Tango learns both tricks & commands equally. She prefers to learn new tricks as they're more fun (she loves to show off and be the centre of attention when company comes...lol) but overall she loves to learn new things and quickly learns new tricks and commands at the same speed. Winston likes to learn new things but it takes him a lot longer than Tango. I'd say he learns commands easier than new tricks. The others don't enjoy learning new things really, they get bored too easily. Keeva's got a horrible attention span so that makes it really difficult to learn new things (she only knows sit, down and come) and it takes a long time for her to learn something new. I don't think she enjoys learning either one more than the other. Comet had absolutely no training whatsoever when we got him (I think he was trained in another language...), so he's still working on the basics. I haven't tried to teach him any tricks yet.