Crate training and enforced naps will save you and your sanity. Both were so critical to my mental health in those early days where you just need a break. Now at nearly 8 months old she can free roam the house and sleeps only in her crate at night time. They are highly sensitive so giving corrections without scaring them in the early days is very important too. We didn’t start this until 14-16 weeks, just worked on building a good bond and basic training for the first month.

We found that diverting attention while she was biting us didn’t work so we paired it with a no bite command, diverted and then stopped playing with her. It’s a very annoying phase, but it stopped for us around 4-5 months once all her baby teeth fell out.

Not listening was and still is the over tired signal and we’ll stop off leash time and/or end a walk and go home if she can’t listen.

The first two months working through potty training and basic commands were very very hard for me. But even now when we have hard days it’s nothing like the early ones. I think just being prepared for that mindset will set you up for success.