So, I now have my boy!

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Landlord said yes and Charlie has been here just over a week! He's settled in well and is definately part of the family already. Charlie is 10 weeks old, due his 2nd injections on Sunday and extremely hyper at the moment. Not helped by the fact we are waiting for the fence to be repaired (it fell down in high winds.) I have taken him into garden and played, he goes into next doors garden but comes back with a shout, and long loud whistle.... However don't want him getting used to going in there, as happy as the neighbours are to see him.

Any advice to do with him now? Trying to paper train(although he seems to prefer the garden!) he will sit to the whistle, lie-down to voice, and come back with a loud long whistle and a treat. Although at the moment he seems to Respond to me more than anyone else.
Will be looking at puppy obedience classes and he is in a crate overnight and when we go out.
I would really appreciate any tips!

Oh and he's really nippy, we tell him know and ignore him but wondered if there's more we should be doing!

I also have a 10 wk old puppy! The breeder had started toilet training the litter and it's going well - we just go outside more or less every hour/after sleeping/meals/playing. I wouldn't paper train especially if she's already going outside.

Otherwise I've been taking pup out and about to the park/local shops/school gates to get her socialised. Pups of this age still need loads of sleep so we're just spending lots of time chilling at home - I want to have a relaxed dog not a hyper one. I think pups do like chewing/nipping more than anything else so we try to distract her with toys (soft toys/nylabone/raggy type things) but nothing beats fingers and toes. I'm hoping this stage will pass but trying not to get into bad habits.

We're starting puppy school in a couple of weeks - this is with an APDT trainer which was recommended on here. I refer to Gwen Bailey's PErfect Puppy a lot for advice in the meantime.

What breed is Charlie?

Thing is with the garden not being totally secure I don't want to take him out too much, we've not quite mastered the paper... But at least it's in the kitchen on a moppable floor! Charlie has loads of energy, not surprising really he's a springer spaniel! Hoping he'll sleep a lot more once we start walking! He comes on the school run sometimes, but spends most of the time whining because he wants to get down.
I also have that book, have picked up a few tips so far. Definately looking into puppy classes, and my breeder has said we can go over to him as he still has Charlie's mum, dad and sister and go for walks with them to help with training.

Oh I'm envious - I would love a liver and white (or any colour) springer. I've opted for a cavalier kcs purely from the point of view of me being a novice dog owner, having 2 cats and a fairly busy life. At least I get the spaniel ears which are totally adorable. I do intend to have an active life with her though (not just sitting on my lap snoozing as she's doing now). I'm looking forward to getting out and about with her next week though feel a bit anxious as she's so small at the moment. I guess we'll take it easy and I'll try to hook up with friends with dogs who can show her the ropes.

Enjoy your puppy!

Really don't do paper training - you'll make things much more confusing as effectively you'll end up teaching him twice. Firstly to wee on paper and then to stop that and move into the garden. Waste of time.

Keep going with outside only wees, and take him out on a very light lead if you're worried about the security of the garden.

When you start walking keep the walks short (usual rule of thumb is 5 mins per month of age) and make sure he has lots of calm and rest and that he learns to self settle. Puppies tend to run on adrenaline and get more and more hyper - they're not good at knowing when they're tired.

Enjoy him.

I'm going to ring my letting agent this week, see if we can fix the fence ourselves instead of messing around waiting for their gardener to do it... Poor pooch does seem to prefer outside. We live in a three storey house and if he see's me heading downstairs he whines thinking I'm going to the garden!
Aww cavalier bet she's a beaut! Me and eh couldn't agree on anything but a springer, that's how Charlie came about! When I rang the breeder they had no puppy's left, then rang me back the next day asking if I still wanted one as the other person's DW didn't want a dog after all... He was meant to be mine!

What important things do I need to be teaching him? We have sit, lie-down and recall (still practising mind you) obviously not to nip, toilet training and once we start walking "heel" "wait" we are trying with drop at the moment, and I'm thinking "leave it" would be handy for kids toys moments! Anything else?

Definitely agree about not teaching him to wee on paper - you are going to really confuse him by stopping him from doing something that you will want him to do further on. He needs to be on a lead when he wees anyway, firstly so he doesn't develop any issues about weeing while on a lead, and secondly so you can put a command word to it and give him a treat when he goes.

My father is kindly bringing me a windbreaker down later to put across the open bit of the fence, it's only a temporary measure but it might do the job and get Charlie in the garden!

Why are you trying to paper train if you've got a garden and he prefers it?!

Because my fence has fallen down in the wind and I'm unhappy with the thought of him escaping/going in next doors garden all the time.

Use a long line.

It's getting hold of one, I don't drive and it's a long walk to my nearest pet shop! We're going to put the windbreaker up for now until the fence is fixed, and I'll be getting onto the letting agent tomorrow about fixing it!