What types of activities are good for training my dog?

You can make training a little bit of a game. Having them sit or lay down and rewarding that with either throwing a ball or giving a treat are all things that they learn to look forward to. Things like fetch and learning to stay or to come are also good methods to train them.

With training, you always want to use positive reinforcement and you want to try and make it fun. So, whether that is basic training or more advanced, we want to initially train them with food and almost hand commands. Use treats to encourage them to do well and then give lots and lots of praise after they've accomplished those things.