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I would love to explain the full details, but my English knowlegde is
very limited, so I often find it very hard to explain, I love when I get
emails like this, 'cause then I'll just have to answer questions 
You would help me a lot, If you could tell me what I have left out, a lot
to ask, but just give me a clue, and I'll be there.
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You are welcome!
Well I got some of the answers already, leaving less questions... But here
are a couple.
I don't understand the situation at night, you say that the dog has acess to
the garden in case of an emergency, what exactly do you mean? Is there a
doggy-door and fenced area? ...I guess I just don't know the situation, but
if I were you, with a pup so young, I would REALLY try to get the dog to
hold what they have to do untill morning. I used a crate with my last dog
(the first dog I have fully trained, because I am only 18 and have not yet
had a full life of dogs yet!). I would take her out really late before we
went to bed, and let her out fairly early to go, and then right back into
the crate. Eventually she got up later and later, and now she can sleep all
morning without a problem. If you give a dog access to a place to go ALL
the time, they get the idea that they don't HAVE to hold it in, and they do
not learn HOW to hold it in! It makes a big difference having a dog penned
off, or crated for the night.
What kind of 'outdoor' scedual is the dog on? Dogs learn a set time of when
to do something and when they are going to have a certain action happen.
Like the time you leave in the morning, and when you return. I know some
people have already touched on this, but to pay less attention to the dog
when you leave and come home really can make a difference. I personally
have never tried this method, because when I come home, the first thing I
want to do is roll around on the floor with a couple of happy dogs!! So
when my girl started destroying things, along with yelling at her for doing
it (everyone advises NOT to do this, but from experience I swear by it!), I
would also just let her out and bring her right back in wehn she was done
doing what she had to do. When she didn't destroy anything, I would pet her
and play with her, and go outside and have her 'tennis ball time' which she
just LOVES. About half an hour of playing fetch with her favorite toy, and
she was quickly broken of the destroying habbit. I went by the 'rules' for
awhile, but needed to change them because they were not working. Everything
people say not to do, ended up working well in this situation and the
house-breaking too!
All I can really say is, do what you think is right in training the dog.
Their are some good methods, but they will not work for every person or
every dog. If one does not work, try another! Most cannot hurt too much!
)
Good luck with your pup! I am sure as she grows out of her puppieness, she
will be a good dog. My obedience trainer said that the magic age for a dog
is 2 years. After that everything just sort of 'clicks', and with my young
dog I realize that is just about the case! She has gotten so much better at
about 1 1/2 years, and she has been acting like the absolutely perfect dog!
She is a therapy dog, and a carting dog, and I think when you do so much
training with a dog, that is really what will end up being the best thing
for them.
~Silver Dragon~