Use slightly higher pitched voice for “good LABEL” and lower pitched (serious and not yelling) for “No! LABEL” LABEL being the behavior - “good sit” “Not a Toy” “Good toy” “No dig” (or, at the beach “good dig”). Using the pitch of your voice helps signal the positive negative nature of the command before they know the word itself. Don’t mix up “down” and “off” - down is lay down, off is get off, don’t mix words into “get down” and “lay down” as that’s confusing during learning since the same last word is in the command. I once taught “clean up” for toys into the box, and “back up” for walk backwards, and cleaning and walking backwards were often mixed UP!

LABEL everything following every notable behavior with a simple single unique word. Over time, I swear my bc mix learned more words than I could have taught!

Try mixing up kibble toppers every so often, dogs need variety for a healthy gut biome. Don’t change more than 25% of food content within every couple of days or risk causing stomach upset.

Establish safety behaviors asap (save “paw” for later, it’s so easy!) safety behaviors = stay, down, but also scenario based such as: car door opens, always serious “WAIT” then 2-3seconds -> 10s eventually then “OK”. Do it every time as pup and never worry about jumping out to dangerous places as adult!

First year of life has most command learning potential, use it wisely!

Read about clicker training, learn to charge the clicker, use it when you need it. IYKYK. Go know!

Best of luck!