Potty train a puppy? and game ideas for games? and is school going to affect her?

Of all the issues I've seen on this site, the overwhelming majority are caused by people who neglect to read anything about how to raise and train dogs. We are not born with this skill, and dogs are not born with the knowledge of how to behave. You need to study and learn these things. There are scores of books available in stores and libraries. My favorites are the ones written by the Monks of New Skete (a community in New York State.). Four other issues I feel are critical that many owners also ignore: 1. Do not get a dog that you find on the Internet. I have NEVER known anyone to get a fair deal getting a dog this way; everyone gets burned by it. 2. Arrange to take your dog for its first vet exam on the day you get him. 3. IF YOU CAN POSSIBLY ARRANGE IT (even if it means paying a little extra) see if the breeder will keep your puppy with its mother until 12 weeks of age. This will allow the pup's mother to teach it critical skills that will make training him much easier, and will produce a much healthier dog for you. It used to be thought that you could remove a puppy as soon as it stops nursing, usually at 6 weeks. This is no longer true, and 12 weeks is now known to be the best time. 4. If I were you, I'd wait to get a puppy until after school gets out. That way, you have the whole summer to train it, all day, every day!! Getting a new puppy, only to keep it in a crate for seven hours a day, is cruel. Good luck! I hope you will let me know when you get your puppy..

Of all the issues I've seen on this site, the overwhelming majority are caused by people who neglect to read anything about how to raise and train dogs. We are not born with this skill, and dogs are not born with the knowledge of how to behave. You need to study and learn these things. There are scores of books available in stores and libraries. My favorites are the ones written by the Monks of New Skete (a community in New York State.). Four other issues I feel are critical that many owners also ignore: 1. Do not get a dog that you find on the Internet. I have NEVER known anyone to get a fair deal getting a dog this way; everyone gets burned by it. 2. Arrange to take your dog for its first vet exam on the day you get him. 3. IF YOU CAN POSSIBLY ARRANGE IT (even if it means paying a little extra) see if the breeder will keep your puppy with its mother until 12 weeks of age. This will allow the pup's mother to teach it critical skills that will make training him much easier, and will produce a much healthier dog for you. It used to be thought that you could remove a puppy as soon as it stops nursing, usually at 6 weeks. This is no longer true, and 12 weeks is now known to be the best time. 4. If I were you, I'd wait to get a puppy until after school gets out. That way, you have the whole summer to train it, all day, every day!! Getting a new puppy, only to keep it in a crate for seven hours a day, is cruel. Good luck! I hope you will let me know when you get your puppy..

You crate train a puppy you don't lock them in there like your thinking you crate them and keep letting them out but you don't keep them in a crate all the time . You don't use newspaper you just use the crate and letting the puppy outside to potty. A small breed puppy will need letting out more often than a larger breed puppy but you have to remember you cant leave a young puppy hours locked in a crate with out letting them out ...