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Commanding Your Dog to Lie Down

If you call your dog's name in your command voice and follow his name with the word down - (Fido, down!) - you will have transformed those words into a command that indicates to your dog that he is to:

  1. Lie down immediately in the prone position and
  2. remain in that posture until he receives further instructions.

For info on teaching the lie down command, see page seven of the command training section

Vocabulary quiz to help you learn how to command and better communicate with your dog

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This page is a component of the Glossary of the Dog Science, CBC
Dog Training Workshop, and an element of the Dog Science Network