Dog Commands

There are a few reasons why you nay want to give out commands in german to your dog

You may have a german breed of dog (listed below), you may want to learn German and think it would be useful to integrate some German with your dog, you may pick a name that sounds like an English command so you can use German instead, you may think its just cool

List of german dogs

Here are a list of german dog breeds

Affenpinscher, Boxer, Dachshund, Dobermann, Eurasier, German longhaired pointer, German Pinscher, German Shepherd Dog, German Shorthaired Pointer, German Wirehaired Pointer, Giant Schnauzer , Great Dane, Hovawart , Keeshond, Large Munsterlander, Grosser Munsterlander, Grosser Munsterlander Vorstehhund, Leonberger, Long-haired dachshund, Miniature Pinscher, Miniature Schnauzer, Pomeranian, Rottweiler, Small Munsterlander, Standard Schnauzer, Weimaraner, Wirehaired Pointing Griffon

German commands

Here are some commands, we have the English command, the german equivalent and pronunciation for the german command

Tips

Learn the German words for the commands you want to teach your dog. You should master the pronunciation yourself before trying them on your dog, it will confuse your dog if you suddenly change the way you say the command

Puppies and dogs learn through repetition, and it's important to be consistent with the words, signals and rewards that you use

English to German

If your dog has already been trained to understand English commands first then here is a basic method to start moving over to German

To make it easier for your dog to understand that the German word is supposed to replace the English one, start by first saying the German word (in this case, platz) followed by the usual English word.

Say platz (German) and pause and follow up with down (English).

When your dog hears platz, it is more than likely that your dog will not react in the slightest but when they hear down, they will probably respond

Praise and reward your dog for successfully lying down.

You can then repeat this for other commands such as sit