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Scolding and praises are key. But first - don't ever let your dog chew on any chord - especially if it's electric!!!!! plus, i would remove any strings or small objects the puppy might chew on and swallow. Labs are knows for their hoover-like characteristic - they eat everything. And if we're discussing chewing, never ever EVER give your dog onions or chocolate - those are deadly to dogs.

House training is simple, you just need to be patient. when he pees or poops in the house, you need to say No! the minute he does it, in an authoritative voice - don't shout. Just let him know he's done something wrong. If you manage to stop him and take him out, when he pees or poops tell him Good Dog! in a calmer, more relaxing voice so he understands he's doing a good thing.

Have plenty of dog toys (safe) around such as large balls - tennis ball size, heavy duty rope toys (such as those of Kong brand) so he can use those to satisfy his chewing desire. when he starts biting - puppies will bite out of play - you can give him a light tap on the nose - light, don't slap him, while saying the No! again.

As for the barking, puppies bark, but usually there's a reason. See if he's trying to tell you he's hungry, needs to go outside to relieve himself or wants to play. Over time the two of you will understand each other better and this will stop.

Overall, you will need a lot of patience and you need to be consistent with your training. If you say No! to something he does, say so every time the same behavior is repeated. The same goes for praises for good behavior.

When we got our puppy, my fiance and I thought that she was too young to start training and so we waited until she was about 6 months old. We decided to take her to Petsmart, and that was the best $100 investment! Come to find out when we started the class, we were told that we should have taken her in earlier (the sooner the better). However, 2 months is not too young to start training your puppy. From what we learned in our class, when you train your dog, she should be on a leash so that you have more control over her. Eventually, when she works up to the come command, then it will be ok to have her on a leash. The first steps we learned, was to use a clicker (you can find these for about $1 at pet stores). Then everytime you click the clicker, give her a treat. That way she associates the clicking noise with a reward. After a few days, you can begin the sit command. Hold the treat in your hand between your thumb and forefinger and with the palm of your hand facing the ceiling. Move the treat toward your puppies face (moving from her mouth to the top of her head). The puppy is going to follow the treat and as she does, whe will naturally move in a sitting posititon. When she does sit, imediatley click the clicker and give her a treat. Repeat steps until she knows what the hand signal means. Then you can begin incorporating the word sit. Those are the first basic steps. Good luck!

Contact your local kennel and have them put your parents in touch with a reputable trainer in your area. Sounds like you have NO clue when it comes to training. You don't scold for soiling the floor. You should be responsible enough to take the pup out frequently, and when you can't supervise you use a crate. I certainly hope that you got the pup from a shelter or rescue and didn't support an unreputable backyard greeder or puppy mill by purchasing a mutt from them?

Today, you will go to a library and you will buy a good book on dogs and dog training. You need to understand one thing, your dog is not responsible for the damages he's causing, you are cause you didn't put your things away. He pees in the house because you don't know how to train it....everything you want your dog to do starts with you changing your ways. Good luck.

Puppies are like two year olds they have the attention span of a goldfish but, unlike two year olds they can be motivated to do things with treats one of the first things you should teach him/her is "watch me" take a piece of food or chicken and get her attention. Once she is looking at the food pull it up to your face until yall are making eye contact. After doing this when you say "watch me" you will have her attetion.

Also ( i swear this is not animal abuse) whatever he is chewing on you can put really really hot sauce or pepper spray on it and when she bites down it'll irritate his nose and eyes and she will stop chewing trust me.

Does he have toys? If not, you need to get him some. If he does, I reccomend you take him to a puppy training class. I take my puppy to it, and he is really good! And when he does something bad, with your knuckles, (lightly) smack him on the nose. It doesn't hurt them, it just lets them know. Another thing is you could grab him by the scruff and shake him, like his mom would when he did something bad. Hope I helped!

Good Luck!

puppies are alot of work and do take a great deal of training.I suggest crate training your puppy.And be sure to take him out about 15 minutes after he eats and drinks,he will need to go at that time.I would suggest going on http://www.silverbares.com/trainingtips.cfm and read up on a few different tips.good luck with your new puppy

for the barking and chewing problem i would buy bitter spray(you can find it at walmart or other petstores). dogs hate the taste. so they soon learn that when you show them the spray they will back down from what ever thay are doing. it does not hurt or harm the dog in any way.

http://www.perfectpaws.com/pup17.html

If you've just become the owner of a brand new pup, the first item on your agenda is, no doubt, house training. Pups need to eliminate as many as as six times a day, and the sooner you begin the house training process, the less damage your carpets and furnishings will suffer! Take heart, though. House training a puppy is easier than house training an adult dog. Prepare to invest some amount of time and effort into house training your puppy. If you can't spare time for house training, you should seriously reconsider your decision to get a dog. House training will require conditioning techniques, and will call for some effort on your part. If your pup grows into adulthood without being trained, you're relegating him to a life chained in your backyard, which is unfair to the dog.

The best training tool to begin the house training process is a crate. Get your dog a small wire mesh crate that is the perfect size for your little pet. Make sure that the crate is big enough to accommodate increases in size over the next few weeks, and small enough that he doesn't find a small corner of the crate to relieve himself in.

Initially, keep your dog in the crate for short periods of time, taking him out to the yard at regular intervals to get him to eliminate. If he does, lavish him with praise and giver him a reward. if he doesn't, take him back to the crate. Continue with this till you can see a pattern emerging. Over a period of days, your dog's toilet schedule will become clear. Being confined to the crate will help your dog learn to retain his urine and feces for longer periods of time.

Don't keep him confined for too long, however. If he relieves himself in the crate, it might set your training back by a few weeks. This is the part where you will need to invest time in - removing him from his crate at regular intervals, and taking him to the yard.

Always remember to reward any elimination. Don't punish any accident, however. All dogs have accidents along the way, and swatting his head with a newspaper or rubbing his nose in his own mess only makes your dog frightened to eliminate in your presence, which brings you back to square one, as far as potty training is concerned.

When there is an accident, clean it up, and make a note of the time. Have a toilet schedule in which you can write down the times in the days during which your dog urinated or defecated, so you'll have a better idea of what to expect.

Expect house training to continue over a period of time. This can be one of the hardest things to teach a dog, and a little patience and perseverance will go a long way.

Continue house training even at night. Your puppy has a smaller bladder and bowels, and will need to eliminate more often than an adult dog. Make a midnight potty run with your dog to establish elimination habits at night.

When there are accidents, show your disapproval immediately. Dogs don't have long term memory when it comes to their daily routine. When they eliminate inside the house, they forget what they have done almost immediately. So, if you find a mess in the house, and go looking for him to reproach him 10 minutes after he's actually done the deed, all angry at him and flustered, he has no idea what you're mad about because he just does not remember. Your dog doesn't have accidents to annoy you - on the contrary, dogs exist to make their owners happy. As an owner, its your responsibility to train your dog to behave the way you want him to. He'll be more than happy to oblige, if you just teach him right.

Another disadvantage of showing disapproval late is you risk establishing whatever behavior he was engaged in at that exact moment as undesirable. If he was drinking water from his bowl, and you barge in angry at his accident, he connects your disapproval to his drinking water. So, now he's completely clueless about what you want!

When your dog is out of the crate, watch out for tell tale signs of potty time. A dog who needs to urinate will walk round and round in circles, sniffing. When he exhibits this kind of behavior, stop whatever you're doing and take him outside.

Training your puppy not to chew up the house is sometimes a difficult job. Chewing objects is an inevitable part of a young puppies' life and this exploration can lead to an injured puppy or damaged property in your house. As puppies begin to teeth they want to chew on just about anything.

If you are out and return to your house and find that your young puppy or your dog has destroyed something, just ignore him until you've had an opportunity to both clean up and cool down. Beating and hitting your puppy is not only unkind but doesn't work. If your puppy is found chewing on something he shouldn't be, firmly say "no" and then gently take the object from him. Then you can immediately give him a more acceptable toy or the sock trick mentioned below. Then, as always, follow that up with some praise.

A quick little tip that can help train your puppy and give hime something to gnaw on while easing some of the pain. Just make sure to watch your pup if you use this tip.

Get a sock and put a bunch of semi-crushed ice cubes in it. After you've tied the top of the sock you can throw it back into the freezer. If your puppy begins to chew on something he shouldn't, get the old sock out and let him chew that instead.

Please don't let the puppy chew on this by himself with this sock as the puppy could tear off bits of the sock and choke on them.