Dog Health Questions: Can someone give me some dog/training commands and techniques?

My puppy now approx.10 or 11 weeks old is picking up some bad habits from the next door neighbors dogs. She barks at everything even my kids. She whines constantly. She tries to jump on my couches and she chews on everything except for what I give her to chew on. I have never trained a dog/puppy before and really need some help. How do you know when your pup is house trained? She hasn't had an accident in the house in about a week until last night. She followed me upstairs and peed all over my sons bed spread before I could get her back downstairs. She had just come back into the house from using watering the grass! Was this because it was new territory for her? Was she marking it? I really need some help. Do I treat train? I need basic commands i.e sit, down, stay, come. I also need one for her to go into her crate. I did the treat thing for about a week and it worked. The lady that told me to try it said that after a week stop giving her the treat and she should go in on her own. That didn't happen! Now when I tell her to go in (that's the command I was using) she runs and hides under the couch after she realizes that I don't have a treat. I end up having to drag her out and carry her to the crate. Someone please tell me what to do. Thank you!

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for one, realizing she's yet a young puppy and has a lot to learn is something you need to realize. do you have her on a schedule for going potty outside? if not, then you need to make one for when your at home. such as about a ten minutes to twenty minutes after she eats, walk around outside with her and praise her when she does the deed.
most animals respond to tone of voice using a low yet firm tone and saying "un unh!" will usually get their attention if their doing something wrong.
when your crate training her, using the treat is a good idea; it gives her the sense this is a good place to be and makes you happy she goes in there. it's possible that your using the wrong tone when trying to get her without the treat, try using a reassuring tone and giving her lots of love and pets. also you could try leaving her favorite chew toy inside the crate instead of a treat.
but for the most part when training any dog or puppy, be constaint with your training, but also realize that the puppy will have a short attention span, so keep the daily training to about a half hour at a time, as she gets older you extend the amount of time you train with her. good luck and hope i helped!!

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• She is WAY TO YOUNG to train, for goodness sake. Hopefully you got the pup from a reputable breeder who should be able to answer your questions and concerns. If she's running and hiding under the couch, your are probably punishing the poor thing. Please seek some professional advice.


• Here is my website that will answer most of your questions. I own 7 Golden Retrievers, they live in the house, and most of them I have raised from puppies. They are all excellent behaved dogs.
  
  http://www.all-about-goldens.com
  
  Hope this helps!


• give him food as a treat ...Ido that to my chihuahua!ALWAYS WORKS!


• Find a good trainer. You have too many questions that can be answered fully online


• Sounds like you need to enroll in a basic training class.
  Start with something like puppy kinder garden or something like that.
  It will get you started at least.
  Then see if the trainer can recommend a book that would give you the basics and get you going.
  Training is a life long process and something you need to do all along the dogs life.
  
  At 10-11 weeks she is not marking territory she is not house broken and will not be for months. Treat training is fine but as you see they do not always mind when you do not have a treat. I do use them but not all the time. Pay off like a slot machine treat at times but not every time.
  Try a command like kennel up or something for her to get in the crate.
  Keep it simple and nothing that you would use for anything else.
  
  I consider the basics stuff like.
  Sit
  Stay
  Down
  Off
  Come
  Crate up
  Collar up
  and basic house and human manners.
  Good luck with you pup


• First of all what kind of pet is it? Thats what it depends on. But heres some tricks for all dogs.
  When you want the dog to go in its crate say "go in" and if your puppy doesnt, then when you drag it out from under the couch say, "BAD PUPPY NO", be very carefull. Another thing you can try is to say "go nunights (night nights)" and then run toward the cage, garenteed to work. Next when leaving say " going bubyes" and again walk toward the cage. Eventually your dog will catch on. Everynow and then you can give it a treat but DON'T SPOIL IT TO MUCH!!
  
  Good luck with that, and if you need anymore help, ask again and i'll most-likely post again.