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House training is like changing diapers except you have by cujays96

to go outside. It may require you to take the dog outside every few hours, even in the middle of the night just to ensure they it doesn't go inside. Lavish the dog with praise when it pees or poops outside.

We trained our dogs to ring a bell hung from the back door when they had to go out. We would take their paw and hit the bell, then let them out. They catch on pretty quickly.

Give the dog something to chew on or it will find something. Labs love to chew.

If you don't want the dog on the furniture, establish that pretty quickly with the dog and get the whole family to buy in. If you have one weak link in the chain, you are going to fail.

Buy good dog food - Eukanuba or Blue Buffalo. Canines are like humans in that if you feed them crappy food, their shit will be weird.