Teaching the Concertina ‘Down’

Article and Photography Credit: Catherine L. Zinsky

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Teaching the Concertina ‘Down’

A ‘concertina’ is a sort of small accordion.  A squeezebox, if you will.  The ‘concertina down’ acquired this name because in essence when performing the concertina down, the dog is folding into the down—squeezing into it.  It results in a very tight, compact down that prevents the dog from ever traveling forward while performing it. In my estimation, there are basically three ways in which a dog can perform a ‘down’ from the stand position, with the ‘concertina’ being the more desirable by far.  The three are:

1. The ‘creeper’
2. The ‘plop’
3. The ‘concertina’

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