My best tips would be firstly to look for a good puppy preschool. Find someone qualified (google delta society). There are plenty of unqualified people who run them but if you get someone who doesn't know what they are doing then they can set up lasting negative experiences in your puppy. Puppy preschool is partly about positive training, partly about how to survive puppies and a lot about socialising your puppy appropriately. It is a time of strong imprinting so that is why good socialisation is important during puppyhood.

Regarding treats you definitely don't have to use treats all of the time. You just have to use rewards - note that means whatever is rewarding to the puppy - not necessarily what you think they should find rewarding. For some puppies that means treats, some means pats and play, some means a special toy. Treats are most commonly used because they are motivating for most puppies and easy to use. Generally what you would do is reward every time until the puppy has learnt the target skill, then you taper it off so you reward less often and less predictably. That seems to discourage extinction of a skill (where they stop doing it) most effectively.

I wrote another post recently regarding dog training so won't repeat it all.
https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...-training.html


Regarding TT take them out at regular intervals to the same spot each time. The best times are as soon as they wake after sleeping, half and hour after eating and drinking, and then every hour or so during the day. Unfortunately puppy bladders dont last through the night so either resign yourself to that temporarily or get up at least once. Crate training is a great way to help TT along and is likely to be covered in a puppy preschool class. Dogs naturally dont like to soil their bedding area so they will try to hold their bladder and this takes advantage of that.

I hope this helps. Enjoy your puppy!