Dog Commands (or any other pet if you like!)

[Trouts!]

Looking for Dog Commands - sit, stay, heel, down, lie down, etc.

Any inputs please?

I found a french thread, but people seemed to be disagreeing at bit... Then I realised I'll also need it in Spanish and German. And any other languages would be great!

I know there's variation in the commands used in English, so I guess it'll be the same in other languages...

 

[tram-pam-pam]

My attempt.
Some equivalent dog commands in Russian (this is not a full list, of course, just some basic ones, with my personal preferences):

sit – сидеть!
heel – рядом!
here – ко мне!
bark/ speak – голос!
stand / stay – стоять!
[lie] down – лежать!
attack – фас! / взять!
give – дай!
search – ищи!
wait – ждать! / жди!
go ahead – вперед!
out! / no / leave it! don’t! – фу!
up / jump / hop – ап! барьер!
bring/ fetch/ retrieve– принеси! (I personally don’t like ‘апорт!’)
...

But actually, my 11-year-old Great Dane understands us with ease (just plain Russian and English) without any commands. When she wants.

ps

I'll also need it in Spanish and German

For some German equivalents you can have a look here: http://www.uwsp.edu/psych/dog/languag1.htm

 

[cute angel]

well here in Algeria we have other ways or words to command

for cats as an example we say

come=beshbesh

go a way=kess

for dogs we say

lie down=coucher_vous it's a French word but we use it as well

attack =a l'attack

come=ici ici

all the words we use approximately french

 

[blue_jewel]

Here are the Tagalog/Filipino equivalent for dog commands:

sit – upo
here – dito
bark – kahol
stand - tayo
[lie] down – higa
attack – sugod
give – bigay
search – hanap
wait – antay
go ahead – alis
out! / no / leave it! don’t! – labas
up / jump / hop – talon

But normally we are using english commands most of the times especially in urban areas.

 

[Hermocrates]

Italian
(based on experience; these are the most common but variants may exist. In particular all of these are informal/colloquial expressions. I don't know if professional pet trainers use different expressions in Italian)

here (to a cat): "Qui micio-micio!" or "Micio?" (it literally means "here kitty kitty")

here (to a dog): "Qui bello!"

let's go (to a dog): "Andiamo bello (alternatively: "andiamo" + pet's name)"

sit: "Seduto!"

fetch: "Porta!"

play dead: "Fai il morto."

give your paw: "Dai la zampa." / "Zampa!"

roll: "Rotola."

wait: "Aspetta."

down, lie down: "Cuccia!"

no, don't, etc: "No!"

And when you want to praise your pet: "Bravo!"

 

[MaxJ]

In Dutch:

sit – zit!
here – (kom) hier!
bark/ speak – blaf!
stand / stay – blijf!
[lie] down – lig!
attack – val aan!
give – geef hier!
search – zoek!
wait – wacht!
no / leave it! don’t! – hou op!/stop!
up / jump / hop – spring!
bring/ fetch/ retrieve– apport!
play dead - speel dood!

 

[ahshav]

In Hebrew:

sit – שב (shev)
stand - עמוד (amod) or לא לזוז (lo lazuz - don't move)
[lie] down – ארצה (artza)
attack – תקוף (t'kof)
paw - יד (yad = hand)
heel - רגלי (ragli)
come - בוא הנה (bo henah) or אלי (elay)
search – חפש
go ahead – חופשי (hofshi = free)
out! / no / leave it! don’t! – לא (lo = no)
up / jump / hop – קפוץ (kfotz) or אפ! (up!)

 

[Miguelillo 87]

Here the mexican way of say it (spanish)

sit – siéntate
here – aquí
bark – ladra
stand - párate
[lie] down – acuéstate
attack – ataca
give – dame (someting)
search – búscalo
wait – espérate/ aguarda
go ahead – vé
out! / no / leave it! don’t! – Fuera/ no/ déjalo
up / jump / hop – salta

Play the death/ házte el muertito

 

[zoetsa]

ül/ülsz/ülj -sit
pfujj -out
fekszik/keküdj -lie down
mész helyedre -to ur place
hozd (ide)/hozod ide -bring/fetch it
add ide/adod ide -give
fogd meg/csibész -attack
lábhoz -next to me/my feet
keresd -search
állj -stop
hopp/ugrik/ugorj -jump
maradsz/maradj -wait

Calling a dog: pssz-sz(-sz-sz-sz), a cat: cic(-cic-cic)-cicc

 

[DearPrudence]

In French, this is what I used for my dog (more or less successfully )

sit – assis
heel – au pied (supposedly). Personally, I said (allez,) viens ((come on,) come)
stand - debout
stay – Personally I said 'bouge pas' (not so grammatical for 'don't move')
[lie] down – couché
attack – attaque
bring/ fetch/ retrieve – va chercher
give – donne
up / jump / hop – saute / hop
play dead - fais le mort
give your paw - donne la patte
sit up and beg - fais le beau
no, don't - non

 

[Penyafort]

Catalan:
(used by me or by others with a dog or by shepherds in gos d'atura contests)

sit - seu! or asseu-te!
heel / here - vine! (= come!), vine aquí! (=come here!)
bark - borda!
stand - amunt! (=up!) or dret/dreta (=standing) or aixeca't (=stand up!)
(lie) down - jeu! or ajeu-te!
attack - ataca!
give ... - dona'm ...
give your paw - dona'm la poteta
search - ves-hi! (=go for it) or cerca! or busca!
wait - quiet! (=still)
go ahead - endavant!
out! / no / leave it! / don't! - no! or deixa-ho! or fuig! (literally, 'escape' but rather meaning 'don't touch it')
up / jump / hop - amunt!, salta!

play dead - fes el mort!

 

[Szakszuka]

In Polish:
sit — siad!
heel/here — noga/do nogi! (lit. "leg/to the leg!"), chodź! ("come"), do mnie! ("to me")
bark — daj głos! (lit. "give voice"; we do have a separate word for barking too, though!)
lie down — leżeć!
stop — stój!, stop!
roll — turlaj się!
stay — waruj! (for staying while lying down, traditionally used with guarding in mind), zostań!
attack — never really heard anyone using it, but I guess it would be atak/atakuj!
guard — pilnuj!, waruj!
jump — skacz!, hop!
search — szukaj!
fetch — przynieś!, aport! (when playing fetch)
leave it/no — oddaj/puść! (for objects held in mouth), zostaw! (a more general "leave it"), fe/fu/fuj/ble! ("yuck!"), nie! ("no!"), stop/przestań! ("stop!")
give your paw — (po)daj łapę/łapa! ("give [your] paw"/"paw!")
go (ending the command) — various may be used, f.e. okej/dobra ("okay")
praising the dog — świetnie/dobrze! ("great"/"good!"), super!, brawo!, dobry pies! ("good dog!")
play dead — zdechły pies/zdechł pies! ("dead dog"/"the dog died!")
For horses:
prrt! ("stop/hold on!"), wio! ("go on/faster!", wiśta wio! is a more energetic version, should you get in spirit)

Calling animals:
cats — kici-kici, pspsps
chickens, some other birds — cip, cip!
ducks — taś, taś!
rabbits and most rodents — the sound of clicking your tongue against the alveolar ridge
squirrels — Basia/Baśka! (a Polish diminutive of the name Barbara; honestly, I have no idea why we call them so, but my grandma says they respond to it, so who knows... ;>)
a bit oddly, we don't have a specific call for dogs besides a whistle.