Voice command in German

[Liesje]

The German commands I use are....

platz (plahts) - down
steh (shtay) - stand-stay
fuss (hard to accurately describe the pronounciation for this one, it's not really foooooos) - heel
packen (pah-ken) - bite
voran (fore-ahn) - blind search/going to the helper
aus (ous) - out/release
hier (here) - recall to front
pass auf (pahs ouf) - alert and bark

For sit I actually just use sit instead of sitz since it's so close. Also I don't like saying "such" (at least, when pronouncing it correctly!) so I just use "search" for tracking. Haven't started any retrieves or jumps yet.

I've never heard fass/fassen used but I believe fassen is to bite, as in to chew or eat? It's been so long, I need to use my German more but don't get many chances!

[Rex]

"fassen" literally doesn't mean "bite". It means "grasp sth."...

Like I said before I've never heard "packen" when it comes to dog commands before. It would make sense to use it since it means "to grab sth." but it's not common as a German command. (At least not for the normal use- maybe for SchH?! But then it would most likely be "pack" not "packen"...)

[Liesje]

I think sometimes people just use whatever the TD of the club uses, that is what I do. It just makes it easier. Most of the words we use are not conjugated correctly (like why do we say "packen" but also say "pass auf"? Different conjugations even though in both cases we're commanding a dog to do something), many are excrutiatingly mis-pronounced, etc. All of the commands I listed are ones I use in Schutzhund. For us, "packen" is a SchH command. I can't think of when I'd command my dog to "bite" other than in SchH (or a similar sport).

[CainGSD]

In Schutzhund I use:

sitz=sit
platz=down
hier=come
blieb=stay
vorand=search (blinds)
voraus=go out
lass das sein=leave it
so ist brav=praise
langsden=slow down (tracking)
such=track
fuss=heel
pfeui=don't do that
nein=NO
packen= bite
pas auf=guard/watch/turn on (protection)

Some of these are more "house" commands. Cain is "bilingual" since DH uses english with the dogs. He tends to respond quicker to the german since those come from me . Dazzle is learning to be bilingual as well.

[Brightelf]

Close, Lies! anfassen is to grab hold. Grimmi has:

Bleib- stay
Sitz- sit
Platz- down
Bring- retrieve
Langsam- take it slowly/gently
Such- search
Hupf- hop in/upon (taxi, bench at park, etc)
Nimm- take (for carring things for me)
Aus- out
Hier- come
Frei- free to run and be a nut
Fuss- heel
Mach Geschäft- go potty
Lass es- leave it
Nein- no
Pfui- don't even think about it
Bürste- brush
Leine- leash
Schau- watch me
Grab- dig (silly command, we use it mainly in snow for fun)
Zwinger- go in your crate
Kuss-kuss- give me a kiss/snuggle
Trink- go get a drink (from his bowl)
Hast du Hunger?-- try never to use this expression, causes instant hysteria!

So, not all serious commands in this house.

[HeidiW]

Awesome, how do we save this so I can find it later?

[gsdcentral]

Originally Posted By: Liesje many are excrutiatingly mis-pronounced, etc.

LOL you should hear folks in rural Alabama who have never been to Germany and probably never heard it spoken give German commands to a dog. I didn't even recognize the words and I spent 8 years in Germany and took German all through jr high, high school and some college. It was pretty funny. This happened several years ago when a former K9 was turned into the Selma shelter.

[norske]

My dogs are bilingual, Norsk and English. Keeps people guessing.

[jax]

great info..my pup is moving along with these command pretty good...