Reddit reviews Family Friendly Dog Training: A Six Week Program for You and Your Dog
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I love the freedom harness.
Part of the job is to get him to "look at me" to heel by staying next to your knee. With a puppy, food is a reward, so as you are walking treat pouch on right hip, dog on the left. Have a treat ready and when he looks at you, INSTANTLY offer the treat. Takes effort, but being consistant is key. One he has that down, treat and YESS, is all that is needed, eventually going to just a verbal YESS.
Excellent book:
Family Friendly Dog Training: A Six Week Program for You and Your Dog
What you said sounds good for a basic intro - you can go into the specifics of your planned exercise and work schedule and preferences once you make initial contact.
Hope you like the book! It's a good concise but broad roadmap to adopting an adult dog. After you read it, if you find yourself wanting more detail about the nitty-gritty of training, I found her Family-Friendly Dog Training also really helpful - a lot of training books focus on puppies, but this one is written with new-to-you dogs of any age in mind, and gives you a nice six-week plan.
Also, if you want to read more about this technique, consider picking up this book: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1891767119
Patricia McConnell really knows her stuff.
Based on reading your other comments in this thread ,you're not being consistent enough, and you're not being patient. Training is about consistency, especially with a puppy.
Training doesn't happen overnight. It takes months and months to reinforce these behaviors. You need to be patient and realize that your dog isn't doing ANY of these things 'on purpose' or to purposefully disobey you.
I highly recommend this book: http://www.amazon.com/Family-Friendly-Dog-Training-Program/dp/1891767119/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1453856024&sr=8-2&keywords=patricia+mcconnell
Patricia Mcconnell is an excellent, positive-reinforcement dog traininer and this will help your pup get started off on the right paw.
Be careful with muzzles. They can be very constricting and harmful to the dog.
Patricia McConnell's books are really pretty great (short, to the point, reward-based). Here's one that may be what you're looking for.
If you want a puppy guide, I'd check out this book or this one.
For a more general dog training guide, check out this one or this one.
Hope this helps!