Cross Breeds

When should you start training my puppy?

A little backgrough info. He is 6 weeks old, and is a lab/pit mix. This is the same as the dog we loved the most was. He is just so cute and playful, we didnt know how our 2 year yellow lab(duke) would take it with a puppie in the house. He gets jelous somtimes but its so cute to watch them play together. I think sassy (the puppies name) misses her family, and duke kinda makes up for that. We were surprised when let her sleep with duke last night that they didnt make a sound. I think he just has that fatherly instinct. But dont know. Its just so cute at how gentle he is with her, just like when my baby causins come over. But then plays rough with me. Anyways, on to the question. When should we start training her, and what could we do about her chewing on things, i know that she is teething and we dont want her to mistake a toy for a shoe and are only going to get her alot of 1 type of toy. But what would be good for a puppy?

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1. Training starts the day you get ur puppy. Even if ur not training her, he is picking up on EVERYTHING you do.
2. Immediately, this way your new puppy doesn't get set in any ways, and will know the right thing to do.
3. You start the first day you get her. Start with potty training, crate training, learning the word NO and to sit. Nylabones are great for pups. When they chew on something inappropriate, you redirect them to a nylabone. Think of it as a puppy pacifier.
4. "I'll" start training your puppy the day after you pay me. :)) 6 weeks is kinda young for you to have the puppy, so you had better start now or you are going to have problems with separation anxiety and dog aggression.
5. start trainning the first day you get your puppy but dont make trainning a bad thing make it fun.
6. im a former groomer and I suggest you get her used to getting her nails trimmed asap. I hated when dogs would put up a fight. Play with her feet often brush her get her useds to baths etc.
7. as soon as you get your new puppy... start as you mean to go on :) dont leave it long because they will think they can do what ever they want when ever they want where ever they want :P gl with your new little puppy :D
8. 6 weeks old is young to be away from her mom. start training her now. they are never too young to start training. when she starts chewing on the wrong thing, take it away and replace it with something really good that she can chew on. when she isn't supervised keep her in a crate in order to keep her from chewing on things she shouldn't. and to get her to like the crate, feed her in there and give her special treats when she is in there.
9. From day one.
10. you should train her when you get her! first with potty training then with walking ignore the poeple that hate mutts i love them! o they also say that labs are big chewers and that you should wet a towel and frezze it then put on the gums for it wont get sore but with them you need to teach them not to bit shoes and stuff. the best thing for a chewing dog is of course a chew toy or a bone that helps clean their both
11. training with a puppy starts as soon as you get it; obedient school is at you and the trainer's descretion - my trainer has a puppy class she offers and the dog must be six months or younger. I have a puppy (she's 5 month's old) she was a chewer but we got her plenty of toys - she knows the word no and anytime we find her chewing on something that she's not supposed to we replace it with a toy - she is doing very well - another good trick is to put a handful of rocks into an old coke bottle and anytime the puppy is doing something wrong all you have to do is shake it one or two times and they'll stop - after a few days of that - when they just see you with the bottle they'll correct themselves. the best advice my dog's trainer ever gave us is only give a dog a command one time b/c if you say sit 2-3 times each time , the dog will learn to only sit once you have given the command 2 or 3 times