Puppy Kindergarten 2

I was so embarrassed. He peed on the floor in class. I didn't think I'd be embarrassed since we're surrounded by misbehaving dogs, but I was. One of the other lab owners was sweet so he leaned over and said, "Don't worry. My lab had an accident last week." And not even 5 minutes after Tailor peed, the dog to our left made a mistake.

Today we learned to lay down and heel:
Lay down - Once in the sit position, I slowly lowered a treat to the floor right in front of his nose. He kept standing up to lower his head and I would calmly return him to sit and try again. The trainer commented that with some dogs you want to lower and push the treat towards their body while other dogs respond better if you lower the treat and pull away a little. Neither worked with Tailor. I kept trying then finally he got it, got the treat and tons of praise from me! Boy was I excited. From that point on he knew how to get the treat and would lay down like a pro. He even started flopping to the ground instead of lowering himself b/c he knew he'd get the treat faster.

Heel - I trust their teaching style since they've been doing it for so many years, but I'm not sure about this one. Basically I just keep a treat in front of him just to the left of my knee. If he's on the wrong side, I coax him around with the treat until we're in position then I walk forward with the treat still in hand while saying, "Tailor Heel." He spends his time licking the treat and walking until I hand it to him. I always started with about 4 treats in hand so I could take a few steps then give him a treat and immediately have the next one ready so we wouldn't have to stop. I don't know if he's hearing me. I think he's just grabbing for the treat. However, I'll try this and hope that he learns.