Sit and Down

I'm breaking up my class into three seperate posts. I thought, if anyone is reading this, they can pick which exercise they are interested in and read only that post.
Our third and last excercise of the night was "sit" and "down". Lee explained how we are always testing our dogs when we say, "Insert dog's name, Sit"..."sit"..."sit"..... How often have you done this? Told your pup to "sit" or "down" and when they didn't continued to repeat it over and over. Lee used Cricket as the Guinea Dog, and using a treat, raised his hand above her head and once she sat, "Good Sit". He did this over and over. Of course, Cricket did her usual "Stick em Up" pose which everyone laughed at but did not earn her a "Good Sit" or treat. Then he did the same thing with "down". He got on his knees and put the food (in hand) on the ground. The minute Cricket's elbows touched the ground she got the treat and a "Good Down". Then it was our turn to try. I think Cricket was the first one done with her 15 sits and 15 downs. Not that it was a race but she is showing she is no stick in the mud. We are to do 30 sits a day for three consecutive days. I started this morning and have made already gotten in 5!