I hope you get lots of advice, but I have only ever had maggie, so I don't know a lot. I do know that you don't need to take her out every 2 hours. Maggie is 10 pounds and easily goes a good 5 hours without needing to go out. She will go longer if she has to. She doesn't drink much during the day though. She will go out for the last time at night around 10:30 and goes in her crate to sleep around midnight. She will stay in there until 10-11am. Sometimes if I open the door earlier she just lays there and looks at me. If other people are around she will hop right out and say hello, but if it's just me she takes her time.
You must have taken care of her the first couple days and she decided you are her person. Your daughter needs to take the major role of feeding, cuddling and treat giving. That might help. How old is your daughter, she may have known other children before that she didn't like so much...
I think crate "training" refers to keeping them in crate while they are learning to potty in a specific area (outside or pads).
Maggie has free run of the house, but she is not a chewer so I trust her. She is also very well housebroken. I think that choice depends on the dog and its environment. Are you willing to tolerate a possible potty accident? Is your house "puppy-proofed" that is safe for the dog? I think most of them sleep when we are gone. Maggie has a bed on top of an ottoman in the front window. She sleeps there and keeps guard. She can see when we pull up and goes crazy! I like that she has a place where she can look out and be entertained while we are out.
Jumping,,,,not much help there. Maggie goes on the furniture (no shedding yay!!) he jumps around people when they come. It's quite funny, she jumps, yet rarely makes contact with her jump. We didn't teach that, it's just her way. I think "down" might work better than "no". BUT I really don't know.
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