Lay Down

 

I do not own rights to this photo. It is my clients dog.

you will need:

-clicker

-treats

-patience 



        To begin, get a treat and place it in front of your dogs nose. After you have their attention, move it down towards the ground luring their head down. It helps if you start from a sitting position as they are already halfway there. If they do not completely lay down, move the treat forward and lure them to crawl a few paces. When they completely lay down click the clicker and release the treat. Do this until your dog is laying down almost instantly. Then, add in the command name (I will be using the word lay). When your dog lays down click the clicker and say "good girl/boy! Lay!" and release the treat. 

    After your dog is laying down this way you can start weaning out the treat. Ask your dog to lay down without luring them. when they lay down click the clicker and give them the treat after a second or two. Gradually increase the time between them laying down and getting a treat. Take your time and be patient with this. If you have to, go back a step! Eventually start randomly not giving treats and slowly decrease the amount of treats they are receiving for this until they don't need any.






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