Meet King! (Plus a few questions)

Hi everyone, finally signed up after reading tons of info and looking at a lot of threads. Extremely helpful place with great people! A little about myself, I've raised a few puppies to adult throughout my lifetime, most recently a beagle and boxer. (ex gf has the beagle, and retired coworker's boxer passed and she took mine when I took a traveling job for work).



I'm no longer traveling and have time for a pup/dog again. I've had King for two weeks and he's just around 10 weeks old. Things are going, for the most part, extremely well. He's crate trained entirely, has never had an accident in it--not even once. Throw a warm water bottle in it and a clock on top and he sleeps through the night typically. He's nearly house trained, he typically has one accident a day we're too slow to catch, but he knows going outside is the right thing and = praise/treat. I've personally taught him how to sit, come, and name recognition--working on the down position and consistency for all under distraction now--puppy cl$#@! start soon.



Where I could use advice... unfortunately, prior to me picking the pup up, I had a death in the immediate family and had to change plans. I moved in with my grandfather immediately, committing to a year, to help him in my uncles absence. He has a yard and has had dogs in the house before. The great thing is that he spends half a day with the dog outside (supervised, he and I never allow him outside unsupervised), and the dog spends most of the time out of the crate while in the house with him. He takes him to go do his business, plays with him, and has affection for him. The problem is trying to get him consistent with how I'm training/raising the dog. I give no attention or redirect when the dog jumps...he welcomes it. When the dog chews something other than a toy, I catch immediately, redirect..he sometimes misses. And worst of all, if the dog does something like destroy something (which has happened twice), he'll tap him on the but and say no. I've seen it once, and although it's a very, very light tap, I've corrected him as it's a huge no no..it drove me nuts.



I'm somewhat stressing out over it, but all in all, even on the nights and weekends when I'm around them both (even when they both can't see me from the other room lol), he does really well. I'm coaching him on everything and he's open to feedback... but I still worry about when I'm not there. He has a care-taker that comes over 4hrs a day and I've coached her on schedule and what are no-no's, it's been a big help. Am I over-thinking it all? Could use some advice. Sorry for the long post and thanks in advance!

Meet King! (Plus a few questions)