I am working on the 3 basics for my 10 week old pup, sit, down, and come, using treats while doing this. I spend 3-5 minutes each time doing this several times a day and things are going great until my 2 year old daughter and wife come into the picture.

Sasha my pup ( german shepard ) is easily distracted when it comes to my daughter and doesn't listen at all, she constantly nips on all of us, and never stops jumping, when I give the command to come she doesn't, when SIT is said she does for a milli second then off she goes again.

When I train with my pup were outside on the deck going through the drillz, once in the house though all is forgotten and utter mayhem is underway. The pup chews on my daughters toys like its going out of style, or trying to chew on one of us. I have tried to distract her with her toys but that doesn't seem to work.

When I take the bundle of joy out for a walk with the family she constantly tugs on the leash, I don't want to teach bad habits off the bat and then have to correct her later. I am using a basic coller right now. How does one train the pup to walk right beside you or HEAL while walking.

Our newest addition ( Sasha ) is a family dog, but I want her trained properly so that when I deploy with the forces she can be well in hand for my wife.

I have watched Your puppy 8 weeks to 8 months, Establishing Pack Structure with the family Pet, and Basic dog Obedience.

With all the knowledge out there I am seeking some guidance for a new trainer ( myself ) on how to do this right the first time, and enjoy doing this.

Thank you in advance for the help, Dave

Nipping- redirection with a toy (tug, ball, squeeky thingy). Give the puppy something more interesting than you hands/pants to chase and nip. You must make the toy come alive! Dead prey is boring.

Distraction- it's to be expected at this stage.
Don't try to train or ask for obedience when distractions are present.

Chewing on inappropriate objects- if the pup can't reach 'em, the pup can't chew 'em.

Not coming when called- A dog on a leash, ALWAYS comes. Puppies should be on a long line any time they are not in their crate. Period. Don't call a distracted dog. Don't ask ANYTHING of a distracted dog.

Heeling is taught in the home, without distraction. Have you read the Marker Training E-book yet?

I haven't read the book yet, like I said I'm new to training a dog and would like to do it properly.

Distracting my pup with toys is what I'm doing but she seems really smart in the fact that she goes for the hand instead of the toy, knowing thats whats making it come alive. Once she sinks her teeth in it she gets the glint in her eyes that my daughters body in general looks more tasty and goes for her, guess the lead would stop that.

I didn't realize I should have the lead on her while in the house at all times, I was doing that for a bit but Sasha was wrapping my daughter up in it tripping her up, both of them are pretty much same height.

Thank you for the info.

I use a short 4 foot lead with NO handle on my pup in the house. He is never without a lead on except when he is in his crate. (if you look closely you can see it in the pic below)

The lead make sit easier to get a hold of him when he gets into trouble or starts to get into trouble and needs some redirection.

Leerburg sells a really nice one. I made the mistake of trying to make one out of an existing lead I had - was too slippery - so I bought the one here and it works great.