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5-10 treats in a row in this position without lifting his rear off the ground, end the

exercise and start another repetition. If he gets up to get to the treat, then you’re

holding it too low (or too far in front of him). Raise it a little for now.

In the next repetition, hold the treat a little lower so that Fido bends down a little

more. If he loses interest or keeps getting up, you’re holding the treat too low.

Continue this process until he’s pretty good, then increase the difficulty in the next

repetitions by holding the treat further down. Once you’ve gradually worked to the

level where the treat is almost on the ground, take the next step by holding the

treat on the ground but a few inches away from him. This will allow him to bring

the front of his body the rest of the way down. Make sure the treat is not too far

away from Fido or you’ll lure him to get up. If you accidentally lure him to get up,

just start the repetition again. Overall, you are moving the treat down and then

away from him in an “L” pattern. Pretty soon he should be going down fairly easily.

7.4 Method Two: Make a Tunnel

For dogs who really don’t like to lie down,

you can try the tunnel variation. Start with

both you and Fido sitting on the floor.

Raise your knees so that you’ve made a

little tunnel and hold the treat under your

tunnel but protruding out a little. Fido

will have to bow down and reach into the

tunnel. At first, he’ll just bow. Reward him

for this a bunch of times. Then, gradually

shape the behavior in steps by moving

the treat further under the tunnel so that

Fido has to reach further into the tunnel.

If he runs around to the other side to get

the treat, then you’ve moved through the

step too soon and put the treat too far into

your tunnel.

Eventually, he will magically bow low enough and then lie down. When he lies down

immediately several times in a row, you can switch to the “L” pattern method.

7.5 Adding the Cue Word “Down”

Once you have shaped a reliable down using a food lure, you can turn that hand

motion you use in the “L” method into a cue. Just place your treat in the non-cue

hand and hide it behind your back. Then with your regular luring hand, make the

movement you’ve been making to lure him down. When he follows the hand and

lies down, give him the reward from the other hand. Make sure you give it in a way

that he remains lying down.

Next, once he can lie down with this visual hand signal with no food in that hand

and he can do it 5-10 times in a row, you can start training the verbal cue “down,”

if you want.

Simply say “Down” before you give the visual signal or right before he’s going

to lie down on his own. This timing is important. If you say the word while

you’re giving the visual signal, Fido won’t really notice it; whereas if you say it

immediately before, it will come to predict that he will see the visual hand signal

and that he should just anticipate and lie down. Also make sure you say the cue

word distinctly but in a happy voice and with the word drawn out long enough.

Give a treat immediately when Fido lies down followed by a few more for remaining

down. Practice this 5-10 times per set and after each set test whether he knows it.

When you can say the verbal cue while holding perfectly still and Fido responds by

lying down, then the dog knows the “Down” cue.

7.6 Troubleshooting

If your dog just won’t lie down or he starts to lower his front end but then gets up,

it’s for one of the following reasons:

• You’re holding the treat out too far and luring your dog into a stand rather

than into a down. The treat should drop in a line from his nose to the ground.

• You went on to the next step too soon. For instance you move the treat too

close to the ground too quickly, or when using the “L” pattern method, you

start drawing the treat out along the ground too soon.

• Fido isn’t comfortable on the surface. Start on a comfortable surface such

as a rug. Later train on more difficult surfaces such as a hardwood floor or

concrete.

CHAPTER 7

Down

CHAPTER 7

Down

For dogs who really don’t like to lie

down, try the tunnel variation.

The Tunnel

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