Okay, so Jenn and I are using a lot of foreign words/unusual words while training Dante, since there are so many other dogs around and we don't want him listening to others. We're kinda stuck for a word for "give" like "give me that stick you shouldn't be eating" and for "release" like "thanks for sitting and waiting, you can go now." So I call upon ye ol' community, where I know there are lots of creative and foreign-language enabled folks.
Requirements: it can't be too long, and it can't sound like his name (hence no Spanish "da me") or other commands.
Examples of our other words:
Sit = zuo (Chinese, pronounced dz-wah)
Lay down = Charge (fun with friends!)
Come here = Aquí (Spanish, pronounced ahh-key)
Shake hands = Shake (yeah, some things are okay to be uncreative on)
Stay = Hold
Warning/don't bite = Play Nice
Plus the usual stuff like "Outside" and whatnot.
I'm particularly interested in adding some Japanese, Russian and/or German to his repetoire, so if you have that knowledge please share it. It needn't be a direct translation, but something close enough that if someone walks by and knows the language they won't mock me mercilessly :)
Thanks everyone - and have a good Fourth (I know it's early but I'm going to the lake now so pffft).
Will
Sun, 07/01/2007 - 8:50amRelinquish.
15
Sun, 07/01/2007 - 10:09amRelinquish thy crown fiend!
Qyn
Sun, 07/01/2007 - 12:19pmCough it.
Astri
Sun, 07/01/2007 - 2:05pmThough not really unusual sounding, most dogs that i've worked with have been trained to "Drop" rather than "give". And then there's my personal favorite for getting them to shut up (rather than the various "quiet"s that are usually used) "Can it!" :D
Mike
Sun, 07/01/2007 - 4:20pmI dont know if i could have the patience to train a dog. I prefer cats, because you just got to show them where their litter box is and after that they take care of themselves quite nicely.
Killface
Sun, 07/01/2007 - 6:41pmCats are evil.
I like Relinquish, but it's too long. Generally it has to be 2 syllables or less to be clear enough when said as a command.
Vasya
Sun, 07/01/2007 - 7:39pm"give" in Russian is "dai". It's a monosyllabic word that can be said forcefully, so it could be good.
For "release" you could use "bros'", but said properly it has a soft 's' sound, which you may or may not be able to pronounce. Also a good word though.
Killface
Sun, 07/01/2007 - 8:00pmDai works. I'm guessing it's like "Die"? By soft "s" on "Bros" do you mean like "bross" or like "brosh"?
Also, what is "давать" - that's what an online dictionary gave for "give" but obviously I don't know how that's said.
Vasya
Sun, 07/01/2007 - 8:05pmThat spells "davat'", which is the infinitive form. "Dai" is the imperative, and yeah, it's like "die", basically :). Maybe a slightly more open vowel in the middle than when you say "die", but that's the basic idea.
I can't really describe what a soft s sounds like, but a lot of people would say it sounds a little bit like "sh".
tankytank
Mon, 07/02/2007 - 12:40ami'm also busy training my puppy rottweiler, Ive found that it doesnt really matter what language i use. its mostly the tone of voice and body language. I'm getting good tips by watching "the dog whisperer" on national geografic channel. but if your just looking for fun words here are some in papiamento
Give = Duna
Release= Laga
Come = Bin ( pronounced Bing)
Stay = keda
Snailbarf
Mon, 07/02/2007 - 5:59amHow about adding sign language?
Or just a beating stick.
Having an eat command is about as far as I've ever gone with a dog in order to keep other people from interacting with it.
John
Mon, 07/02/2007 - 12:06pmIn french, "go ahead" is "vas-y" (pronounced vawz-EE). That might work, plus it sounds kind of like vasya, so you get mad guild cred for using it! :)
Killface
Mon, 07/02/2007 - 2:01pmVas; how would one say "выпустить изрук"? I found it on a Russian Idioms site and it says that it means "release one's hold of" (http://www.translationdirectory.com/dictionaries/dictionary009_r.htm)
@Snail; we do use a lot of hand gestures as well, though that's not really reliable if he's following a smell into traffic :/
Vasya
Mon, 07/02/2007 - 2:57pm"bypustit' iz ruk", or "veu poo steet' eez rook", which means "release from hands", so I don't think that's quite what you're looking for. But "otpusti"(aht-poo-STI) could work - means "release!".
Killface
Mon, 07/02/2007 - 3:23pmOtpusti is perfect. We're going to start that one tonight.
Pythias
Mon, 07/02/2007 - 3:28pmThanks you guys!
Incantator
Mon, 07/02/2007 - 5:05pmOne of the first things we trained our dog to do was to always sit when he got to a road, and to not step onto it before we told him to "heel"; it seems to have worked pretty well, and he certainly is not the most patient of dogs! It's something I recommend to any new puppy owner. :-)
Beth
Tue, 07/03/2007 - 8:42amMatthew's parent's dogs have a little trick routine they do before they can eat their food. The one dog, Zoe, has rolling over a few times as part of her tricks. If you take too long to give her her food she'll just start rolling over franticly. It's funny how dogs begin to associate things.
Qyn
Tue, 07/03/2007 - 8:58amHahaha.
*rolls over franticly*
Sammich prz.
Snailbarf
Tue, 07/03/2007 - 6:29pmI've always wanted to train my dog to point out anybody with a bag of weed.
Opet, if you anticipate this dog chasing a scent into traffic.. something is wrong.
Killface
Tue, 07/03/2007 - 9:19pmHe's a Basset, so he follows his nose everywhere. He was fostered on a really rural farm, so cars are totally foreign to him and he has no fear (though he's developing some as we train him to avoid them).
Snailbarf
Thu, 07/05/2007 - 5:22pmI love Basset Hounds. Especially when they are puppies and trip on their ears.
Farm dogs are just crazy like that with cars. On the old family farm, you'd always have the dog running along 4" from your front tire.. but I've never seen one get hurt.
Jack rabbits on the other hand.. they love the adrenaline rush.
Tigue (not verified)
Fri, 07/06/2007 - 4:44amYou have no idea how much these two sentences made Vasya happy...mental image induced giggling ensued.
Killface
Fri, 07/06/2007 - 8:01amHeh, yeah, ear trippage is funny. His ears are somewhat shorter though; more beagle like, really. So no tripping... though his mammoth paws have caused him some walking issues before :)