Summary: <p>Every dog already knows how to lie down -- your dog lies down all the time! The trick to training a "down" is to teach your dog to do it when you ask for it. That involves adding a cue. In this episode, Annie addresses the difference between a "cue" and a "command," and talks about some of the pitfalls people tend to fall into when attempting to cue a dog -- is the dog responding to your words? Or your body language? Or both? Or neither?! Annie goes over how to teach a "down" using two methods: Capturing, and luring. For the former, she describes how to use a verbal cue. For the latter, she explains how to morph a lured down into a down that is a response to a clear and subtle visual cue. The result is a dog who will understand what you want in as little as just one training session.</p> <p>Also make sure to see our recent episode on training "Sit."</p> <p>http://anniegrossman.com/2018/08/podcast/podcast-episode-19-train-dog-sit-scratch/9711/</p> <p>Are you enjoying this podcast? Please leave it a 5-star rating and write a review on iTunes! If you have a training question you'd like answered, submit it at http://AnnieGrossman.com/ask</p> <p>School: http://schoolforthedogs.com </p> <p>Shop: http://storeforthedogs.com </p> <p>Instagram: http://instagram.com/schoolforthedogs </p> <p>Facebook Group: http://facebook.com/groups/schoolforthedogs</p> <p>Partial Transcript: </p> <p>Annie:</p> <p>Hello humans, thank you for tuning in to School for the Dogs podcast. As some of you know, I had a baby<br> almost a month ago. I've been trying to find the perfect time to record this podcast all day and waiting<br> for her to take a nap or at least be quiet for a while and finally decided I needed to do it while feeding<br> her bottle so if you hear adorable little sucking and gurgling noises, that is my daughter who is a foot<br> away from the microphone guzzling down some milk. So sorry sorry that the extra noise, maybe we can<br> just pretend that baby Magnolia here is my co host. Listen to these adorable sounds, you can't make this<br> kinda stuff up… and that was my dog snorting.</p> <p>Anyway, if you enjoy this podcast, just want to remind you that you can help me out by sharing it with<br> your dog-loving friends. You can do this in multiple ways, you can take a picture of your podcast player<br> and share it on social media, on your stories or your feed. Let other dog lovers know that this is out<br> there. If you tag School for the Dogs, we will go ahead and share in our stories too. Also leave us a rating<br> and review on iTunes- very much appreciated. I love reading your iTunes reviews, it really helps me<br> figure out what you find interesting and what I can offer more of and if you have a question you can<br> send a direct message on Instagram, you can also go to <a href="http://anniegrossman.com/ask">Annie Grossman.com/ask</a> and I will do my best<br> to respond.</p> <p>Today I wanted to go over how to teach your dog to lie down and as I mentioned in the episode I did a<br> few months ago on teaching the dog to sit - obviously lying down is something your dog already knows<br> how to do good, your dog lies down all the time-the trick is of course to teach your dog to lie down<br> when you ask him or her to do it. So it's really just about adding a cue to a behavior your dog already<br> knows and, like many dog trainers, use the word cue instead of the word command although if you want<br> to say command instead of cue that's okay with me.</p> <p>Full transcript available at <a href="https://www.schoolforthedogs.com/podcasts/13927/">SchoolForTheDogs.com/Podcast</a></p>
