I will be getting my puppy in two weeks, and I'll be training him in German. What are the correct ways to say and spell the commands? I've seen a few different websites that spell the words and pronounciations differently from other sites. One site, for the word sit, used "sitz" while another used "sitzen". Which one is correct? I just want the basic commands, sit, stay, come, etc, I don't need anything crazy.
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by Lakewood SAR on 24 July 2011 - 13:13
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Good Morning from Lakewood ; I have included some basic commands that is used in knpv / k9 training working dogs. I hope that they help in some small way... Rick
Why do you want to give your Puppy commands that you yourself will have to learn and remember. Why not give the Pup the commands in your language like Sit and Down or Come or Hier, if you use the word Hier as i do then you extenuate that word to Hiereee. Plus if you do not give the same commands every time and change the words although they may mean the same you cannot expect your Puppy to respond to them. Just my two pence worth
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by Red Sable on 24 July 2011 - 18:05
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I think giving commands in another language is a good idea, that way, no one else can give your dog commands. :)
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by steve1 on 24 July 2011 - 20:50
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May be but if the Op forgets then his dog will not know what he is talking about and just to say i can give Goran commands in the language we have taught him since a Pup but he does not respond to me the same as my does to my brother who handles him and he says the same commands as i would to the Dog. So really that does not always work out and Goran knows me well enough not as a stranger giving him a command and to be honest he would not take any notice anyway no more than Gina will of a stranger giving her a command, That has been proven many times at the Dog club
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by Red Sable on 24 July 2011 - 21:18
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Sign of a good dog IMHO. :)
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by laura271 on 25 July 2011 - 12:20
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My husband is German but we use English for commands since he actually cringes at my pronunciation; many folks in my area speak German so I'm sure that I'd be constantly corrected. :) Senta ignores other people's commands anyway.
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by GSDdrive1 on 25 July 2011 - 16:08
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Here is a link to a site that has a list of commands in English, German, French, Czech, and Dutch. It includes sound so you can hear the pronunciation. Hope this helps.
I train my PSD's in english. The handler is under enough stress dealing with the calll to worry about remembering a forein language.
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by steve1 on 25 July 2011 - 16:25
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Well according with the linl GSDdrive1 has put up i speak to my dogs in both Dutch and German commands some for one thing some for another, But they are the same all the time so that does not matter
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by Rass on 25 July 2011 - 16:31
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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.
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by steve1 on 25 July 2011 - 16:57
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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.
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by Q Man on 25 July 2011 - 17:12
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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...
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by Donnerstorm on 25 July 2011 - 19:23
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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 :)
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by CCole223 on 26 July 2011 - 04:32
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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!
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by TingiesandTails on 26 July 2011 - 16:38
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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.
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