I agree, dogs seem to pick up on multiple language commands very easily.
When I was a child and raising my first shepherd, I did all the training in English (went to a local obedience club).
Unfortunately my parents both gave their commands in their native languages, so my shepherd was expected to follow French commands from my dad and Japanese commands from my mom.
I taught all 3 language versions to her and she responded to everyone!
It was pretty cool
Hand signals are very useful too, she learned those even more quickly than the verbal commands.
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I use German because I don't want to confuse the dogs when I'm talking(yelling) at my children. I use to say "OK" to release the dogs from work, my son asked if he could do something at the park I said "OK" and all four dogs went flying in four differnt directions. Same thing for baths, told my four year old to "get in the TUB NOW" and my son with two dogs jumped into a tub of "MR Bubble" Soap and water every where
I use German because I don't want to confuse the dogs when I'm talking(yelling) at my children. I use to say "OK" to release the dogs from work, my son asked if he could do something at the park I said "OK" and all four dogs went flying in four differnt directions. Same thing for baths, told my four year old to "get in the TUB NOW" and my son with two dogs jumped into a tub of "MR Bubble" Soap and water every where
more or less the exact same experience as i've had, which led me to re-train my dogs in german as well. i yell at one of the kids to get in the car, and there's at least one excited puppy scrabbling to get to the back door, bowling over anything it's path.
i too have also mindlessly replied "OK" only to have my dogs do something unexpected, be it jumping on the bed or eating something i didn't want them to.
german is a pretty good language because most of the commands are sufficiently different-sounding to never come up in polite conversation.
I also wanted to mention that when we are at our obedience training club i have noticed that when the instructor gives a command that my dog also started to pre-empt me giving the command, which is why i started using german.
Not only that i tend to try and get in first with the command or make my dog wait till everyone else has done it. He was getting to the point were he was following the commands of either the instructor or the other group members. So that was my reason for switching to german.
Im always in trouble at obedience because if i know that my dog will pre-empt the command giving from the instructor i issue him with something else (in german).
I do have know all the commands but not sure how to pronounce them.
There's no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face.
I do have know all the commands but not sure how to pronounce them.
I think grasping the pronunciation of the German language is tricky for some people. The best thing to do is get software that pronounces the German for you. The German language has words that look like they would be pronounced just the way you see them but, in fact, are not...sprechen comes to mind. It's actually pronounced as though it's "schprechen".
Most of the words used w/dogs seem to be easy enough for a non German speaking person but one that would be tricky is "lass es sein". My dog knows that means "leave it alone (be)" but sein is pronounced "zein".
So the German language is no walk in the park but is fun to use.
Sorry, I used an example and forgot you may not speak ANY German. The word "sein" is pronounced "zine" as in "mine".
my son is taking German in 10th grade this year, so I've got a built in teacher...I totally get the pre-empted thing. Brenna does it to me all the time, especially when we're about to feed her or she sees us get the treats out to work with her.
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but is fun to use. 
Brenna
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