Name two useful things ...........

skinnydipper said:
On the back of another thread.

Name 2 useful commands, not including recall which is a given.

'Not your business'- he usually gives me a look before doing something he thinks could be fun but once I tell him that, he accepts it a no.

'Wait'-possibly the best thing I taught him, in terms of general safety.
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‘Bed’ they have beds which are actually sofa cushions with a waterproof cover on, but they prefer the sofa- which we mostly allow exceptnwhen we have people round!
So they know when I say bed they have to lie on it, not the sofa!

Down;
Problem is that they know with me I don’t want them to jump up and never do. But with other people they get over excited and the down command seems to diss appear
 
"Wait" is the most important one in our pack .. trained every day & has saved my butt on numerous occasions when working the sled dogs. The F word also has the same effect as "Wait" because they know if i yell that then i've fallen off!

"Leave it" is another well used one, generally relating to something dead & rotten.

We talk a lot in code in our house as they can spell quite a few words like "dinner", "walk", "dogs", "out", "vet", & "bath" - we often find ourselves saying things like "Have you you-know-whatted the you-know-whats?" :-)
 
Mrs Spaniel is dedicated to her role of protecting my small aviary. She takes it very seriously and if I tell her there's a baddie (cat/fox) in the garden, the fur goes up and she bolts outside yelling obscenities and then patrols any possible entry/exit point to ensure that she has successfully carried out her mission and that all intruders have been sent packing!
 
OI! - Interchangable for wait/stop/pay attention (for when the brain isn't working fast enough for "Wait" so I can grab you before you notice what I've noticed/or distract from whatever thing hes going to eat...!

"watch"- Again, to distract from a particularly juicy squirrel, or not going to lie, to get good photos...!
 
These are great!

Amongst a lot of the others mentioned we have:

Dirty! - that's gross, drop it and don't go back for it when you think I'm not looking.
Crumbies! - please come and lick up mishandled foodstuffs.
No killin's - stop aggressively shaking that toy and getting dribble all over the walls and TV.
Gerrourovit - stop it, whatever it is, retire to a respectful distance and wait for further instructions.

Actually my younger dog has a massive vocabulary and I mostly just chat to him. Older dog only understands 'treats' these days, apparently.
 
I think I've taught my terriers various things but they usually prove me wrong. 😁

Toilet works with the youngest one, others need wee wee 🙄
Where's daddy gets them barking 😁
 
I’ve only managed ‘off’ to get off bed/sofa/my knee, ‘leave it’ (still a work in progress with Dobby) and toilet on command.....the rest are pointless things like ‘over’ (handy for stiles out walking) and silly tricks.
 
Mine comes from our incorrigible Yorkshire terrier, who is only half trained, and even that mostly by accident. We get away with it as he's mostly a very pleasant creature.

However. He does occasionally steal things to amuse himself (he has lots of toys but always wants more...). These are usually low value things like empty water bottles which he delights in 'killing', yoghurt pots if they aren't in a bin immediately.

This has recently escalated. My parents have just bought a caravan, and with it came a mallet, which the dog LOVED. I think he thought he was Thor with his hammer...

Anyway, despite him being a thieving little git, 'is that yours?' and a raised eyebrow is often enough for him to return the item to wherever he stole it from!
 
“Yes” - which is my marker word for when the dog is doing something right.

“Out” - drop whatever is in your mouth.

“Leave” - could be a dead rabbit, a running deer, or my steak dinner.
 
Thank you all for your contributions to the thread.

Just for the hell of it, probably because I'm bored, and many of us have trouble counting anyway, I thought I would post a couple more useful useless commands.

One is 'sit close' where he is velcroed to my left leg.

The other is 'tuck in'. I move my left leg slightly to allow him access and he comes to sit snugly between my legs, facing forward which makes us a nice tight little unit.

Neither of these have any useful purpose.

If I ever have another bull terrier I will look back on dog training fondly and marvel how easy it was with a German Shepherd.

Sorry for being disloyal, Kitty. What you lacked in aptitude and finesse you more than made up with enthusiasm and an eagerness to please. (RIP)
 
D66 said:
We have "budge", which means get out the way/move from where you are, and "be quick", for weeing on command.
the current Parsons JR also does "shut the door". :) Tried to teach her "empty the washing machine" but not getting very far. :( If she could do that i might try "make a cup of tea".
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I haven't used 'shut the door' for a while before this thread (don't really have internal doors in current house), but having been reminded I had her shut all the stable doors yesterday. She was v excited to pull out her old trick and ended up spinning round and barking. So maybe I should channel the enthusiasm into tea making 😁

(The westie meanwhile sat in the corner with a raised eyebrow. I've never taught her anything :rolleyes:)
 
Actually I have remembered a key one, which I do say without thinking but all my dogs obey without a murmur... "p**s off" which means "stop standing 2cm away from my food and go and sit on your bed NOW!"

It has to be those exact words though, I suppose that is rather telling.... :o
 
Levrier said:
Actually I have remembered a key one, which I do say without thinking but all my dogs obey without a murmur... "p**s off" which means "stop standing 2cm away from my food and go and sit on your bed NOW!"

It has to be those exact words though, I suppose that is rather telling.... :eek:
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You see, Lev, you have trained them. You were just being modest!
 
Besides calling them to me, the word I use absolutely every day, is Varsågod = Here you are/ Help yourself, because I use it whenever I give them food.

Something I don't use every day, but I feel is very useful, is Tut Tut = Honk Honk. I use it mostly indoors when I want them to move out of my way, but also for example it is very useful when I'm out in the garden, and up in a tree cutting off a tree branch, then if I see that one or more of my bitches is below the tree I'm in, I don't have to climb up and down only to move them out of harms way, without I only go "TUT TUT!", and they know that they have to move away from where they are.
 
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