Puppy Training 101

Tim has been around for about two and a half weeks now, I had no idea puppies were so cute, yet so destructive. I am currently reading two books on how to train this puppy the right way, some stuff works with him and some stuff does not. Overall he is a great dog, and just like a baby he pretty much eats, sleeps, poops, plays, and repeats. Most nights he wakes up at about 4am to go to the bathroom then he goes right back to sleep. He has been a real challenge at times though, it is just an adjustment getting used to a new body in the house, and a very needy one at that. Pointer's require a lot of exercise so my current days consist of long walks/jogs with him, running circles around the house, trying to get him house trained, and then sneaking around when he sleeps so I do not wake him.
He is really smart though, he already sits and lays down on command (usually because he gets a treat). He loves people when we are on walks if he sees another person he just wants to run up to them and play, so I am working on him trying to calm down a little. He gets distracted very easily, and loves to chew on EVERYTHING. We bought some bitter spray and it seems to be helping. He still thinks that peeing in the house is okay, so that is our biggest challenge as of current. He also freaks out if he thinks we left him, he has separation anxiety and it is bad.
The first 20 weeks of his life are the most crucial for the kind of dog he is going to be though, we are at week 12, so another 8 weeks of puppy bootcamp to whip him into tip top shape. He certainly knows right from wrong he just does not always choose correctly.

We took him to the beach this past weekend though and he loved it! I just can not get enough of his sweet face!

He loved the sand!

He kind of loved the ocean