In such cases, try sleeping the puppy in a room where it is able to hear or smell someone's presence. In the wild, a particular dog will dominate the remaining members of the pack. It is very important to remember this when you are disciplining your dog. In the home environment you and your family are the pack. The dog must not be allowed to consider itself superior to any member of the human family pack.
Dogs learn by linking cause and effect.
You teach your puppy by showing it pleasure or displeasure at what it has achieved. Both responses must be clear and immediately given. It is far better to catch the puppy in the act of misbehaving. For instance, it is no use calling the puppy to you and then reprimanding it for something that it has done, as it will associate the reprimand with having come to you. Voice plays a very major part in praising or disciplining your puppy.