What tricks can you teach a rat?

rats are VERY smart animals and can learn many tricks. My favorite starting trick is "beg" this is pretty much getting your rat to stand on it's hind legs and do a bobbing motion with it's head. When you show them the treat, say "beg" (or whatever trick you teaching them) over and over until they do it, as soon as they do it make a kissing sound and reward them. The kissing sound is similar to a clicker, which is how you would train a dog. A rat can also learn to lie down, spin in a circle, and even advanced tricks like grabbing a ball and rolling it into a goal, and even fetching. You should research on training, some good websites to look at are Youtube.