Comments on: 10 commands every dog should know

By: Lindsay Stordahl

Lindsay Stordahl — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:49:55 +0000

I didn’t know that about my Entrecard link. I’ll have to check it out. Thanks.

By: castocreations

castocreations — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:46:20 +0000

Oh…and did you know your Entrecard link is pointing to an older post? I couldn’t figure out why you hadn’t updated your blog recently. LOL Then I realized the address was pointing to a post that was several days old.

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By: castocreations

castocreations — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:45:35 +0000

We’ve gotten pretty lazy in enforcing certain commands with our oldest two. Kodiak can’t really sit comfortably and Quinn is getting older by the second. They do still listen when we say “leave it” if we have a firm voice.

Trooper on the other hand – we try to keep a firm rule about obedience. He knows Sit, but only with a hand gesture. He knows leave it really well. He knows “up up” to get in the car and “ok” to get out. He knows “Down” (to lay down) if I point down and it helps to have food in hand.

But we’re also working at agility training and he’s doing better and better with obedience. And he knows new words like “Table”, “tunnel”, “Chute”, “Walk it” (the plank), “A-Frame”, “Tire”, and “jump”. lol

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By: WillThink4Wine

WillThink4Wine — Thu, 08 May 2008 02:26:14 +0000

I wish I could say I had a dog, because I miss having dogs. And I certainly wish I could say I had a well-trained dog!

I have cats now. Cats don’t do commands well, although my cats do know:

1. Who’s hungry? They run to where I feed them.
2. Let’s go to bed. They run and jump in bed.
3. Who’s ready? I use it when I unlock the cat flap so they can go outside.
4. Who wants some? I use that to tell them it’s treat time. They immediately fly down the hall to the cat condo and wait on the bottom of it for their Temptations.
5. Kitties. When it’s getting dark, or if I need them inside for anyother reason I just call them and they come. Seriously. Right away.

Don’t tell me Cats can’t be trained!

The cutest thing? When they see my car coming they run to the front porch and wait for me. When I get there, they roll over on their backs and make the cutest little “Welcome Home, Mom” sounds!

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By: Lindsay Stordahl

Lindsay Stordahl — Thu, 08 May 2008 00:48:46 +0000

Liza, of course it’s OK if you add me to your blogroll! I don’t mind about the link you had to delete.

By: Liza S.

Liza S. — Thu, 08 May 2008 00:28:39 +0000

Oh oh sorry I totally missed your question as to what commands we’ve taught our dogs! I’m so proud of Keeda beceause she’s made it so easy on me to teach her most things (with some exceptions).

She knows Come, Drop, Leave It, Down, Sit, Wait, Stay, Heel, Jump, Over, Across, Up, Off, Look, Eat, Easy, and Free is our release command. I’m in the process of teaching her ‘spin’

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By: Liza S.

Liza S. — Thu, 08 May 2008 00:20:06 +0000

Those are certainly great commands to know. Keeda still has a couple to go off the list.

Oh, just a note: I deleted your blog’s URL from the last comment you posted, about the argument in a dog forum. People from that forum have been stalking my blog and I’m afraid they might try to insult everyone who agrees with me and is contact-able! I’m sorry about having to do this, I didn’t want them to attack your blog as well. To make up for it I’ll put you on my blogroll I hope that’s ok.

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By: Jude

Jude — Wed, 07 May 2008 23:39:40 +0000

My Shadow was very smart and would listen until he saw a rabbit, squirrel or some other small critter then he had his own mind.

Potty was his cue word for taking a dump.
Move: and he gets back out of the way.
Sit: he knows
Lay: he does very well
Over: We got half way with that one and I stopped training him, but he will roll part way on command.
Car: Was his keyword for heading back to the car of course.

Many keywords you can use for many things, but they need to be simple and need to be repeated over and over so the word and tone can be associated with whatever you want them to do.

Simple common sense will guide you in training your pet and your love and patience.

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By: Lora

Lora — Wed, 07 May 2008 20:10:07 +0000

Great post. My dogs all know those commands. It is a great list for someone starting out to make a check list of. They are truly the top ten essential commands to teach your dog.

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By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 07 May 2008 19:59:17 +0000

We taught our old dog marley the command for shake, and she would shake your hand. I had to work with her on it, but I wanted her to be able to do more then shake, so I taught her how to give a high five. Everyone loved that trick so much.