of the fun of having a puppy..

You MUST start bite inhibition by shouting OWWWW and stopping playing if she bites and hurts you.. you have to be consistent and tell her no... puttin her away isn't going to get through as she has no idea that she is being punished for what she has done..

Crate train her and if you need to go out, put her in the crate.. therefore she cannot chew anything..

its like having a 3 month old baby who can walk.. you need eyes and ears on all 4 sides and then some..

Thanks will just stick at it then I guess, the bite inhibition stuff isn't working, any noise I make just seems to make her more excited!
But hopefully eventually she will get the idea, I hate having to shut her away so will stop doing it and see if I can get around it.
Thanks for all the advice, just glad there is light at the end of the tunnel because she doesn't seem to have shown any improvement at all over the last few weeks and am beginning to wonder if she ever will!
Anyway, am off for a walk with her now and see if I can get her to walk in a straight line

A slightly different view ... I'd tend to not advise yelping or shouting Ow!. Reason being, it does depend on the individual pup, but generally terrier type pups love it and think the human is their new squeaky toy

We had a rough haired jrt in the family and she was very persistent (as was my current dog, BSD). We found the best way was to

Manage (keep away from anything she could damage or that could damage her, so put things away, use childgates etc)

Redirect her excitement onto a toy and with this, train her to drop/give/retrieve/tug - loads of learning can be done here by wiggling the toy, then keeping it still so pup gets bored...you can then wiggle and say "get it!" or whatever you want...you can start teaching self control! Sorry a rather short version but hope you can see the potential for training with this toy

If pup was very persistent, we'd mark it with an "ah!" and put her out (or we'd go out) but only for about 3 minutes, any longer is too long.

It will take many many repetitions and don't forget that pups get worse before they get better - 14 weeks or so they can be awful but usually by 20-22 weeks the mouthing should be very soft and you should be able to control it with an Off etc said calmly not aggressively.

Try www.puppyschool.co.uk for socialisatinon and fun training (for you and pup) but they get booked up early, if not try www.apdt.co.uk for a pup class near you, which will give invaluable help and provide lots of fun too.

Phew she is 14 weeks now so maybe only a few more weeks of this!
It is the biting that is the worst thing because I can't play with her at all or even stroke her unless she is in a really calm mood which is hardly ever
it just gets me down because I really want to enjoy spending time with her but at the moment all she does is bite me and any squealing I do just excites her.
We have been going to puppy classes for the past 3 weeks but the trainer hasn't been able to offer much advice about the biting other than the usual bite inhibition stuff which doesn't seem to be working, I don't think she even believes how bad it is because she is so tiny and cute looking!
Thanks for the advice, will keep going ...