Advice on puppies please

Hey Everyone

Hope you and all your staffies are well i am here to ask for some guidance again so a quick update Jinx and Leo have now settled onto their dry food and are going to the loo with no problems now which is a relief basically i am struggling with the disapline when it comes to the biting because when im telling one not to bite i have the other one chewing my other arm, leg, toe, ear, hair lol basically anything they can latch onto what is the best way to get the message across to the puppies that biting hurts alot and we do not want it to continue and another thing i would like to know is i would like my staff to respond to only a few command words so the ones im using at the moment are sit and leave it what other 2 should i use as i only really want 4 and help as always will be much appreciated thank you

that what all puppies do you just be consistent with him remember you cant train a dog over night it take time


some useful page you may want to read
http://staffy-bull-terrier.com/stop_your_staffy_puppy_biting
http://staffy-bull-terrier.com/chewing
http://staffy-bull-terrier.com/protecting_your_home_and_puppies
http://staffy-bull-terrier.com/house_training
http://staffy-bull-terrier.com/10_things_you_should_teach_your_staffie_before_its_a_year_old

Read the links Steve gave for how to deal with the biting, it might take a while but with patience and consistent training, they'll learn

As for commands, why do you only want a few? Off the top of my head, sit, stay, come, lie down, leave it, drop it, heel.

2 puppies

I can give you 2 command phrases

"Oh FFS will you put that down"

"You little B********d leave your brother alone"

But 2 more short ones are difficult

Seriously though ><

Watch me and Come , have to be the other 2 if that is really how much you want to limit yourself

I'm not sure you should only have 4 commands, I don't think that will cover every thing?

They will be able to learn more over time, for me Stay, Come, Leave and Wait are probably the most important but then it's good to be able to do sit and down, heel for lead walking, watch me or whatever you choose to get their attention and they have to understand what no means too.

No, I don't think four is enough. I read that dogs can understand 1000 (or thousands, I don't remember) words, so four is easy. But don't think it'll cover much at all.

Why only four?

The first things I teach are...

Leave
Sit
Down
Stay
Come
Heel
Wait

Then others follow!

only wanted to start with a few then move on to more as they got bigger as they are only 7 weeks so will keep them all in mind thanks everyone for the comments

Unfortunately consistency is the way forward short terms used will aid you in your training but you will need plenty of patience training 2 pups of the same age in any aspect is hard work... Can I just ask are these pups litter brothers?

There are others that have far more training experience than I, however I can tell you that Chiquito is 14 weeks (with me almost four weeks) and knows sit, lay down, wait, gentle and drop (as in a ball), he is getting better at beside, come and roll over and is now learning leave ... they seem to learn really quickly and I find that using a variety of commands in his training sessions keeps him more interested

As for the biting, I only have one and working on the biting feels like a full time job so I don't envy you with two to work with!! As said above, consistency seems to be the trick though, so keep doing what you are doing