{"id":154,"date":"2012-07-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/drstevesmiley\/?p=154"},"modified":"2026-08-01T03:01:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T03:01:57","slug":"german-commands-for-german-shepherds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/drstevesmiley\/german-commands-for-german-shepherds\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Give German Commands for German Shepherds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You want to learn how to give German commands to German Shepherds? First off, you need to define your goals.\u00a0 Are you doing it because of the \u201cGerman\u201d thing? Are you trying to get into dog training and obedience training?\u00a0 Or are you trying to show off to your friends and family?<\/p>\n<p>Which is it?<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s got to be one of those listed above\u2026right?<\/p>\n<p>For me, I wanted to get into to training, I wanted to have a trained dog, and <strong>I WANTED IT TO LOOK BADASS WHEN I GAVE MY DOGS COMMANDS IN GERMAN.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And let me tell you one thing, when you give your dog commands in German and it obeys, people perk up and start to take notice.<\/p>\n<p>This doesn\u2019t have to be <strong>German commands for German Shepherds<\/strong>.\u00a0 It can be for any breed of dog your choice.\u00a0 It all looks cool when your dog obeys in German.<\/p>\n<p><em>Have you defined your goal?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>You want to look cool don\u2019t you?\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2026here is a list of German commands to start off with.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4>Achtung! (Ahk-toong\u2019): Watch! Attention!<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Aus! (Ows): Out! Drop It! Let Go!<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Bleib! (Blibe): Stay!<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Bringen! : Bring! Fetch!<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Fass! (Fahs):Attack! Take hold!<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Fuss! (Foos): Heel!<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Gib Laut! : Bark! Speak!<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Hier! : Here! Come!<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Hopp! : Up! Jump!<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Nein! (Nine):No!<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Pass auf! (Pahs owf): Pay attention! Heads Up!<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Pfui! (Foo-ey): Shame! Stop That! Drop That!<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Platz! (Plots): Down! (Place)<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Setz! , Setzen! (Zetze\u2019n): Sit!<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Such! (Zook): Search!<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Voran! (For-ahn): Go forward! Take the lead!<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Voraus! (For-ows): Go forward! Run out!<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Kriech (creekh): Crawl!<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is a great list of the most common <em>German commands for German shepherds.<\/em>\u00a0 This is a great starting point to teach your dogs these common commands.<\/p>\n<p>Check out our German Shepherds:<\/p>\n<p>My favorite <strong>command is \u201cplatz\u201d<\/strong>\u2026which means down.\u00a0 What I do is tell my dog \u201cplatz,\u201d then make her stay down until I say, \u201cfree\u201d in English.\u00a0 You can teach your dog this too.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t let your dog get up from the down position until you give them a \u201cfree\u201d command or give them their next command such as \u201cheel\u201d or \u201cfuss\u201d which means heel.<\/p>\n<p>This is a cool list of German commands to implement today.<\/p>\n<p>Let me know what you think below in the Facebook comments.<\/p>\n<p>Yours in Prosperity,<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Steve Smiley<\/p>\n<p>sdsmiley@gmail.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You want to learn how to give German commands to German Shepherds? 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