• Take your puppy outside little and often, whatever the weather - use an umbrella if necessary
• Take your puppy outside after a meal, a drink, a play, a nap, and first thing in the morning - before putting the kettle on!
• If you use an indoor kennel (crate), try and split it into 3 sections - one third for sleeping (put their blanket/bed here), one third for playing/eating (toys/bowls), and one third for toileting (put newspaper, puppy pads or a piece of sod here) ... if you use sod, your puppy will become quickly used to toileting on grass.
• When cleaning up piddles and poops indoors, use an ammonia-free cleaner like white vinegar.  Remember that puppy pee contains ammonia and if you're using a standard household cleaner to removed the stain/smell, you're actually putting more ammonia on the floor and therefore saying to your puppy "hey, the toilet is right here"!
• When your puppy piddles and poops outside, don't just tell him "good dog", give him a serious reward like a little piece of cheese or sausage.  Remember that dogs don't communicate using verbal language like humans, so you can praise your puppy all you want with your voice, but they won't have a clue what you're talking about!
• Dogs and puppies will try their hardest not to pee in the area they sleep in, and so all the more reason to be extra diligent when they are young to ensure they have plenty of wee stops outside.  Remember, 20 x 2 minute wee stops are better for a young animal than 5 x 30 minute wee stops.
• Puppies have very small bladders and are unable to hold their pee for too long.  They are also unable to plan ahead - it's a case of "I need to pee, and I need to pee now"!
• If your puppy eats their own poop, it usually means their diet needs changing so check the ingredients of the food you're giving your puppy and avoid the following ingredients:  Cereals (this means there's wheat in the food, which is not good for a dog's digestion and can cause all sorts of  consequences on both behaviour and health); Meat and animal derivatives (this means there's no meat in the food, only what's left after the meat has been removed from the bone); EC permitted antioxidants/colourings/preservatives (this means there are chemical preservatives/colours (E numbers) in the food - E320 and E321 are BHA and BHT, both of which are banned from use in human food, and colourings such as E102 Tartrazine, which is know to cause hyperactivity in children).
• There are many ingredients in many dog treats and food that can cause problems for dogs both in terms of behaviour and health, so always check the ingredients list to see what you're putting in your puppy.  Remember, what you put in is what you get out!

Remember, puppy training classes are for every puppy - you will learn much more than just teaching the pup to come when called and sit when told.  House training, biting, teething, chewing (and how to prevent it), are just some of the things covered in the Puppy Experience course run by We Train Any Dog.  And at just £59 for a 6-week course, including information handouts, it is seriously good value for money.