Hi MeganE,
Did you realize that you've got the smartest breed among all dog breeds?
I have border collie mixes and they are so smart. Your puppy is totally capable to learn sit, down, stay, come at his age.
The key is to give him short trainings many times a day. They should involve with treats and lot of praises so that your puppy thinks it is a fun game. Everything dogs learn are from their experience. When something ends up with a good thing, it is more likely they repeat that specific behavior.
Contrarily, dogs will stop a specific behavior if that ends up bad thing or not fun thing. Therefore, when your puppy bites your hand say "Ouch!" in a loud voice and stop playing with him. He will soon learn that putting his teeth on your skin will end fun games. You can also redirect him to a chew toy or something he is supposed to chew on.
As for the leash biting, you can use a shorter leash and make sure that he learns he will have to leave the leash alone in order to go for walk. When he starts biting the leash, just stop right there and take the leash out of his mouth very calmly but firmly. Take a few more steps and repeat the same thing if he bites the leash again. It will take a long time to go about a block at first but I am sure he will get it eventually.
I am not a big fun of haltis or gentle leaders unless the dog is too big and pulls to the point that it is dangerous for the owner. Otherwise, I prefer to train your dogs to loose walk with a regular collar and a leash.
Training puppies is a lot to work but I am positive that will pay off later. Again, your border collie mix is smart enough to learn all basic commands and house rules if you are patient, consistent and fair.
Good luck
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