I am very pleased with how I have taught the turn and down for Laev's Schutzhund sendaway. The behavior is strong, capable of overriding a previous cue, and precise. Most importantly, it has low latency. So I get an instant turn and a nice straight down, which just looks pretty.
I'm getting ready for some "normal" indoor ring obedience after our Schutzhund trial and I am thinking, drat, I should have trained that with a sit as well for our send outs. I wonder now if I've built in the down too strongly, in that context, so that sit will be harder to learn....
Regardless, I'll need something to call it. "Down" means for Laev to hit the deck wherever she is, while "platz" means to turn to face me and then lie down. I will need something equally precise for Laev to turn and sit, because "sit" means to plant her rear without moving from that spot. (Yes, I know the dogs can get it in different situations, but why mess with a good thing when I know she can learn precision with specific cues?)
But German and Danish sound too much like the English "sit," so I don't want to use them. I could use Czech, I suppose -- haven't tried that yet, and Laev's sire was a Czech dog. Or I could use Japanese; she has only two Japanese cues so far, both relating to bitework.
Or it could be something really clever, instead of just another word for "sit." I knew someone who trained her entire AKC Utility routine in Star Trek language; her go out cue was "engage." There ought to be some clever option I just haven't thought of yet.
Suggestions are welcome. :-)
uuh a challenge... I like it...
Finnish :
Sit down = istu alas
Sit = istua
Since you want her to turn around before sitting you could use the Danish
Drej meaning turn
or maybe borrow from latin?
Vice versa = turn in place? (*giggles*)
Adsum = Here! present! (that one is very yellable)
lol
Christina
French can be quite
French can be quite yellable.... just ask my kids ;)
What about using some
What about using some French comands?
French
I've got nothing against French except that I can't pronounce it. :-) Also, I test all of my potential cues in advance for "yellability," or how clear they are when I shout them down the field or in high wind. French doesn't strike me as very "yellable."
Plus, I don't really speak any French. Though I suppose I don't speak any less French than I do German, Czech or Danish. Hmm. Now that I think about it, I don't have ANY cues in my second language, and only two in my third (very incomplete). And then I have a smattering in languages of which I'm almost wholly ignorant.
But come to think of it, I'll be using the turn-and-sit cue exclusively in small-ring obedience, where yellability isn't really a factor. Mostly indoor trials, and never more than 50' away. So maybe I could consider some French. :-)
Laura &