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Advice on Training new puppy

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Question
Hi, My husband and I have just bought a Mini Dachshund Puppy. His name is Dylan and he was born 7-23-05. He is paper trained and will urinate only when I walk him on a leash outside. How do I get him to go outside when I walk him? We live in the country and can not take a chance of him out without a leash and collar on him. He has very strong hunting instincts. I gave him a bed to sleep on in the kitchen and he started urinating on it. So I took the bed and washed it and he still urinated on it so I took it from him. He now sleeps in the kitchen with no bed. I could use some help in training him to stop biting when he is playful! I correct him but does not work all of the time. We want him to develop into a loving well behaved companion in our lives for as long as he lives. If you can help me with basics on how to correct him with unacceptable behavior I would appreciate it. I would appreciate any thing you can think of that I need to know to be successful in training him, Thanks, Linda

Answer
I am not sure you worded the question the way you wanted.  To retrain from a paper inside, to outside, take the paper outside, a used one is best.  When he uses the paper outside, praise him.  Make sure he knows he is the best little dog there is.  Eventually, he may not need the paper outside.  

Young Labs, which I know best, and other puppies tend to very bad about
biting.  You see a litter of them, and all the ones that are awake are biting
another one or themselves.  I am not even sure they realize that when they are
alone, if they quit biting, they would quit being bitten.  At 3 to 4 months
they are getting their adult teeth, and it seems they spend every waking
moment biting or chewing.  I maintain a Lab's favorite chew toy is another
Lab.  Otherwise they settle for any person they can.  They keep hoping to find
one that won't yelp and jerk their hand away, or growl "Bad dog." and clamp
their mouth shut.  Then offer a chew toy.  They keep trying despite hundreds
of corrections.   Another good technique is to quit playing and go away.   Be
sure to praise them when they are playing nice and not biting.

You just have to keep on correcting them, hundreds of times, not dozens.
Provide sturdy, safe toys such as Kongs and Nylabones.  Avoid things they can
chew pieces off and choke on them.  Keep them away from electrical cords.
Crates are essential for most young Labs and other dogs.

Obedience train him too.  Many people fail to do so with small dogs.  The dogs see all the
people and dogs in the household as a pack with each having their own rank in
the pack and a top dog.  Life is much easier if the 2 legged pack members
outrank the 4 legged ones.  You can learn to play the role of top dog by
reading some books or going to a good obedience class. A good obedience class
or book is about you being top dog, not about rewarding standard commands with
a treat. Start at http://www.dogsbestfriend.com/