Teaching him those basic tricks were rather easy! I have never even had a dog before, let alone trained one. LOL.
What I did, we started at 10 weeks old, and by the 11th week, Sully would sit and shake and lay down on command. I'd pick up his paw and say "shake" and do it over and over again until he learned the command. I tore his little treats up into tiny pieces, and gave hiim one every time I lifted his paw. Soon, I'd say "shake" and he lifted his paw on his own. Same with sit, realy, I pushed his backside down and gave hiim a treat. I also did a hand signal and voice command to go with each trick, which is normal. Anyway, "lay down" is his easiest trick, and it's been so nice that he knows that and will obey me any time I want him to lay down (while we're eating at the table or when he comes to work with me, he lays down in my desk drawer. Everyone at work loves it when I bring Sully!) Hope that helps, ttyl. Now if I can only get him to fetch!!!