What commands does your dog know?

vicx

I haven't posted on the Pet Forum for a while so thought I would start a new thread.


I spend a lot of time with my two 13 month old Yorkshire Terriers and love to train them new commands. They were both sitting and giving both paws from around 3 month old. They know basic commands which didn't take any training with treats such as come, down, fetch, drop but now I want to teach them new commands such as lie, roll over and hopefully play dead. I have just sat for an hour teaching them both to lie and roll over but they aren't picking it up as quick as 'sit' and 'give paw' which took them literally two minutes to learn with a few treats.

What commands does your dog know?

Has anyone got a dog that plays dead? I would love to teach mine how to play dead (once they have learnt how to lie and roll over) but I think it will take some time. They just think I am mad when I pretend to shoot them and lie there waggling their tail:rotfl:

Fire_Fox

There are loads of training videos on YouTube. What are you using as your training method, have you tried a clicker then introducing the commands later?

splishsplash

Our westie can sit, lie down, speak, speak louder, beg, shake hands, and high five. She can also stay, leave it, wait, go, stop and come back. She's 12 now, so we haven't asked her to roll over for many years, and playing dead means she lies down and just dramatically flops her head down.

I agree though, roll over and playing dead are the most difficult to teach, I think plenty of treats, lots of patience and very short training times are the key.

marleyboy

I taught my dog - Sit, Paw, Other Paw, Stay, Wait, Get Your Lead, In your Bed, Up and Down,Good Dog, Bad Dog and Cats!

krlyr

Break them down into steps, much more achievable then
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PX6fWx8ckag

JonathanA

This really made me smile! Our 4yr old Beagle can sit, lie down, heel, give paw, beg and so on when we command her to! However, she is a stubborn so and so, and whilst she can do it all, if she chooses not to, the only thing that will move her 99% of the time is food, and if she is outside on a scent, even food won't get her attention!

System

My two will sit if theres a treat on hand otherwise they are both selectively deaf.

If i'm lucky the oldest will cooperate by lifting her paw so that i can shake it (sort of doggy handshake style) but more often than not she just looks at me blankly.:o

The youngest will fetch her ball (but thats only because she wants to play with it).:D

vicx

When I was teaching them to lie, I got them to sit first. Said 'lie down' and gently got their front paws so they lay down, (they both stayed in the lay down position too) then gave a treat. I said 'roll over' showed then how to roll, gave a treat and repeated the sit, lie down and roll over.

I know I was trying to teach them two commands together but I was mainly just playing with them thinking they may pick it up quick.

I think they have had too many treats today so will try again tomorrow after I have watched a few more videos on YouTube to get some tips.

Oh they also know 'bed' and the meaning of the word 'no'

lemontart

sally will do what she likes when she likes if it suits her .......sometimes she will sit, some times when I say paw she will "shake hands" other times she will not, But she always knows what treat and walkies means with out fail

Nikkisun

Our 12 week old lab knows sit, down, wait, come, paw, kiss, in your bed, play dead and is just learning roll over!

zaksmum

Mine know loads of words, I talk to them far too much!

The usual stuff like sit, stay, no, leave it, spit it out (!!) bad dog, good boy/girl, lie down, roll over, don't you dare, give paw, etc.

Also Jack will "get the shoes" before a walk, knowing who's taking him out and bringing the relevant shoes, "get your lead", knows all the family names, brings his bowl for his dinner.

Lucy's MUCH thicker though, you'd be all day waiting for her to understand the simplest thing. She does that cute head on one side thing as if to say What ARE you on about - unless food's involved, then she's right there salivating all over me at the merest hint of grub!