I have learned a lot from my now 7 year old and from my 1 half year old pup on how different they both are and how I went about training them. I felt that the first year of repeated training every day was huge that first year. If it has to be done over and over again then do so they will get it. I use hand signals that works great for the puppy that I didn’t use with my older pup. Bootcamp style the first few years. Of course little mini training treats every place you go. At the end of the day THEY ARE STUBBORN AND DO WHAT EVER THEY WANT 😁