[moondog]

I used the lure under the chin also, along with the help of a box which enables you to fade the lure faster and also work on the command with increasing distance. We also started this off by standing to the side and facing the dog's side first....from that position you can give your dog a nudge with your foot, if needed, for both the tuck sit and the kick back stand.

Now that we're working on signaling in class, I've found the box really useful, especially for the down signal (Chili tends to want to slide her front feet forward into the down instead of completely folding back into it - and this really began with doing puppy pushups incorrectly - totally my mistake!)