if a peron is intent on training a companion gsd, is it advantageous to use a language other than the one most generally spoken by friends and neighbors, who think its "Cute" to give your dog commands.
In my experience, yes! All of the neighbor's kids thought it was funny to try to undermine my training. A dog should only obey it's master, but I enjoy using a different language as an added level of protection for Auster (the social butterfly).
I have also noticed that when I'm half asleep/really mad and don't have any way to reinforce something I will revert back to English, but if I'm thinking about the situation enough to know what I'm doing I'll use German. For example, Auster thinks I should wake up at 6 am to let her outside. I open the door and she barks (what else?). I will sometimes automatically say no as I'm rushing down the steps to catch her. By the time I'm in the yard the cold/hot air has hit me and I'm awake enough to use nein, and catch her <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> . It's also good if you have kids (and will be saying NO when it's not directed at the pup <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> ).
Just my experience, your mileage may vary.
"Dog breeding must always be done by a dog lover, it can not be a profession." -Max v Stephanitz
training in a foreign language keeps your commands separate from everyday conversation.
you also can teach a set of "formal" commands in one language and "informal" commands in another language.
but it won't necessarily keep people from trying to mess up your training. there's a couple of kids where i live that have learned the german commands from hearing me give them.
my dogs are taught to not listen to other people. when i am in the proofing stage of training, i encourage people to give them commands. if my dogs break from my command to listen to someone else, they get corrected.
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