Commands? - Page 2

IMO giving a command in other than your native language is just.. affected...

Most folks around here give commands in German in Schutzhund.  They say, "other's cannot control the dog" and so forth for reasons. 

My answer is then this means that in Germany the K9's are given commands in English, right? Ha... NOT....

The GSD that I know and own does what I ask.  They do not respond to others... other than to sometimes look at me as if to say, "WHAT does that person thin they are DOING??" 

Besides all that, I thought for SchH the rule was the handler was to give commands in "their native language."  I know some German and some French but English is my native language.  

I am an Englishman but i live in Belgium, It was a natural thing for me to use the Dutch and German commands i cannot imagine myself saying Heel or sit although the word sit is very much alike i do not use the word Platz to me it sounds a soft word, So i use Af which when said is a sharper sounding word, a person with a soft voice i think may have a problem saying platz and make it sound meaningful if you get what i mean but AF has that sharper sound.
Steve1

One thing that you may or may not know...But it used to be in say Schutzhund...You used to have to use GERMAN...but now you can pretty much use any language that you'd like...There may be some that are un-acceptable but if you're not used to using say German...then I'd stick to your own...A dog will really only respond to it's handler or the one that works with them...Dogs WILL respond to physical clues more then someone else's commands...

I agree with Steve.  Why bother spending time learning commands in a different language, if you want to that's one thing but if it is just so other ppl can't give your dog commands don't worry about it.  My dogs all know the commands in german and english, and they won't take a command from anyone but me.  Look at it this way.... Most police k9s are trained in german or dutch etc, if all it took was knowing the command criminals would just get online look up the commands and would never have to worry about a police k9 again. Enjoy your dog and you could train it in jibberish if you wanted to as long as you use the same jibberish commands for the same thing each time :)

Thanks everyone. I will probably teach him in English first, then work on German when I learn it better and the dog understands everything in the first language. Thanks for everyone's help!

I don't think it's every wrong to learn a new language....your dog doesn't mind. For Schutzhund you might want to use the German commands for the trials.
I use different commands in either German or English depending on what I do. For my dog Heel is a different "walking by my left side" than an attentive Fuss I use in Schutzhund. They can learn so many more commands than just those few mentioned on top. Just make sure you use them properly and don't mix them up.