German Commands
English German Pronunciation Usage
Sit Sitz Seets Commands the dog into a sitting position
Down Platz platts Commands the dog into a down position
Stand Steh shtay Commands the dog to a standing position
Stay Bleib bly-b Commands the dog to stay as is
Heel Fuss fooss Commands the dog to follow right by your
(by the foot) knee
Come Komm come Commands the dog to come to you
Here Hier hee-er Commands the dog to come to you
Come Here Komm Hier come hee-er Commands the dog to come to you
Forward Voraus forr-awss Sends the dog forward in a straight line
Attack Packen Packen Sends the dog to attack
Attack Fass fass Sends the dog to attack
(that's an easy one)
Out Aus awss Commands the dog to out the bite and stay
Guard Pass auf pass-awf Commands the dog to stay and guard
At/On Object Auf Objekt awf-ob-ject Commands the dog on the object to guard
For training ONLY, NOT ALLOWED in
trial
Search and Such und Bring tsuuk-oont-brrring Sends the dog to retrieve a thrown object
Bring ("und" may be dropped)
Give Gib gibb Request object after a retrieve
Search and Such und Gib tsuuk-oont-gibblawt Sends the dog to find the decoy and bark
Bark Laut when found
Jump Hopp hopp Commands the dog to jump the obstacle
[H]up Hopp hopp Commands the dog to jump the obstacle
Place Stelle shteh-lar Repositions the dog before a return jump
(almost stellar but starting Only AFTER the judge's horn signal
with the sh sound) (all position commands also allowed)
Hello | Good Guten Tag Goo-ten-tahk Not a dog command
Day
Good Bye | See Auf awf-vee-derr-zehn Not a dog command
You Later Wiedersehen
