You can find language training terms on the Dr. P's Dog Training site, along with just about every thing else on dog training.
What does platz mean? It translated to \"workstation\" in my translator program. - sigh -Bob Scott said:......Any dog that has good drive will then run to the \"spot\". PRAISE, PRAISE, PRAISE! Thunder will then return to me for a game of tug. .......Obviously, you need a fast, solid \"platz\" before you want to put the two together. ......
No apology needed, Bob - I'm embarrassingly newbie here, with anything beyond basic obedience.Bob Scott said:Sorry! Yes it's German for down.
You can find language training terms on the Dr. P's Dog Training site, along with just about every thing else on dog training.
Jerry Lyda said:Platz means Place
So which is it? I've checked multiple sites on German commands, and so far,Bob Scott said:![]()
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LOL!Bob Scott said:Jerry is correct, but I'm not going to tell my dog. That would totally mess up his beliefs in things I've told him in the past.:wink:
(So far), I've been motivational as well with all basic obedience.Bob Scott said:How are you teaching it? Down/platz/place is a submissive position for a dog. I prefer to teach it motivationally...
Do you mean like two treats instead of the normal 1, orBob Scott said:My dog gets a bigger reward, the faster he goes down...
I did, this is a split-of from the send-away topic. I added the dutch word for down(af) in the topic title.Martin Espericueta said:Mod, please split this into a separate thread if need be - I'm sorry if I've
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I was always much more literal in my translation to dutch, I never looked up the commands you use in holland, I just used the words I knew from speaking dutch... I say lichen/liggen for lay down (I dont know how to spell that?), I say af to tell him \"off\" such as \"off the furniture\", he listens to both stellen and \"pak 'em\" which people assume is \"pakken\" in german, but I'm just being informal in dutch :lol: Like \"take him\" in English. And I also use the dutch translation of Platz, which is, well, Plaats... but to me \"place\" means come to me and lay down in your place, which is lay down in heel position. I know, I'm all kindsa weird with my commands, but nobody else knows what the hell I'm telling my dog so it's fineSelena van Leeuwen said:I added the dutch word for down(af) in the topic title.
I learnt my dog a quick down in the house first. You get the dog to sit and have its favourite treat or ball in your hand. You kneel in front of dog or to the side and build the tention up on your hand. You can say \"wait, wait\"for example then when the concentration is there bring your hand down to the floor with super speed. When the dog is down give the treat or play tug with the ball. Same from down to sit........... keep the hand low by the ground with the treat or ball in it, build up the tension on the hand till the dog is watching carefully then command \"sit\"as you bring your hand up rapidly from the ground. Do this 6 times......dog should have it down to a tee in no time. Works great!Martin Espericueta said:Jerry Lyda said:Platz means PlaceSo which is it? I've checked multiple sites on German commands, and so far,\"Bob Scott\" said:![]()
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platz means down.
My Sable does a slow platz ... I want more speed, but I'm not sure how to speed
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I beg to differ... I'm pretty sure my dog thinks along the lines of \"oh my god what a freakin slave driver!!! I don't see him doing push ups! OK I give up, I'm gonna go sniff me some pee in the grass\".Bob Scott said:\"I'll bet this is when I'm gonna get that ball'. Nope! I Better try again\". Get it? :wink:
I think Bob the \"puppy push ups\"we mean the same thing as I mentioned?Bob Scott said:I might add here that I don't teach the down from a sit. IMHO, that teaches the dog to anticipate the next move. Once both are learned well, I sometimes play puppy pushups to increase speed. I make a game of quickly giving sit, dow, sit, down commands in rapid fire, and RANDOMLY giving rewards. It's way to easy for us to fall into a pattern on praise/treats/toy giving. The randomness keeps the dog thinking. \"I'll bet this is when I'm gonna get that ball'. Nope! I Better try again\". Get it? :wink: