Something the family might really enjoy doing with him, which would also be very good training, is Nosework. This is a combination of tracking and article searching. The book I'd recommend on this is called Fun Nosework for Dogs, which you can buy here: http://amzn.to/KOCQ5b ($18). It is filled with really fun games you can play with him. Your kids would have a blast showing him off. He can learn to do things like select a particular card out of a deck of cards.