New duck dog is home- questions abound!

I hope you have a kennel. And immediately.

The mom died at 4 weeks... Ran over by a car

Do you foresee any behavioral issues due to this?

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And again and again & so on
Nice looking pup

Get the book by the monks of new skete called how to be your dogs best friend, it will help a whole lot with general training. I would suggest findin someone close by with a duck dog and get them to teach you how to teach your dog.

Biggest issue w getting a pup that young is, they forget they are dogs.....

Be sure it socialized w other dogs

The litter mates teach each other how to interact with others. For example: a puppy bites another one too hard while playing, the others will quit playing with that one and it learns to not be an a-hole to others. A puppy seperated at a young age (less than 8 weeks) is going to bite the shite out of you while playing if it hasn't been taught this by its litter mates. They are very impressionable about stuff like this at a young age.

I do the same but wouldn't over do grabbing the snout because it is pretty young
Bill Hillman has a good puppy training video
Mike Lardy and Danny Farmer have great training videos for advanced stuff
Water dog leaves too many questions unanswered like you said
And the others are correct about plenty of socialization with other dogs because of what he will miss

The method and harshness of correction depends on the dog, you just have to find what works. Sometimes if one bites you TOO hard you can just ignore it for a few minutes, others you have to damn near beat with a 2x4. Get a few toys, notice I said a few toys, 2 or 3 and make sure one is a bone, it will have something to bite besides you.

What zac said. Is the beginning of it