Cool Tricks to Teach Your Dog |Teaching Your Dog to Go to His Bed or Station. Teaching your dog to go to a specific place on cue and stay can help in a variety of ways. You can teach your dog to go to his spot when the doorbell rings, when you&rsquo;re eating dinner, or even when you want to clean up a spill. It&rsquo;s a great behavior to use when teaching a variety of&nbsp;dog tricks&nbsp;and&nbsp;freestyle dog dancing.