Biting Pant Legs

Optimus has been home with us for just over a week now. He's doing great with being in his crate, he eats his food like a little monster, only poops outside, pees inside a little bit still, but one thing he does that drives me up the wall is that occasionally he'll bite onto my pant legs and just hold on. Most of the time this is after he goes outside to poop and we're walking back inside. Shaking him off doesn't work, giving him a little smack doesn't work, I literally just have to wait until we're inside and he'll let go. He has plenty of toys to chew on, why does he insist on my pants?

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Permalink Reply by Laura on February 10, 2009 at 1:33pm

He's a herding dog, its his instinct to bite your heels to get you to go where he wants you to. I haven't met a corgi that hasn't done this as a puppy. Its challenging but you have to be aware when he's going for your leg and stop him with a stern "NO BITING!" and touching him with a correction. If he grabs on anyway, you separate him, say it again and keep correcting him until he stops, same thing with biting your hands when playing. If nothing works, take consolation in the fact that he WILL grow out of it :)