Dog Health Questions: In what order should I teach my dog tricks?

Well I have owned dogs my whole life but never bothered to train them more than "sit" at most.
I recently decided to train my Chihuahua and so far he's doing okay. He picked up "sit" right away and after a couple days has learned "lay down".
I know sit is a good basic place to start, and lay down kind of goes hand in hand with it. But where should I go from here? I know I should start with easier tricks and move on to more advanced ones later, but what is considered easy and advanced. If someone who is experienced with dog training can answer I would appreciate it.
Also are Chihuahuas easy to train? I know they are not the smartest but how do you think he will do. Thanks guys.

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In my classes the first thing I make sure all the dogs know and understand is "come". without a good "come" all other training is worthless. From there we go to "sit", "stay" (a very useful command for prevent jumping on people and running out of the door), "watch me" (for leash work to prevent pulling), and finally a "down" (which is usually the hardest to train because most dogs do not like this position and it is usually accompanied by a "stay" command). I also insist upon dogs learning "wait" vs "stay". Wait means stay until I tell you to do something else, and Stay means stay there until I get back. Dogs quickly learn the difference.
I have my students use treats (the smaller the better) in order to reinforce the commands, and I do not allow prong or e-collars under any situation. For leash work we use "let's go" instead of "heel" because the "heel" command means the dog has to be in a specific position and is only used for competition training, so "let's go" means walk with me and don't pull.
After the dogs learn these commands, we have a tricks class, and owners come to class with something they specifically want to teach their dog, either a "bow", "fetch", "roll over", "high five", "find it"(on of the more fun games to play), and anything else they desire.

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• Well I have a very intelligent Jack russell i have taught him(in order)to
  1.sit
  2lie down
  3.Stay/come
  4.spin
  5.roll over
  6. high five
  7.beg
  beg is the hardest but its worth it.we are still on beg but we are going strong chihuahuas are very very intelligent and will be easy to train
  
  Good Luck!!!hope ive helped!!!


• Sit, Lay down, Roll over, then Make me a sandwich. If that doesn't work give your dog some treats and rub his stomach. Then give him a taco and he should promptly say, "Yo quiero taco bell."


• I suggest you teach your dog its name, and then to come on demand. from there it would be useful to teach it where and when to poo and pee


• There is no right or wrong order to train your dog in. Yes, you start with the basics first as those are the building blocks for any advanced obedience. Chihuahuas are not the easiest of breeds to train out there. You best option though would be to find an Obedience class in your area and enroll your dog in a class. Not only is it good for teaching you the best methods to train your dog, it's great for socialization for your dog as well. Find some different trainers, find out what teaching methods they use(ie: Do they use clicker training or treat training? Positive reinforcement or negative?). Training classes are the best for any dog. All dogs need socialization.