Sit

Sit position

Down

Down position

Rest

Down position

Lie-down

Down position

Stay

Hold or to stay in position

Stop

Stop, freeze, or to halt

Whoa

Stop, freeze, or to halt

Wait

Stop, freeze, or to halt

Heel

Walk next to the handler

Lets-Go

Walk next to the handler

With me

Walk next to the handler

Come

Return to the handler

Here

Return to the handler

Speak

Bark

Bark

Bark

Jump

Jump over or onto something

Up

Jump over or onto something

Hop-up

Jump over or onto something

Over

Jump over or onto something

Fetch

Retrive an item

Bring

Retrive an item

Get-It

Retrive an item

Go

Go in a direction

Away

Go in a direction

Go-out

Go in a direction

Watch

Guard or to alert by barking

Search

Search

Track

Tracking footprints, footprint trailing

Look

Tracking footprints, footprint trailing

Find

Tracking footprints, footprint trailing

Drop

To release or drop an item

Drop-It

To release or drop an item

Out

To release or drop an item

Leave-It

To release or drop an item

No

Indicate wrong-doing, mistakes, or errors

Okay

Release from command

Free

Release from command

All-Done

Release from command

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    How do these commands or translations vary from Google translate, or any other translation tool?

    Dog commands are not the same as a one-word answer in a language. To heel next to handler is the word “heel” which is different from “heal” which is part of the ankle.
    Some other examples of this are:

    • Lie down could be “down”, or “rest”, 
    • To bark on command could be “bark”, or “speak”, or in protection sport “guard”.  
    • To drop an item could be “drop”, or “out”, or “release”, or “leave-it”

    Further, the context of how/when these words or commands are used will vary from country to country, the dog sport or venue, and from one language to another. Our goal is to compile a database of words or phrases that are used as commands in the world of dog training.

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