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Originally Posted by YorkieMother  In clicker you never put the word before you have taught the action and they offer the behaviour. Dogs do not come knowing that down means belly on the ground so you teach it first then name it.
Another way to do it is to sit on the ground. Legs out straight. raise one leg. Lure dog under the raiseed leg and as the belly hits the ground under the lag click and treat. that is actually lure training not cliker but it works.
Actul clicker would be to shape the down with out any comment at all. And if you youtube look up Miranda Bouque and she teaches a clicker down to izzy. YouTube - Izzy
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Great vid but it raises more questions than it answers. I've only seen about 2 mins of the video and it is my understanding that you only click to signal the correct behavior, similar to saying "yes" when they do what you ask of them. Both yes and the click serve as markers. In her video, she clicks and then Izzy sits. Izzy walks away and then sits, and right when she gets up the lady clicks. Then she has to call Izzy back and tells her to "get back to work". Shouldn't it be the other way around? Shouldn't she be clicking a sit stay rather than Izzy getting distracted? Isn't the clicking marking the incorrect behavior?
Not trying to criticize, just trying to understand. Going to finish watching the vid.