tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938120942169485220.post5279497196040410426..comments2024-03-02T23:39:15.327-05:00Comments on The Elka Almanac: Doggie-Vous Francais?Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10562151546770315227noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938120942169485220.post-27240741297790945422012-12-17T20:41:00.716-05:002012-12-17T20:41:00.716-05:00Morgan and Kuster are both bilingual, knowing both...Morgan and Kuster are both bilingual, knowing both German and English, and all four dogs know sign language besides spoken English. I do know some French sign language, but not well enough to teach it to the dogs. houndstoothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02159272473651561647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938120942169485220.post-44180708104419443542012-12-17T19:08:32.830-05:002012-12-17T19:08:32.830-05:00Moms K9 at work speak Navajo, German and Ukraine
B...Moms K9 at work speak Navajo, German and Ukraine<br />Benny & LilyTwo French Bulldogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10504475675258871866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938120942169485220.post-70683676810078035672012-12-17T19:07:35.776-05:002012-12-17T19:07:35.776-05:00Kyuss was trained all his commands in German along...Kyuss was trained all his commands in German along with hand signals. It made it easy when I also transitioned him to English commands. <br />As I now live in Quebec, and my husband is French, he also now understands some (not all) French commands such as assis(sit), rester(stay), ici(come).<br /><br />So, Kyuss is kinda tri-lingual, or quadra-lingual if you include the hand signals. =OAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938120942169485220.post-88983526610944765922012-12-17T18:36:59.551-05:002012-12-17T18:36:59.551-05:00Hmm. Elli has Arriba for stand (spanish). Mostly, ...Hmm. Elli has Arriba for stand (spanish). Mostly, I just choose weird English words for cues -- Mamba (my fav candy) for Front and Squid for (fold back down) -- because the defaults (come and down) are hard for me to sound happy about. And Elli has no clue what mambas and squids actually are, so, it works. :)<br /><br />Ximenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15149363758149608097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938120942169485220.post-23615730594410412862012-12-17T16:22:01.741-05:002012-12-17T16:22:01.741-05:00Georgia is learning Spanish, just in case we make ...Georgia is learning Spanish, just in case we make The Big Move. She already knows 4 commands pretty well. Sientate (sit), abajo (down), venga (come) and mirame (look at me). I'm working on stop, wait, outside, inside, upstairs and downstairs. She helps me build my own vocabulary! I also sign my commands in case she one day loses her hearing when she gets old. I reckon it's useful for anyone, human or dog, to know more than one language :)georgia little peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388133043071314431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938120942169485220.post-53324192524196455002012-12-17T15:12:07.690-05:002012-12-17T15:12:07.690-05:00Well, Ma would say that I don't understand ANY...Well, Ma would say that I don't understand ANY language, butts that's not true, I just CHOOSE to not understand English. BOL<br />Okays, seriously, I understand Ma's 'original' hand signals and English of course. I did try to order Rosetta Stone online, butts Ma's credit card was maxed out already! Oh, well...<br /><br />Kisses,<br />RubyRubyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10174917571557571096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938120942169485220.post-35979185283143797822012-12-17T13:46:06.150-05:002012-12-17T13:46:06.150-05:00We're single language/hand gesture around here...We're single language/hand gesture around here. Interestingly, though, we did have some families in our training classes using Spanish commands with the dog. They had to teach the trainer what word to use. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938120942169485220.post-64987778016785645702012-12-17T11:36:14.914-05:002012-12-17T11:36:14.914-05:00I just speak English...I been thinking about learn...I just speak English...I been thinking about learning Spanish, but have not tried learning yet!<br /><br />~HigginsPatrice and Higginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14961959014212195011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938120942169485220.post-39503617668695148592012-12-17T11:24:01.159-05:002012-12-17T11:24:01.159-05:00Our local police dogs are taught to respond to com...Our local police dogs are taught to respond to commands in German, mostly so that they are not confused if an unauthorized person gives them an English command.Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07145008534811435024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938120942169485220.post-33817969864671889362012-12-17T07:21:41.066-05:002012-12-17T07:21:41.066-05:00I'm a "bilingual" dog... but my staf...I'm a "bilingual" dog... but my staff said I don't obey in any language (that's not true I accept the treat-language)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com