[Izzy Princess]

Hi Lucy and Lucy's mom....Izzy is in part 2 of clicker training and down was in part 1 - that was the hardest to learn as per the trainer Yorkies are small dogs to begin with and almost to the ground anyway..lol. So I don't know if I can explain how I trained Izzy in words but I'll try.

I had her first go into her sit mode and click and treat. Then I took a treat in my hand and then had her follow that to where my hand was hitting the floor but the treat was hidden under my fiingers. That way she almost had to hit the floor to get the treat once I clickered - and I used my pointer finger to actually point down and touch the floor while saying the lay down command. It took a while but now all I have to do now is point my finger down to the floor and she goes into her lay down.

I always started my new commands training in our bathroom - less distractions and then we progressed to other rooms in the house.

I'm sure this is hard to understand but I wish I had a video of her doing this to post but I don't.