My 12-year-old male Lhasa Apso has bitten my husband twice in the last month, once after being stepped on (apparently a fear reaction but no less unpleasant) and once just while being pet. It's a pretty painful bite. The dog had a biting issue with children when he was younger but we have not had any problems in many years. He does not like to be picked up by strangers and so we keep him away from small children.
The dog has always had a dominance issue, which we have dealt with since he was a puppy, periodically and consistently reinforcing that we are alpha to him. We worked with a professional trainer years ago on the issues of lowering his status, not allowing him on the furniture, making him wait until we eat, etc. But it's pretty bad when the dog bites his owner and we are not sure what to do besides go back and retrain him per the techniques in alpha dog training. Other than dominance and biting, he is fairly well trained and a good pet. Any suggestions to deal with the biting?