Apollo is beautiful :3
We took our dogs out constantly. Like when we had two puppies, it was every 45 min when I was home and sometimes they'd still have an accident in the house. Didn't rub their nose in it or beat their ass or anything, but I would shame and guilt them while cleaning it up and incorporate "outside" in there. We also had puppy pads by the door on the tile and they were praised for using that, and with it being by the door, it connects the door to going out to potty. It was a convenient place to pick them up mid-accident and set them on the pad to finish, like you've been doing with taking him out.
I tied a string with a bell to the door handle and would jiggle it when asking if they needed to go outside, and eventually Meiko started pawing it herself when they needed out. But I mostly did it because they don't bark. My parents dogs would always bark or "whisper" (which is a very handy trick to train dogs that bark lol "No.... Whisper...") when they need out.
We had crates and kennels for the dogs, which are awesome if the dog likes it. I always put old pillows and sheets in there. It's basically a luxury hotel. No toys or bones or anything because crate means sleep. And I very rarely put them in there while being punished. Sometimes I had to because I was cleaning up something they destroyed, but if you link it to punishment, they won't use it and they will be pissed if you put them in it, including barking/whining. We have a small kennel we got when they were babies and a huge kennel that fit all 3 dogs, and Kobe won't let me put the little one away. He loves that thing so much and is pissed because I took it out of the bedroom. He's been protesting by taking half of my side of the bed.
It's easy to teach them tricks with food, but I start them very young wanting to do tricks for praise (Kobe's an asshole, so I won't scratch his belly until he does his trick instead). They just seem to respect us much more when tricks aren't solely tied to food. Meiko will just do tricks cause she loves us, and she's the one that can sneak outside and will listen to us to stop and sit so she doesn't run away. Kobe however, is an asshole. He's laying on my feet right now though :3
As far as chewing, pick up as much of your stuff as possible. Shame and guilt and replacing with their own toy works well. I hope I won't guilt my kids as much as the dogs, but they get upset when I'm upset, so when I pretend to have my feelings hurt by their decision to eat my shoe, they slink away in shame pretty quick. Meiko will even come make up with me after. But if we yelled at them, they just did it more to spite us. Damn shibas...
This ended up being really long, but I just love dogs so much
There's nothing more rewarding and adorably awkward than teaching an 8 week old puppy how to sit and high five. :3
