It may be helpful to associate a hand signal with your verbal command. You may want to find a book that would include the hand signals used most often by trainers, just in case you want to take him to obedience classes later on. The combination of a visual and verbal cue together is very helpful in training, and eventually your dog will be able to respond to the hand signal alone, which is quite impressive.

Also make sure that all members of the family are using the same word for the same command. If you use *Down* for asking him to lie down, then don't use that word when he is jumping up on you and you want him to stop. Use *Off* or *No Jump*. Also you wouldn't want to use the down word when you want him to get off the bed or the couch. Here *off* would be more appropriate.

Take your time with Mickey, and make sure to keep training a positive experience for him.