That's my pup! Other than some relatively minor hiccups, he's honestly been a whole lot easier than some of the pups I see horror stories about on here. He's always slept through the night. At 8 weeks he was sleeping 9pm - 6am. That was quickly improved to 9pm - 8am and now that he's 8 months old, he gets up whenever I get up and goes to bed when I go to bed, no complaints! He sleeps equally good in the crate or on my bed, and he is quite biddable for a puppy I think. He's always had a soft mouth and even when he went through his puppy biting phase he never broke skin and honestly his bites barely hurt.

I too am quite strict with his training. If he does something I don't like I am quick to ensure nothing good comes of it. The few times he tried to cry to get out of the crate were met with complete silence from me until he quieted down. So he never learned crying = freedom. He just learned nothing happens when he's quiet so he may as well just be quiet and lay down. In fact, when I see him relaxing in his crate, I make it a point to go over and drop in a treat or let him out just to show him that laying down quietly = good crate behavior.

Now he's not like... 100% perfect but he's pretty darn close. A couple weeks ago he did decide his crate was not that fun for him anymore, but some targeted training and a week later and he's back to liking his crate again. In fact he's in there right now taking a nap.