First time owner!

Congrats on your new cockapoo puppy!
We adopted our girl when she was older, so no puppy stage for us this time (I had a beagle pup before though, so have been there!)
Our cockapoo Jersey is just about 4 years old, shes very relaxed, loves loves loves her walks...a real nature girl! She'll chase about anything, large deer, bunnies, birds, ducks, bugs, you name it! So she must still have the bird dog instincts of the cocker spaniel!
As most cockapoos are, I imagine, they are people dogs, they become really attached to their owners and don't like to be alone....and can become quite anxious if left alone for long. We always have family watch Jersey if we're gone for more than 4 hours.
If you work, having him use to the crate or pen now is a good idea! I think it took about a week or two to get our beagle pup use to the crate....just have to ignore the whining! hard to do, but worth it in the end!
Many experienced people here with cockapoo pups to help you though!
btw, where abouts in the world are you? I'm always curious where people get there cockapoos, I cannot find any cockapoos closer than 2000 miles to me!

HI, Jess. Our cockapoo is a "cuddle monster," too. We consider her a lap dog, since she spends most of her time next to us or on our laps. She sleeps at the end of our bed on a little blanket.

When we first got her from the breeder (at 8 weeks) she was partially house-trained and we never used a crate. She hated the crate so much, so we used a baby gate to keep her in our kitchen area until she was fully trained. At 8 weeks she peed outside just fine thanks to the breeder, but did have a few accidents in the house where she pooped behind a couple of chairs. We retrained her out of that pretty fast but there was still the occasional accident for a few weeks.

What really helped us with the training was a little doggy door we installed in our sliding glass door (got it at Home Depot) and it just inserts as a glass panel with a door and trained her to go in and out of it. She was a little apprehensive at first, but after two practices at going through it, she loved it! I know our Zoe loved running outside to potty because of it and I think the door made it fun. Having a backyard, of course, helped. We also rewarded her with a little treat when she was successful in pottying outside.