Roxie Board and Train day 2

Little Miss Roxie had a fun day today. We are still primarily working using her pinch collar but she wore her remote today to get used to it. She is such a sensitive girl that it's easy to hurt her feelings if she gets corrected when she really wanted to misbehave but she never pouts for too long. She is also a super softie when it comes to being physically guided into a position. For example, to teach down I give her the Down hand signal and then lower myself to apply gentle pressure on her shoulders until she moves away from it (and the only way to go is down). Once she is down she gets praise. Soon she cuts out the middle man and just lays down when she sees the signal and hears the word. Well most dogs you have to apply quite a bit of pressure at first while they see if they can lock their elbows and keep from going down but Roxie was happy to oblige with just a light touch. She enjoys praise but isn't hyper about it which makes for calm workouts. Indeed I found myself giving her little play breaks just to make sure she wasn't getting bored!
We worked on Heel/Autosit, Implied Stay, Down and Come today. Her Implied Stay still needs work and her Down is only so-so (hey, it's day 1) but her Heel is good and she was even sitting automatically in her last workout. 
Tomorrow we are still pushing the basics. I don't think she is confident enough yet for her remote collar but I will let her wear it again just for the sake of having it on her. I hope to introduce her remote collar once she is a little more confident in her vocabulary.