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How to teach your dog how not to urinate or defecate inside the house.

   The best way to teach a dog to do their physiological needs (in other words; urinate and defecate) on the street is; going towards their nature, if we are talking about a dog there is one thing to keep in mind: in most cases a dogs routine is: eat and sleep, sleep and eat (occasionally play a little). After their little naps they will always want to go out for their uncontrollable physiological needs, this also happens after their eating time is finished because it increases gastrointestinal motility which promotes defecation. All this is much easier to understand than to put into practice since the daily life of most people not allow them to properly be "waiting" that the dog will eventually wake up or eat, but we must do everything possible to adapt the needs of this companion.
   Generally the dogs are clean animals; they do not like to soil their home. Even in the street itself they will seek to do so in places away from where they sleep and in most cases the place they choose will not vary. Throughout this process, not only is important to remember that the dog is a living being with needs, which is therefore very important that the dog is provided the conditions to learn and perform this routine of cleanliness – leaving the dog at home closed for several hours is for most young and untrained dogs an invitation to "slip" out of the routine. In the other hand for the older and well-trained dogs it is a physical torture because (until a certain limit) they won’t do their needs inside the house.

    This being said, for the first few days – weeks (depending on the dog) try to meet this routine as much as possible, taking the dog for a walk after each meal or nap, however this routine doesn’t have to be exactly met over a big period of time, however my advice is to do so. 

How to teach the comand "Down" (Basic Commands)

The "Down" comand is a very useful comand in order to do several others such as; "Roll" or "Prone" which can be used however more in competition wise. Comensing your dog to obey the comand "Down" first you have to have him obey the comand "Sit"  after your dog sits, it is pretty simple.
1. Focus your dog on a teat/toy.
2. Comand the dog to sit.
3. Place the treat/toy in front of the dog's nose, once again out of reach and without him trying to jump.
4. Pull the treat/toy down until the dog's nose nearly touches the floor.
5. Last but not least pull the treat/toy towards you while giving the comand "Down"
6. The moment the dog touches the floor give him a pat and once again say: "Good Dogg!"

Here is a video explaning all this:

How to teach the comand "Sit"

    One of the most common ways to teach the dog to sit is by tapping them on their backside, however this is one of the worst ways to do it. The reason for this is because the dog starts associating the tapping to the sitting and starts ignoring the voice, once ignored, it will be very hard to use this command again. A trained dog should obey  any order at any point in time, while running, while fetching or while distracted with something else, therefore if a dog starts running after something the owner shouldn't have to run after him to tap his backside so the dog would sit but instead should be able to simply say “Sit!” (or “No!” [Further on in “other commands”]) Therefore this is the least effective way, however there are many more way to acomplish the same thing, better.      The most efective and most used way is; by having a treat or toy in the owners hand and dragging it towards the dogs tail at nose level. In a step-by-step form it would be:
1. Grab a treat or toy
2. Place it in front of the dog's nose in the point where the dog won't jump or reach.
3. Maitaining the same level between the toy/treat and the Dog's nose calmly push the treat/toy toward the dogs tail, while givin the comand "Sit."
4. The moment the dog sit's give him a pat and say "Good Doggy!"
5. Repeat for 5 minutes or 10 "Sit." comands.

Here is a video explaning all this:

Why having a well-trained dog is good for both the owner and the dog.

A well trained dog is always good for both the owner, his family and freinds. Dogs have been domesticated for over 15. 000 years and their versatility mark their great difference from any other animal in the world. With population numbers estimate of 400 million, dogs are great companions and greater workers. They can help us, humans in thousands of different daily routines and needs. They will hunt, protect, give aid in jobs (Assisting police, herding etc.) and many other useful things. Dogs and their way of “looking” towards humans gave these versatile and kind animals a nick name of “Man’s best Friend”. All this is because they were trained to do what their owners wanted. Nowadays dogs aren't used much (as before) for working purposes but more as a hobby, company or just for fun... however no dog can do so without being trained. A family dog for example needs to be trained because noone likes having a dog begging for food at the table while people are eating, for example. A dog used for playing has to be taught how to fetch, for example. All these simple dog teaching will benefit greatly the dog, because he will have much more fun as well as the owner.