Which commands do you use regularly?

Spyglass Sally · 03-26-2011, 04:15 PM

Ron's post about Newman going to school got me thinking about what commands do you actually use on a regular basis?

We use Sit, Stay (with Release) and Leave It on a almost daily basis. Also, occasionally Back Off.

I'm sure there's no end of commands and tricks to teach for fun and instilling discipline, but if they were like options on a car when money is an issue, which ones would you say you really want?

Ron · 03-26-2011, 05:20 PM

Sit
Stay
NO!
Leave it!
MOVE!
COME!

Where is she? (get them to look for Annie)

Let's Go (walk, car ride, pees, poos)

Erin251 · 03-26-2011, 05:31 PM

sit
wait
come
leave it
off
no bite
outside
crate
drop it
go get it/go ahead

that is the average day for us

Spyglass Sally · 03-26-2011, 05:48 PM

Oh yeah - Come! I forgot that one!

Doreen · 03-26-2011, 07:15 PM

I use alot of hand signals if I am standing at my back patio doors and they are outside. If they are not going potty and I want them to get moving, I use one hand with the pointer finger and keep moving it back and forth, they know that means business, LOL. Or to come inside, I use the come motion. If I want to wipe their paws, I show them the stop signal. If inside and I want them to go out and play, I wave both my hands from under and they run outside all excited, LOL.

Otherwise I use the usual words:
Sit
Stay
OK (after I fill their food bowls)
Come
OUT... when they are hanging around me in the kitchen while cooking and I am tripping over them.
If I have a drink or something to eat on the end table and they come sniffing, I say, "leave it, that's mommy's" or just "that's mommy's" and they walk away.
Move
Off the rug... as I am always fixing the runner that they wrinkled up, LOL.
For Coco: Don't hurt mommy (while she is playing to rough with me, biting me)

I'm sure there is more since I'm talking to them all the time, but can't remember everything at the moment.

purplelori · 03-27-2011, 12:51 PM

Sit
Stay (doesn't always work!)
OK (eat your dinner)
NO
Come
Outside
OFF
Not for Puppies (when you're getting that stare!)
down
Leave It
Let's Go
Like Doeen, I talk to him all the time, so he may have a bigger vocabulary than I'm aware of!

Spyglass Sally · 03-27-2011, 02:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by purplelori

Sit
Like Doeen, I talk to him all the time, so he may have a bigger vocabulary than I'm aware of!

I think there's a lot of truth to that. Since I started thinking about this, I realize there are other words & phrases I use too, that he knows. Like "Get a toy" when he wants to play but is just looking at me whining or "Wait" when I'm getting his leash or collar and he's bouncing around so much I can't even get him ready to go out. Plus I'm sure there's all kind of non-verbal messages he picks up on that I don't even know I'm sending out.

They're pretty smart.

ShiroInu · 03-27-2011, 03:41 PM

Look At Me
Sit
Stay
Out
Off
Leave It
Down
Up
Come
Get It
No
No
No
No
No
And . . . No

Some of these commands work all the time, some don't always work, some are ignored while I wait for him to respond.

I am sure there must be more, but Shiro has me too tired today to remember everythin.

Shiro's commands to me > > > >

Pay attention to me or I will stick a toy on your lap or behind your back until you notice me. And if you REALLY ignore me I will try to climb on you lap and put my big alligator face in your face.

bruinsBoxers · 03-27-2011, 04:20 PM

sit ( hand signal too)
stand ( hand signal too)
down ( hand signal too)
stay ( hand signal too)
come ( hand signal too)
easy - for when they get too excited
out - to get something out of their mouth
GO - to send edy out to the woods to potty instead of on the lawn
take it - retrive something
leave it
off
up -to have then jump up on me
NO
O.K. - to release them from whatever they were doing
crate - to go into the crate
bed - for edy to go lay on her bed
over - for training jumps
finish - obed work
heel
watch me
tunnel - to through the tunnel
who's that - to make them bark

And I am constantly try to trick them with stays , downs & sits . I give a word command that does not mean anything to see if they react .

Doreen · 03-27-2011, 04:43 PM

Now after seeing more of what you guys wrote... I say some of them too.
Leave it is a big one!
and NO!, LOL.
Off
Go Lay down.... when Rex keeps ringing the bell to go out when he just came inside minutes ago. If it is a nice day he will ring those bells all day long if I am in that room.