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I just noticed this article on the BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/8458184.stm
It made me smile - I hadn't thought of teaching my dog German commands - apart from anything else I don't know what they are. So maybe we should start a database of dog commands to help out the RSPCA and other dog rescue centres! ... See more I just noticed this article on the BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/8458184.stm
It made me smile - I hadn't thought of teaching my dog German commands - apart from anything else I don't know what they are. So maybe we should start a database of dog commands to help out the RSPCA and other dog rescue centres!
Sit
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Stay
Fetch
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Pernille Chapman 
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:45
Member (2004)
English to Danish
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| Danish (with a few other languages flung in...!) | Jan 14, 2010 |
Thanks for posting this article, Gillian - just the thing to raise a smile on a dull Thursday morning...
These are the commands in Danish I can remember off the top of my head:
Sit = sit (even though the literal translation in Danish would be "sid")
Down = dæk
Hinter = heel/walk alongside owner (from German); often "gå pænt" ("walk nicely") if the dog is not used for hunting
Fetch = apport (from French - and evidently also used in Poland)
... See more Thanks for posting this article, Gillian - just the thing to raise a smile on a dull Thursday morning...
These are the commands in Danish I can remember off the top of my head:
Sit = sit (even though the literal translation in Danish would be "sid")
Down = dæk
Hinter = heel/walk alongside owner (from German); often "gå pænt" ("walk nicely") if the dog is not used for hunting
Fetch = apport (from French - and evidently also used in Poland)
I've often wondered why dog commands in various languages contain such a mixture of influences. Obviously training dogs for hunting has a lot to do with it, but can anyone enlighten us on this, please? ▲ Collapse
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Jan Willem van Dormolen (X)
Netherlands
Local time: 07:45
English to Dutch
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Sit - Zit
Down - Af
Stay - Blijf
Fetch - Apport
Off - Af?
Leave - don't know that one
Come - Hier
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GingerR
Local time: 07:45
English to Polish
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| You know Polish commands already :-) | Jan 14, 2010 |
Thank you for the link. I will tell my brother to teach his dog some English!
But the article remined me about my former boss, an American expat living in Poland. She used to have three dogs, one was named "Słuchaj" which is Polish for "Listen" (not a dog command, though). I am curious now which language they spoke to their dogs, as the family is multilingual (English and Dutsch spoken at home plus Polish spoken at wo... See more Thank you for the link. I will tell my brother to teach his dog some English!
But the article remined me about my former boss, an American expat living in Poland. She used to have three dogs, one was named "Słuchaj" which is Polish for "Listen" (not a dog command, though). I am curious now which language they spoke to their dogs, as the family is multilingual (English and Dutsch spoken at home plus Polish spoken at work).
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Sit=Seduto
Down=Terra
Stay=Resta
Come=Vieni
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Gillian, why don't you post on the German forum as well and start collecting. I can think of Sitz, Platz
P.S. I think there is a command "heel", isn't there?
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Gillian Searl
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:45
German to English
TOPIC STARTER | Platz = down? | Jan 14, 2010 |
Is Platz the same as down?
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| Dog commands | Jan 14, 2010 |
I second Jan Willem on the Dutch commands. My dad used "mag niet" for leave in the sense of 'you are not allowed to do this or that' Is that the same as 'leave' I use English commands to my dogs and all 4 of them are 'good girls.'
Wonderful topic for a rainiy Thursday morning - at least here is Suriname it is drizzling.
Lucinda
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Gillian Searl
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:45
German to English
TOPIC STARTER
Depends on the owner but is either
"put down what is in your mouth"
or
"don't go near that (dog)
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| Even down in Germany | Jan 14, 2010 |
As a child I heard that a friend of mine said:"Down" to her Munsterland dog (hunting-pointing-breed), which was of German origin. I think Kevin can tell more about it.
And I'm quite sure that I heard some German commands in Italy. Even without dogs, when they made fun of the German language. 
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| Dog commands | Jan 14, 2010 |
Gillian Searl wrote:
... maybe we should start a database of dog commands ...
For German at least, there are numerous lists of commands available, but none I have seen are really complete or reflect the context in which they may be used. For example for working with HPRs and other hunting dogs, the commands are often quite different from what one would use for family or protection dogs. So while you're compiling your lists, it might be good to include the area of application and specific differences in how a command might be understood in different areas. Retrieving is a notorious example.
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| German commands | Jan 14, 2010 |
British Diana wrote:
Gillian, why don't you post on the German forum as well and start collecting. I can think of Sitz, Platz
P.S. I think there is a command "heel", isn't there?
let's see what I can remember...
"bei Fuß" would be heel.
"so ist brav" is good dog
"Pfui"is "bad dog"
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| English: lingua franca for dog commands? | Jan 14, 2010 |
Funny article, Gillian. I got an anecdote to tell (and I swear it is a true story), which confirms the article's contents.
In Panama (where I was born), one of my brothers-in-law, a dog lover, had a boxer. They brought him home as a puppy and he wanted to take him to a dog training school, which, at the time, was in one of the US military bases in the Panama Canal area.
To his surprise, the dog did not pass the training because he could not understand English. They had... See more Funny article, Gillian. I got an anecdote to tell (and I swear it is a true story), which confirms the article's contents.
In Panama (where I was born), one of my brothers-in-law, a dog lover, had a boxer. They brought him home as a puppy and he wanted to take him to a dog training school, which, at the time, was in one of the US military bases in the Panama Canal area.
To his surprise, the dog did not pass the training because he could not understand English. They had spoken Spanish to him all the time, so it turns out that the training (in English) made no sense to him. He had to "repeat" the course a couple times till he finally learned all the basic commands in English, but they still kept talking to him in Spanish.
Unfortunately, Bruno, the dog, died after 2 years, apparently due to some genetic problem (something like liver cancer). It was sad to see him go so early , but I always remember the story about his English language problems.
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danilingua
Germany
Local time: 07:45
English to German
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Gillian Searl wrote:
Is Platz the same as down?
lange Jäger-Onkel gehabt - alle Hunde wurden in E abgerichtet. Wizig, im Ausland sind die Befehle Deutsch (Italien)
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