How to Train a Dog With German Commands
Training a dog in German is very popular. Shutzhund is a popular dog sport in the United States and many of the dogs are trained in German. When I was doing security work with dogs many of them were imported from Germany and were only trained in the German language. Training your dog in German has its advantages. Your dog will only listen to your command--unless of course your friends speak German!
Here are steps for teaching your dog basic commands in German.
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Training your dog in German is not difficult to do. All you need to know are the words for the five basic commands. Write them down and keep them close by when you first start training your dog. After a while it will become second nature to give your dog commands in German.
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There are five basic obedience commands to teach your dog: Sit, Down, Stay, Come and Heel. If you have a puppy start using German right away. If your dog has been trained in English you can switch to German commands, but it will take a little longer.
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The command for sit is "Sitz." This one is easy to remember because it is just the word sit with a z on the end. It sounds a lot like sit.
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The down command is also easy. The command for down is "Platz." I never had a hard time with this command because it reminded me of plopping down on the floor or couch. It is pronounced just like it is spelled.
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The stay command is a little more difficult. The word for stay is "Bleiben." A lot of dogs from Germany are never taught the command Stay. Sit means don't move. Many German trainers don't say "Sit, stay." They simply give the command "Sit" or "Down."
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The command for heel is "Fuss." I am sure that there are different words for this command, but this is the command that I was taught to walk a dog that had been trained in German.
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The command for come is "Here." I'm sure it is spelled differently in the German language, but that is what all the dogs I worked with were taught.
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Tips & Warnings
Google has a great translation tool. You can translate words from many different languages.
I apologize for any mistakes that I have made with the German language. It was not my intention to offend anyone and if I have butchered any words badly, please forgive me. I think that the German language is great for dog training. The words have a very strong pronunciation and are very clear.
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Kevin Lossner
Jun 14, 2009
Nice little overview. Too bad we can't attach audio files! A few German spelling tips: "Schutzhund" and "hier". A lot of times "Bleiben" is spoken in the familair command form "Bleib'". I have found that having certain types of dogs trained in German can be very useful in discouraging troublemakers. A few quiet words to my old German Shepherd usually left the impression that I was a cop or someone else best left alone :-) The dog, of course, was utterly harmless.
