What is the best thing to do to train my parents to train our new dog?

My family got a new puppy, 2 months old. It’s a Chow Chow / Shih Tzu mix. The dog is really for them, not me. So, I wanted them to do the training so that the dog would get attached to them. I’ve heard horror stories of people bringing their dogs to training schools, paying oodles of money, and getting little to no results.

Soooo, what can I do to teach my parents how to teach our new dog? Factors that have complicated this for me: they aren’t tech friendly (so the internet is ruled out), they probably won’t read a book, they’re reluctant to spend money for a personal trainer, and a DVD is almost out of the question since they don’t even have a DVD player in the living room.

Now that I think about it, a DVD may be the best route. I’d just have to buy a really cheap DVD player. Does anyone have any recommended training DVDs? Any Flutherites have any other suggestions?