Collars and Toys

Today, I thought I should begin introducing Yippee to a collar. I first made sure all the other dogs were exercised and then put them away. Yippe had a short play session and potty time. I filled my pockets with cookies, and headed out into the sunshine for collar intro.
I put some of her kibble on the ground while I attatched her collar. I then fed her from my hand, I feed her one meal a day from my hand, as I touched her collar. I am praising her the entire time and talking about the collar. Then I take it off and repeat it again. Putting food on the ground, hooking up her collar, putting my hands on and around the collar while feeding her from my other hand.
Toys and Yippee. Yip is very toy motivated. She loves to play with them and interact with you at the same time. Raising a pup is like raising a child, and I am tired!
I have lots of chew toys around and use them to work on biting gently, no fingers, and to practice the come command. I am always naming the behavior. Come, look, wait, and so forth.
I never let her keep rope toys or stuffed toys unsupervised. They can pull of strings that don't digest and can cause serious problems.
Crate training is very important to me. She sleeps through the night, oh yes it is great, and doesn't complain too much.
The first day was rough and I kept repeating, "good dog trainers don't let puppies out when they cry"! My instinct is to run and let her out, anything to stop the screaming. It only lasted a short time, and then she came out. I throw cookies and toys in there for her to get them.
She sleeps only in her kennel.