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An easy non physical way is to sit in the floor in a hallway, putting your back against one wall and feet on the other so your legs make like a bridge just high enough for the dog to crawl under on his belly, take a treat and pass it under your legs and have the dog follow the treat, as the dog get under almost all the way inside you fist and give a command to lay as they as waiting for the treat give the down comand and release once the back end settles on the floor, you will have to repeat a few times for them to associated the motion of lay down with the command and reward, then try again with the feet higher on the wall to test if they understand the down for the treat, if not go back to the beginning with the feet lower, once that is achieved sit parallel to the wall, and repeat once doing successfully try standing and giving the laydown command
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