With my dogs it depends on what they are most interested in. My current pup, Latte, is very food focused so she really enjoys food games such as Find-It. I also play the game with her when out of walks etc. She is very motivated for these activities as a result.

There are places ,if you can afford it where you can take your dog and leave him, to be trained to basics , money well spent in the long run.
check out on the internet for place near you . two week camps.
OR you can start basic training your self ,
SIT , WAIT ,LEAVE , COME , DROP.
Weigh out his daily food and use it for training so he is working for his food , check out a book by DIMMER , AMAZON. ANY FOOD LEFT OVER HE GETS AT THE END OF THE DAY.
If he likes to play ball , great get him running twice a day then fun time then do training in between , read as many dog training books as you can. watch , tv, its me or the dog all good ideas.
working with a dog is persistants and kindness.
The dog knows persistant works so you have to be more persistant or the dog will train you ! GOOD LUCK. JUST SOME IDEAS

Since he is a rescue, we know nothing about his background other than that he was found running at large. He has many scars, one that looks like it was a serious abdominal injury. He is missing bits of his ears and tongue. He was very thin and covered in fleas and fly strike and had a serious upper respiratoelry infection when we got him.

Here are the problems. He is terrified of any human besides my 20 yr old daughter and myself. Especially men. Even hearing them or seeing them thru a window. Oddly, even at the shelter, he did not fear us.He is terrified being outside, tho when he manages to avoid his fear he enjoys being outside. He is terrified of loud noises like an ambulance, motorcycle or even loud cars. He is terrified of other animals including dogs, squirrels, birds and even tiny lizards.

Obedience classes are out of the question at this time. We’ve had him 5 weeks and he has been neutered and his body weight is now normal and he jas had all his shots and is very healthy. We are slowly working on basic commands. So far he knows sit and off. He doesn’t respond to either when overly excited and he usually does fairly well about going out to eliminate tho he has wee accidents usually first thing in the morning. Our highest day count without an accident is 3.

Inside, he is quite affectionate and loving and an absolute tasmanian devil. He wants to nonstop play interactively and when he gets excited he bites and chews on arms, feet and even faces. The more excited, the harder he bites. He does understand no bite and if you go limp he stops but the minute you move he bites again. Its playful, not mean. We try redirecting with toys but the minute you become slightly distracted, he bites again. He’s a young dog and full of energy but we have no good way to burn it off. Advice would be gratefully accepted.