Step Three of the Down

Step three is the same as step two. The goal is to have a shorter time.

Well, we made it shorter -- sixteen minutes, forty-five seconds, but that’s not much. I’d like to think it’s because Parker tries to get clicked for sitting, which he does automatically when he sees the treats and clicker come out, but who knows how the mind of a dog really works?

So, rather than move to step four, which begins to associate the word ‘down’ with the behavior, instead we’ll try for a more serious lessening of the time.

Then again, I had sixteen treats rather than fifteen, which I think is what we used before.