I put "as far as you know" in the title because I'm convinced Lady understands a lot more of what I say then she let's on. Here's my list - Sit Wait (meaning stop and don't move) Close (meaning come to me) Get on (used after wait, sit or down or when sent on a retrieve) No (self explanatory) Down (meaning lie down) Heel Back (accompanied by hand signal) Find (accompanied by a directional hand signal - used finding shot game in cover) Bed Hup (meaning get up on the trailer, car or whatever including over walls etc) Hurry up (for when I want her to wee to order) Good girl That's ok (used when we've heard her alarming for the postman or she's seen someone suspicious outside and it's time to stop barking, huffing or puffing and generally acting like the Hound of the Baskervilles) ;D
Re: What words does your dog understand (as far as you know) Sam : Leave No Go back ( with hand signal ) That way ( with hand signal) Walk Dinner Wee wee Poo Sit Wait Find it Heel Come ( as recall ) Bed Dead ( when I want a delivery ) Milly : Pretty much the same as Sam apart from the retrieiving terms . Obviously both know their own names but also know one anothers names too, plus the names of a few dogs they meet often .
Re: What words does your dog understand (as far as you know) Ah - yes. Lady knows the names of a few dogs and a few humans too.
Re: What words does your dog understand (as far as you know) My trainer told me several years ago are that you should have no more than 6 commands otherwise the dog gets confused. The commands I use are: Sit Stay Come Heel Fetch No Roger
Re: What words does your dog understand (as far as you know) Absolutely, 100% for sure: Kibble Kong Sea biscuit Breakfast Supper Walk Beach Common Is that for me? Find it Find him Find her Come Added: And Fetch! He definitely knows Fetch!
Re: What words does your dog understand (as far as you know) Bess: Bess sit stand down (for lie down) off wait come owlie (favourite toy) outside cross dinner chew ball fetch paw Shush be quick (for toilet) names of family members This list is much shorter than our last dog a collie who knew the words of lots of objects. I do wonder if some of the understanding is from context, tone and rhythm. Alice
Re: What words does your dog understand (as far as you know) Commands: Sit, leave, stay, up (for up on sofa), find it, wait (if given a treat), go on then, this way, come (recall), down (for lie down), in your bed, in your crate, no jumping, no, go wee wee, go poo poo, shhhhh, ready steady go, give me paw, walk nicely (even though she doesn't always do this!) Other words she knows: Breakfast, dinner, tea, biscuit, treat, good girl, where's daddy, where's Oj (what we call my daughter), Poppy and Dexter (dog friends), get turtle (one of her teddies), kong, go walkies, bedtime I think she understands more than this though :
Re: What words does your dog understand (as far as you know) Then there is the context application of commands. For example..... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! For please stop rolling in the fox pooh. And ... ACH! ACH! ACH! (repeated) together with NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! For no please don't dive and skid on the fox pooh! Oh no not the other shoulder too! ;D
Re: What words does your dog understand (as far as you know) And for me , Get your head out of the bin, now
Re: What words does your dog understand (as far as you know) Ohhhh this is fun! Commands Riley knows to varying degrees: Get on Back Sit Wait Left Right Find it Where's Ben, find him Come Heel On your mat Go to bed Leave it Inside Tidy up......clearing the floor after Lizzie's eaten He definitely knows names of people and dogs and some phrases like Would you like some dinner? Do you want a chew? Breakfast?
Re: What words does your dog understand (as far as you know) Hmmmm....well, sometimes I DO get the feeling that Simba is not necessarily the brightest bulb in the room, if you catch my meaning....but I would say he understands: Good boy Sit Stay Go to your bed Okay (release word but it doesn't always work, so about 50/50 on this one) Shake a paw (work in progress) Leave it (90 % unless he gets his nose on forbidden item, then it might as well be gibberish :) Supper (which is not directed at him, it's when I call everyone to eat but he gets to eat then, too, so when he hears it he stations himself by his bowl) No (50/50 on this one too) Heel (working on it) You want to go outside? Wait I think that's about it
Re: What words does your dog understand (as far as you know) [quote author=David link=topic=4696.msg57718#msg57718 date=1393614906] Then there is the context application of commands. For example..... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! For please stop rolling in the fox pooh. And ... ACH! ACH! ACH! (repeated) together with NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! For no please don't dive and skid on the fox pooh! Oh no not the other shoulder too! [/quote] ;D ;D ;D I bet she's not great at obeying that one though ;D
Re: What words does your dog understand (as far as you know) Obi knows: Sit Drop Stand Heel Closer (to my left side) Walking (walking on a loose lead but not as close as heeling) This way (going down this path not that one) Come (recall) Wait Stay Out of the kitchen Go free (release cue) Touch (touch my hand) Speak (bark) Over (jump over that object) Go round (go around that object) Up (jump up on the object) Get in the car Out you get (out of the car) Box (do a Flyball run) Square (go and sit in that plastic square..an obedience exercise) Fetch (retrieve cue) Give (delivery) Hold (hold this thing in your mouth) Go seek (sniff around till you find the treat) Where's Damon? What's Daddy got? No Yes (marker word) ....and a few tricks.
Re: What words does your dog understand (as far as you know) Oh Blimey....let's see,we could be shamed :-[ ;D Commands: Sit Stay Lie down Come ( recall ,proofed except cat poo and smelly rotting food finds ??? And probably kids playing ball ) Find it Fetch Walk ( walk on my left side with the lead loose) No (not sure if it's the word or my tone but he mostly responds correctly) Ok ( release cue) Ah ah ( don't do that....it's like my marker if we are training something new ....instead of a click that marks what I want !I say ah ah to tell him wrong,try again) Leave it ( proofed and reliable except for cat poo and smelly ,rotting food finds that he finds at distance away from me) Let's go.....stop sniffing that interesting smell or dog,or person,or carrier bag and Let's go! Hup hup -jump up ,used for you can get up on the couch now or jump in the car ( he still gets lifted out the car and probably always will!) Quiet...stop barking now. Look at me Phrases I know he understands: Is it time?....means dinner is going to be served imminently ;D highlight of Dexters day! You wanna go walkin'? Provokes instant leap to attention from even the deepest snooze and great enthusiasm Few trick commands Quite a few names of people/ dogs Whenever I conclude what I'm doing to start doing something with Dexter I must say Right .....because in other contexts when I say it he always raises his head or jumps up in anticipation of something involving him. Brush time Teeth time There's actually more there than I thought....I've got way more than your Trainer suggested though Roger ,but I have trained myself to not talk incessantly to him on a walk....we walk along in companionable silence most of the time so he doesn't tune me out when I do need to give him an instruction.....sometimes I just can't help myself and 'We love him,how we love him!' Or 'He's a wonderful doggie,he's a wonderful boy!' Will just burst out of me!!!! ;D Great thread David,love hearing what you all do x
Re: What words does your dog understand (as far as you know) Can I throw in an interesting contemplation here? Do you think it's actually the words which are 'understood' or to what extent is the dog responding to familiar body language cues, tone etc? It would be interesting to experiment with saying different words for familiar cues, but in the same tone and with the same accompanying body language to see what response occurs. Similarly, how many words would get a response if they are said without the additional cues. Between themselves I get the feeling dogs are much more tuned into body language cues for communication and, I think, rarely use sounds to actually communicate to others beyond puppy distress squeaks or warning barks. I wonder what there is in the way of research about this? There's a whole load of things Merla and I do now with hardly a word - if she's being bonkers in the house and I want her to stop, a hand goes up as per stop-whistle and the bum plonks down. If it's dinner time, I point to the spot where she needs to sit and wait, and that's what happens. A further wave of the hand means she can go eat. I sometimes add words, but only I think because I'm human, and that's what we do. Thoughts and experiences anyone?
Re: What words does your dog understand (as far as you know) I absolutely think that the context and our body language are all part of the communication package Not just the words.
Re: What words does your dog understand (as far as you know) I haven't posted as I would really need to sit down and think. I agree that context is important. Lilly is MUCH more likely to do something if there is something in it for her ;D food usually. Its the selective deafness effect. Or is it? One reliable one though is "where's Daisy?". Always prompts a rush out to the rabbit hutch ;D
Re: What words does your dog understand (as far as you know) my commands sit wait lie down shake hands hi 5 nod your head leave it working on take a bow heal here come toys dinner chews bone ball find it logan daddy walk no i use a lot of hand signals, still working on more commands
Re: What words does your dog understand (as far as you know) [quote author=Merla link=topic=4696.msg57823#msg57823 date=1393660952] Can I throw in an interesting contemplation here? Do you think it's actually the words which are 'understood' or to what extent is the dog responding to familiar body language cues, tone etc? [/quote] Charlie definitely responds to body language, hand signals and context. As far as words go, I think key sounds can be very meaningful. Charlie will Sit to: Sit, Sissors, Silly, Side and so on. My sit command is Sss now. (Yes, at one point, me and Charlie had time on our hands....)
