[Bayoucorgi]

I have to admit to being a little frustrated here HOWcorgi. You keep asking for help but you aren't willing to do what it takes to make him stop. Several others have also told you that what I advise IS effective. YOU can stop his biting IMMEDIATELY if you will do what I told you to do on the other thread.

The more I read about Yoshi the more I'm convinced that this is a dominance issue. The part you said on the first thread about him biting your pants leg and looking right at you is strong evidence. Fear-biters avert eye contact. He is literally daring you to make him stop. The fact that he is trying to manipulate you into continuing play time by biting is further evidence that he believes he is the boss of your relationship.

Before you can be successful at puppy kindergarten or creating a pleasant playtime end you must correct the primary imbalance in your relationship. You CAN do it yourself if you really want to. Or you must find someone experienced in dogs to help you in a hands-on situation.

Please stand up from the computer and do this right now. Put a leash on the dog whenever you interact with him. If he bites the leash, lift the leash quickly and smoothly straight up (not jerking). It will pull the leash out of his mouth unpleasantly. Do not say anything to him. Just lift straight up whenever he thinks about biting the leash. It's as if the leash is making the correction.

Create calm routines for problem times. Do a practice playtime. When YOU are ready to end, pick up the leash. Decide on a "end" phrase. I usually say "okay enough fun for now". With leash in hand, stand up and pat him and move away. If he starts to bite pick straight up on the leash and give him your command to cease.

Again, you must have and enforce a "NO MOUTH CONTACT" rule. It is an absolute commandment. If he tries to bite, simply work your way down the leash until you have your hand on his collar and grab his muzzle (nose and mouth) firmly in your other hand. The cool thing about this is when you are holding his mouth closed he cannot bite you. Squeeze pretty tightly so he cannot break away. Look him right in the eye and command him not to do it. If he tries to bite as soon as you let go, then you did not hold on long enough or squeeze tight enough.

With a dog like this that has gotten away with it for so long (his whole life up to now) you may have to be rough with him. Remember that he is currently prince of his world and you are attempting to end his reign. He is not going to give this up lightly just because you want it to be that way. He will fight with all his little four-month-old soul. You MUST prevail. You must hold his muzzle, shake his face, and tell him NO - quietly and firmly in his face. You must hold on no matter how he struggles and whines and paws at your hand and rolls his eyes and tries to convince you that you are killing him. When he submits he will stop struggling. He will break his eye contact and look down.

You are not hurting him. You are making him stop hurting you.