A hot or rainy day is an excellent time to work on learning new tricks indoors. You want to set your dog up for success, so training sessions should be kept to short bursts of 5-10 minutes so they won’t lose interest. If your dog doesn’t know the basics, sit, lay down, and stay are a great place to start. Once your dog has mastered sit and down, you can do “puppy push-ups”, in which they alternate between a sit and down position repeatedly. This helps wear them out and strengthens their core muscles. We have lots of training videos on our blog to help you learn all kinds of tricks with your dog! Remember to treat the behavior you want to see – that is, if your dog is learning new tricks, praise and treats help to cement them.