Terms for commands

[cowboy17]

I have two kids and a wife who all love to teach dogs. (Even my daughter at 3 yrs old)

What I have been doing, right or wrong, is my commands are all in German.I train him in German, and speak to him in German. When I give the command, he knows that it requires action.

My wife and children use casual commands around the house. Things like "place" to go and be on the mat, "Sit", "down" and "here" and "box (crate)".
Gunner seems to know that these are their set of commands and most of them are casual commands. ie Here, means come here but no need to rush about it.
The kids know that they are NOT to use the German command.

So far, so good..

[northwoodsGSD]

As Cowboy said(maybe other too)
I use German commands when training/working my dogs, but around the house or casual use I use English terms. My dogs all learn as puppies the differences between when, where, & what commands are used.
My daughter has her own "germlish" commands she uses. I have no idea how she came up with them, but it's a combo of German & English words smashed together. It rather funny to listen to her, but the dogs never have a problem understanding what she wants...lol
As I'm the only one that actively trains & competes w/ them, they are tuned into my body language & distinct tone/pronunciation of the words I use. So I don't worry too much about someone else using the same commands & having it mess up our training.
Dogs are very good at identifying even the slightest differences in a word.