The easiest way to break bad habits in your dog is to never let them start in the first place. You don't have to "break" a dog from barking at everything when he has never formed the barking habit.
You won't have to "Break" your dog form chewing and tearing up everything if your dog never STARTS chewing your stuff.
It all takes simple and basic dog obedience training. Your dog needs to learn what is acceptable behavior and what is not.
This all starts the first time you bring a dog into your home, and he becomes a part of your family. The dog will not know what behavior is correct unless you tell and show your dog.
Now puppies are easier because they are young and should not have may bad habits. Puppies learn through play the same way every other baby species on the planet learns.
If you watch Mother dogs with their litters, she will allow her pups to play with little intervention, but when the pups get too rough or when the pups do not obey her commands, the mother dog corrects the young pup. She does not hurt the pups, she rolls the bad pup on its back when it has not been obeying her, and then she stands over the pup.
This behavior and action tells the pup that he is not in charge and that he WILL do as he is told. (Putting a dog on his back is a form of submission in the dog world.) You must use the same kind of techniques with your puppy that a mother dog uses.
When playing with your puppy, for example, and he nips your hand, roll him over and his back and firmly say "NO!" With you hovering over him.
Don't play with the puppy in a way that encourages him to bark. He will learn that barking is entertainment, and you don't want that to happen.
When you play with your puppy, you always need to be in charge of the play. The puppy will learn that you are in charge of him. He will recognize you as the alpha dog of his new pack "your family" and you can simply prevent a lot of bad behavior if you play with your puppy in ways that don't teach him bad habits.
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