The seven basic dog commands are sit, down, stay, come, off, heel, and leave it. Sit should be taught first because it’s a natural behavior for dogs. Therefore, learning the command comes quickly. Down is the next most instinctual behavior. Teaching your dog to lie down also helps set a foundation for other more complex tricks like rollover.
Next, teach recall, also known as come. It typically takes dogs longer to learn this one than sit and down. Start this one on-leash, but as you progress, practicing it somewhere your pup can be off-leash with minimal distractions is best. The opposite of come is stay, and this one may take a while as well. But, it is extremely useful when you want your dog to remain in place.
The heel command is instructing your dog to walk calmly by your side. Practicing it on leashed walks consistently is vital to learning the behavior.
The off command refers to getting paws off something or stopping your dog from jumping on someone. Whereas leave it is more of an all-purpose command for getting your pup to quit doing something or leave something alone.