To many dog owners "go lie down" is their favorite command. The “GO lie down” not only tells the dog to lay down, it tells him to do it elsewhere. When you are busy with something, “Go lie down” is the command you need to send your overly affectionate Japanese chin someplace else. You do not need to give him attention every time he wants it. If he's just had his walk, eaten well, had plenty of exercise and play time, “Go lie down” is a humane, handy answer to your own personal dog problem.

Put your dog on a leash before you begin. Then point to a corner in the room you two are in and say "go lie down." Take him to where you pointed saying "go lie down" and "good boy!" When you are in the corner, instruct your dog to lay down and go sit somewhere else in the room. After he stays for a minute or two say "Ok, good boy!" Pet him when he approaches you and repeat the exercise two more times, varying the time he stays down.

Practice this exercise three times a day and in different rooms. Eventually your dog will do it no matter wherever you are. Early on if he lies down on the spot when you say "go lie down" take him to the spot where you pointed to and and say "go lie down." When he is just learning the command it is an honest mistake and it is easily corrected. However if your trained chin is laying down on the spot he is trying to get his way instead of doing what you told him to. Say "No, go lie down" and take to where you pointed and make him lie down.