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Old 07-25-2009, 10:18 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Yup. It's positively prehensile!
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Old 07-25-2009, 09:09 PM   #12 (permalink)
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I can pretty much tell mine English, German or Spanish commands and they will do what I want. I think it is body language.
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I'm not too sure what the hand signals are supposed to be, but mine with Bella are as follows...

Sit- Point down
Lay down- Flat hand motioning downward
Speak- Bring my thumb and fingers together like my hand is a mouth
Stop/Stay- Hold my hand up flat at her like how people motion cars to stop
Paw-I hold out my left or right hand upside down depending on which fuzzy little paw of hers I want
Leave it-I clap twice
Come- Motion towards myself

These probably aren't 'correct' but it is what's comfortable for Bella and I, and she caught on very quickly.
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Old 07-25-2009, 09:41 PM   #14 (permalink)
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My girl Neke knew the basics - Sit, Down, Come and Heel in English, German and French. I did it just for fun.

Mauser started in German and now the rest of the pack has picked it up as well.
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Old 07-26-2009, 02:18 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Ricca learned German first and it's our "serious" language, her first five months of life was with a German family. Logan learned English first and I'm debating on German... he takes the english pretty seriously.

Ricca though, if she won't "Come" right away when I call at the dog park, I have to let out a loud and mean "Come en sie here!!" (I don't know the german spelling well...) She gets no "bitte" attached to the end of that command. LOL

But yes, both dogs are relatively bilingual (including hand signs) without confusion.
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Old 07-26-2009, 02:23 PM   #16 (permalink)
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All our dogs are trained in German (working) and Hungarian/English for normal everyday.

Sometimes, during training, will revert back to Hungarian. Did that this AM when tracking.
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Juli knows Come and Hier are the same thing, I use mostly German commands for everything else is in German except "give me five" and "crate" meaning go in your crate and "go potty"
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Old 08-08-2009, 10:46 AM   #18 (permalink)
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Rex knows both too... Since I am German he gets raised bilingual. German and English. I also think it's the body language though. He would probably respond to Spanish, French, Arabic, etc.
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