I was at a friend's house today and they have a 5 month old terrier mix puppy named Maggie. I tought the pup how to sit and the famil asked me to help teach her more obedience. I'm use to training older dogs at the animal shelter to sit, come, stay, paw, but I've never trained a puppy before. I'm planing to own a puppy in the future and I think this will be a good experience. I looking up on dog training websites all over to find the best postive training techiniques. They mainly want me to help with ~

Come comand
Stop happy and nervous pee accidents
Stop barking at other dogs
Stop biting at people

The last time I saw Maggie was after Christmas when they first got her. She was a biting machine and hated to be handled. She always bite your hand when you try to pet her. She improved ALOT! She mostly just licks at your hands now, but still bites at one time or another. She doesn't seem to have any problem biting at furnitures or wires. She is fine when handled until she sees someone new and wants to greet them.

Maggie has a problem with peeing when she is nervous or happy. When I first came into their home Maggie was in the kichen. She saw me and got excited wanting to greet me then she peed. She peed once more in the living room. I was playing with her and she got a hand of a pencil and started chewing on it. I ran around trying to chase her to take the pencil away. I got her trapped in the corner and thats where she did it.

She is a terrier and of course she will want to bark. I told the family to don't give her any attention when she barks or whine in her crate and when playing with her. They say on her walks she barks at other dogs.

She responds really well with treats.

For come:  Use the puppies name at EVERY meal time, then progress to getting the puppy to go between two people (perhaps sitting on the living room floor - with the humans legs spread to guide the puppy into coming in close for a fuss and perhaps a game).  the progress to garden and then outside (leave lead attached if worried) when the puppy is cleared for going outside by the vet.  Encourage the pup by using a light, happy voice and geting down low with open arms, drop shouldars and avert gaze if the pup seems anxious.

Stopping submissive weeing - have a good relationship with your pup is always a good start, being predictable and not punishing for mistakes.  Even then, some pups (particularly bitches, ESS and SBT's seem to be particularly bad for this) will persist - in which case taking them outside to greet can help (as there's no mess to worry about) and encouraging them to 'sit' when greeting anyone is invaluable IMHO

Stop barking at other dogs - make sure pup is well socialised, especially during the critical 'fear impact' periods - 12 weeks onwards, and 6 months or so.

Stop biting people - say 'Ow!' and refuse to play for a few minutes.  Encourage play with something such as a ragger - but stop playing if pup makes contact with teeth on your skin.  Be aware of turning into a squeaky toy!  Are you sure this pup is biting and not mouthing?  Biting hurts - mouthing shows good bite control..........  Personally I'd discourage both (I've learnt the hard way that teaching a dog bite control is not the same as teaching them not to mouth, my BC x ESS still takes a wrist in her mouth when she's pleased to see me, she doesn't hurt, but it's become so much part of what makes her my dog, I don't want to put her through the strain of training it out)

HTH