First and most importantly, NEVER, let a puppy run around the house!! NEVER!! Put that puppy in an expen hooked to the front of a crate, with water bottle attached to the pen, wee-wee pad at the oposite end, a femur bone and a soft toy that doesn't have eyes or any parts that can be chewed off. Make sure the pen is on a bare floor, not a carpet. Take the puppy outside every hour and praise like the dickens when it pottys. Play with it outside so it can run and get lots of exercise and stimulation. At night when your watching TV then let it join you where you sit and interact with the family. Give it a chewy to occupy itself, but teach it it isn't play time there. Only quiet bonding, cuddling time. When it goes to bite-play, put it off you and give it a chewy. If it gets too persistant at bit play, say ACK, and give it a chewy. If it doesn't stop, then it's time out, take outside for potty break and back into the expen till it's settled down and quiet. Never take a puppy out of the pen when it's yapping or crying. |