I am having trouble finding a dog trainer that will come to my home and work with me and my puppy.?

Wow, you are in TROUBLE!!!!!

4 weeks old?! That puppy learns to not have separation anxiety or bite to hard and so, so, so, so, so many thing from its mom and litter mates between 4-8 weeks of age.

You don't just need the first trainer that will come to your house, you need someone with YEAS AND YEARS of experience, not only with training dogs and puppies, but with raising little puppies as your dog is missing key Dog on Dog communication skills it will need for the rest of your life.

She is NOT to young for a trainer, she needs one RIGHT NOW!!

I'm hope you've brought her to the vet to keep up with the shots she need to be vaccinated as puppies need lots of shots, ask your vet to recommend a good dog breeder you could talk to on top of a dog trainer.

You should start today

- Crate training

- Leaving her for short periods of time

- Not biting ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnIgCMiztR0 )

- Being handled

- Basic Obedience, Sit, Down, Stay

- Find healthy / vaccinated dogs that you puppy can socialize with

- Get professional help, NO amount of reading can make up for hands on experience, find someone who has it and ask them for help

You paid 25$ for the puppy, well you'll be making that up the rest of his life, as most people who sell puppies like that don't do health testing on the parents, so be ready for more vet and now more training bills.

Most beagles go from 500$ - 1000$, take some of that $$ you saved and invest in training right now because you'll have the pup for 10+ years and it could be great or trouble depending on how the 1st year of its life goes

You are going to need to find a trainer. Your puppy is an perfect example of why a puppy needs to be a minimum of 8 weeks before leaving mom and litter mates. the man you got her from is a greedy horrible BYB. Depending on where you live he was most likely breaking the law. Most states require pups are 8 weeks before they can leave mom.

She nips/bites because she hasn't learned bite inhibition, she pees when you pick her up because she has submissive issues and not enough confidence, she has separation anxiety from loosing litter mate sand mom too soon so now she is afraid to be left. You are going to have a long training road and conditioning ahead. I would find a trainer ASAP.

Here's a website where you can do a dog trainer search in your area. All the trainers on her are APDT certified so you know they'll be qualified. It's really important that you find more dogs for your dog to interact with. I would definitely recommend that you find a trainer on her that does group classes so that your dog can meet other dogs. If not he will run into problems when he is an adult as he will not be used to being around other dogs and may be nervous or even aggressive.

She's too young for a trainer. You need to do some reading on puppy rearing in general and separation anxiety specifically. There is a reason it is illegal in many states to sell or give away a puppy less than 8 weeks old. They need that time to learn to be a dog from their mother and their litter mates.

Something is wrong with this picture. Airlines won't take a pup until it's 8 weeks old....was he shipping them by pony express? She is too young for training other than some inducive stuff like "sit for a treat". 15, not the majority, of States have a law against selling pups prior to 8 weeks of age. On the other hand, separation from mom & litter is best done at 6 weeks. Most breeders sell the pups at 8 weeks so they have at least one set of shots. The pups learn NOTHING from staying with the litter other than who is dominant and who is submissive. Leaving litters together too long often leads to behavior problems...most commonly dog aggression. Puppies learn NOTHING from chasing their mother trying to nurse after they're already weaned. Bite inhibition is a term created by idiots that like to humanize dogs to a point of gathering the family together for birthday parties. Puppies bite, chew, eat, sleep, s_h_i_t and whine (and of course, if she's stuck with some idiot that won't get her away from her littermates, she gets to fight and chase her mother).....get over it. Call a trainer when she's 4-5 months old.