Yes Rachel - that is what I meant actually - Honey was trained to down with a treat drawing her into the position and clicker - then when she was getting there we introduced the command.
We clicked and rewarded for an attempt - Honey was still a small pup and managed it, but some of the bigger pups - dalmation, labradors, GS and some kind of cross with a bit of Newfoundland in, all found it very hard.
I have to say, once they were rewarded for intial movement, they went into down quite quickly.
Honey is really funny, because she almost does this little jump into a down.