I'm doing the training myself, and he's a black-mouth Cur (hound breed). He already points at the door that the cats are behind.
We're working on learning "fetch" (sometimes he'll play, sometimes he'll chase the object and then just leave it when it stops moving).
I'm thinking about electric collar options (audible/vibrate/shock) to help with barking and compliance. He's real good about behaving while I'm present, but it goes out the window as soon as I'm no longer in view. Part of that could be that we haven't "bonded" long enough yet (today is day 14 of our relationship), or that he's been incarcerated in shelters for the past 6 months and he's just insecure. When he first came home he was terrified of walking on the linoleum floors, so I don't know if he was in an abusive/strict house before getting loose/abandoned, or if he just freaked about how it felt on his feet. He was fine on hardwoods and carpet. We've overcome that aversion and now he makes a cruise through the kitchen to sniff for crumbs (one of the words I've been working on with him). Our cats all know "crumb" and he should too.
He's good with sit/stay/drop/come. We're learning "on your feet" and "get it".
Vinnie was picked up by animal control in rural mid-northern Florida and was scheduled to be put down when a no-kill shelter took him in, then 5 months later he was transferred up here to Animal Humane Society and spent a month there before I found him. They think he's 2yrs 2mo's, but who knows how accurate that is. He's a great dog!