Dog Training Essentials

The new White House pup should know the basic commands that benefit all dogs (and their people). These are "Sit," and "Stay," and "Down." But better manners are expected from the First Dog.
The command "Off" will be needed to get the puppy off the furniture. It's not great to have dog hair on the chair that the President or the First Lady may soon occupy. One alternative is for them to always wear clothes with a tweed pattern.
"Leave it" will come in handy when a secret service agent's ear phone falls to the ground or when Malia or Sasha drops a Hershey bar on the floor. The pup may like the taste going down but not so much when the veterinarian is getting it to come back up.
Every dog should respond to the command of "Back" but none more than a frisky pup anticipating the opening of the door to the open spaces beyond. It may be magical to live in The White House but, for dogs, the greater privilege is to live in "The Land of the Free."