Aggressive tendencies in 9 week old pomeranian?

His name is Thor and sometimes he can be quite a handful.

It seems he doesn't really have bite inhibition and we are trying to teach him that. He bites a lot when he plays which I know is normal and when it's too hard we put him in the bathroom as a time out for a minute or two.
This was suggested by a pom site. It seems to work for a little while, that he realizes if he gets too rough the "good" thing "play" and us, will go away. But, he always bites when you try to pet him too. The second he sees a hand the jaws start going. I joke we should rename him Jaws!

Really we can't do anything - bathe, pet, snuggle, brush etc without him just trying to bite. Most of the time it's not in an aggressive manner but it can be very hard with those sharp little teeth. He also goes after faces. Our 19 month old son has been bit on the nose a few times. This scares me.

Next is what I fear to be aggression. Thor maybe 3-4 times a day will get too hyped up playing and bite too hard. I will go to pick him up to put him in his "time out" and he will growl very aggressively and bare his teeth. He will thrash around in my hands and just go nuts! Once we make it to the bathroom he calms down and squeals until he is let out and then acts normal.

Is this maybe some sign of aggression I should be worried about?

I'm a stay at home mom so I really have all day to work with him and establish myself, son and husband as the pack leaders. I am doing all the tips I found on a pomeranian site, but still worried he may have a problem.

How can I get him to stop nipping too? We would like to be able to pet our dog without him trying to nip our hands.

What's funny is we just went from a 50lb Chow Chow (R.I.P. Chewie 14 yrs old) to a 3 lb Pom and the Chow was easier to train and more calm. We even found our Chow 14 years ago under a tree abandoned when he was 2 weeks old. He had no mother or litter mates to learn anything from and was the most gentle dog in the world. Even with our son and our cat. Thor the Pom is older than when we found Chewie and is harder to train.

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