What is considered basic obedience!?

[ShrekDawg]

The most basic to me is recall. If your dog won't come when called (especially in a public setting), then it should never be off leash/wandering around free.

No, leave it, and drop it are also important. Same with stay and wait.

Sit is easy and one of the first most people teach their dogs but I wouldn't put it up there as one of the most important. A well behaved dog can be sitting or standing or lying down or dancing the macarena for all I care, as long as it's respectful of those around it.

As far as heel goes, I don't care if the dog is in front of me during a walk, as long as it isn't pulling. A dog walking in front of its owner is not a show of dominance the way many people believe it to be, but normal pack behavior. "Let me lead and be the lookout for a while" is basically what it is. It shows care and empathy.

My dog was euthanized in 2020, a month away from his 16th birthday. I trained him myself from the time we got him, when I was 11ish. Let me see what I can remember... I'll probably miss some.

Commands:
Sit
Lie down (then Down— on his side. Down was more of a trick because it's not strictly necessary, though it can be helpful in certain situations)
GO lie down (on his bed)
No/ah/ah-ah
Wait
Okay/go ahead
Get a drink
Eat
Go potty
Leave it
Drop it
Find it (ball, treat, etc)
Off (person, furniture)
Go get it/fetch
Easy/nice/gentle (when taking a treat or toy)
Settle (when too excited/hyper)
No bite (when he was young and mouthy)
Go for walk? (his favorite question— he would go stand by his leash)
Heel (mostly for off-leash walks, which I only did on my grandparents huge property, in the woods. His recall wasn't the best so I never walked off-leash in public or in busy areas)
Go outside
Go inside
Go (give me space)
Get in (kiddie pool, bath)

Verbal tricks:
Jump
Shake
Gimme five
Kisses
Roll over
Sing (Stitch was never a barker. He did sometimes, but rarely. We taught him to howl in the last few years of his life, it was a very low pitched little "aauuoo")
The treat on nose trick (leave it, wait, okay. He didn't always catch it but he usually did)

Nonverbal tricks (Things I didn't have verbal commands for but had physical props):
Jump over swing
Jump through hoop

Word-object associations:
Ball
Toy
Treat/milkbone
Food
Water
Bed
Walk (leash)

I'd also like to note that most tricks and commands came with hand signs. Several of them could be performed without verbal instruction, and he learned a specific chain that he loved performing (sit [closed fist to chest], lie down [point down], down [point down again], roll over [twirl finger]).

I love this also I’m sorry about your dog

 

[Squawkers]

What Chase knows:
“Sit”
“Down”
“Up”- up from sitting or laying down to all fours
“Stay”- freeze and stay where ever he is, whether that be sitting or mid walk
“Come”
“Drop it”
“No more”- this is my leave it, I say it whenever I just want him to stop what he is doing, like barking (what I use it the most for), sniffing something, etc. This is also the command I use to disengage his reactivity. When we are out and he starts to growl at someone, I say “no more” and he almost always stops growling/barking and looks at me.
“Go get in bed”- go to his dog bed
“Chase”- he has to keep eye contact until I look away
“Look”- he has to look at my face until I verbally release him, even if I look away
“Go on”- go in the direction I point
“Fetch”- go get the object that I named or point at
“Outside”
“Go potty”
“Close”- I expect him to walk pretty close to my side and auto sit
“Heel”- focused heel. He has to keep his shoulders touching my side as much as possible, so tight pivoting and walking backwards when I do, and fast auto sit
“Food”- eat what I’m pointing at or encouragement to eat his dog food (his dog food is in one room in the house but because he follows me around all day he only eats when I go in that room, so I try to encourage him to go eat when I’m in a different room. Usually doesn’t work)
“Water”- drink water
“Speak”- barking at me, although I have directed this command at other things before. Once I was on a walk and a car pulled up beside us really fast. It freaked me out and I told Chase to speak, the leash almost slipped out of my hand with how forcefully he lunged at the car
“Shake”
“High five”
“Give me a hug”
“Off”- turning of my alarm, he has to stand up, put his front paws on the nightstand, and then push the snooze button with his paw
“Trash”- put what I give him or point at in the trash can
“Dirty”- put what I give him or point at in the dirty clothes basket
“1, 2, 3,… “(while covering my eyes)- go hide, he almost always hides under my bed
“Door”- close door, either cabinet door, refrigerator door, or any house or outside door. I’ve had him close the chicken coop door a few times
“Search”- find what ever scent I’ve given, whether human, cat, or eggs
“Find”- find the object that has the human’s scent that I have directed (work in progress)
“Where’s sunny”- find an idiot cat that has a death wish. Chase has alerted to him in the garage, shed, closed in porch that we never go in, cars, and any spot you can think of that would get him killed
“Turn”- pivot from facing me to facing the opposite direction
“Let me see your foot”- basically shake, but I say this when I’m wiping his muddy feet off
“stand”- stand up on his back two legs
“Bow”
“Want to go on a walk?”- chase’s favorite words in the whole world. He turns into a maniac that runs around the house and to the back door
“Go get your leash”
“Go put it up”- putting his leash back where it goes after we are done with the walk

I used to say “go get in your crate” but I don’t have his crate any more

There are also a lot of unspoken things I expect of him too. When we are going outside he is never allowed to go out without permission, nor is he allowed to stare outside and be tense. He has to look at me at the door to be let out, and I don’t tell him to look, he just knows. He isn’t allowed to jump in or out of cars without permission (he has to look at me). He is never allowed to eat food off of the ground without permission. He has one spot in the yard for going potty and is not allowed to go anywhere else unless directed (makes my cleaning up job so much easier and I don’t have to watch where I step) He is not allowed to go potty in public places without permission, I am currently working on him alerting me when he needs to go. I also have my release word and markers for during training. He also knows the difference between “food” and “fetch” if I point at a piece of food and say “food” he can eat it, but if I point at a piece of food and say “fetch” he has to bring it to me. He also knows many objects by name, which I pair with “go get”. He used to ask before getting on my bed, which I liked, but I got so tired of him muzzle punching me in the face 10 times a night, so I let that one go. I might have forgotten something, but that’s most of it for sure. I consider everything above the focused heel Chase’s basic obedience.

 

[Squawkers]

The most basic to me is recall. If your dog won't come when called (especially in a public setting), then it should never be off leash/wandering around free.

No, leave it, and drop it are also important. Same with stay and wait.

Sit is easy and one of the first most people teach their dogs but I wouldn't put it up there as one of the most important. A well behaved dog can be sitting or standing or lying down or dancing the macarena for all I care, as long as it's respectful of those around it.

As far as heel goes, I don't care if the dog is in front of me during a walk, as long as it isn't pulling. A dog walking in front of its owner is not a show of dominance the way many people believe it to be, but normal pack behavior. "Let me lead and be the lookout for a while" is basically what it is. It shows care and empathy.

My dog was euthanized in 2020, a month away from his 16th birthday. I trained him myself from the time we got him, when I was 11ish. Let me see what I can remember... I'll probably miss some.

Commands:
Sit
Lie down (then Down— on his side. Down was more of a trick because it's not strictly necessary, though it can be helpful in certain situations)
GO lie down (on his bed)
No/ah/ah-ah
Wait
Okay/go ahead
Get a drink
Eat
Go potty
Leave it
Drop it
Find it (ball, treat, etc)
Off (person, furniture)
Go get it/fetch
Easy/nice/gentle (when taking a treat or toy)
Settle (when too excited/hyper)
No bite (when he was young and mouthy)
Go for walk? (his favorite question— he would go stand by his leash)
Heel (mostly for off-leash walks, which I only did on my grandparents huge property, in the woods. His recall wasn't the best so I never walked off-leash in public or in busy areas)
Go outside
Go inside
Go (give me space)
Get in (kiddie pool, bath)

Verbal tricks:
Jump
Shake
Gimme five
Kisses
Roll over
Sing (Stitch was never a barker. He did sometimes, but rarely. We taught him to howl in the last few years of his life, it was a very low pitched little "aauuoo")
The treat on nose trick (leave it, wait, okay. He didn't always catch it but he usually did)

Nonverbal tricks (Things I didn't have verbal commands for but had physical props):
Jump over swing
Jump through hoop

Word-object associations:
Ball
Toy
Treat/milkbone
Food
Water
Bed
Walk (leash)

I'd also like to note that most tricks and commands came with hand signs. Several of them could be performed without verbal instruction, and he learned a specific chain that he loved performing (sit [closed fist to chest], lie down [point down], down [point down again], roll over [twirl finger]).

It sounds like he was a really good dog, I’m sorry. What kind of dog was he?

 

[TOMTE]

It sounds like he was a really good dog, I’m sorry. What kind of dog was he?

He was my best friend in the world. Actually, last night I had a dream that he came back for a short visit, but I knew the time would be short, so we did his favorite thing— we went for a walk! I do believe those important to us can connect with us more easily in our dreams after they go

He was a pit bull mix (likely pit/lab— he had webbed feet and coarse fur) and we got him from a rescue when he was about 10 months old. They named him Stitch because when they found him as a young puppy, his ears were huge (like Stitch from Lilo and Stitch)

 

[Squawkers]

He was my best friend in the world. Actually, last night I had a dream that he came back for a short visit, but I knew the time would be short, so we did his favorite thing— we went for a walk! I do believe those important to us can connect with us more easily in our dreams after they go

He was a pit bull mix (likely pit/lab— he had webbed feet and coarse fur) and we got him from a rescue when he was about 10 months old. They named him Stitch because when they found him as a young puppy, his ears were huge (like Stitch from Lilo and Stitch)

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So cute!! I can tell he had a happy life and you took good care of him. Dogs have a way of being our best friends.

 

[ShrekDawg]

What Chase knows:
“Sit”
“Down”
“Up”- up from sitting or laying down to all fours
“Stay”- freeze and stay where ever he is, whether that be sitting or mid walk
“Come”
“Drop it”
“No more”- this is my leave it, I say it whenever I just want him to stop what he is doing, like barking (what I use it the most for), sniffing something, etc. This is also the command I use to disengage his reactivity. When we are out and he starts to growl at someone, I say “no more” and he almost always stops growling/barking and looks at me.
“Go get in bed”- go to his dog bed
“Chase”- he has to keep eye contact until I look away
“Look”- he has to look at my face until I verbally release him, even if I look away
“Go on”- go in the direction I point
“Fetch”- go get the object that I named or point at
“Outside”
“Go potty”
“Close”- I expect him to walk pretty close to my side and auto sit
“Heel”- focused heel. He has to keep his shoulders touching my side as much as possible, so tight pivoting and walking backwards when I do, and fast auto sit
“Food”- eat what I’m pointing at or encouragement to eat his dog food (his dog food is in one room in the house but because he follows me around all day he only eats when I go in that room, so I try to encourage him to go eat when I’m in a different room. Usually doesn’t work)
“Water”- drink water
“Speak”- barking at me, although I have directed this command at other things before. Once I was on a walk and a car pulled up beside us really fast. It freaked me out and I told Chase to speak, the leash almost slipped out of my hand with how forcefully he lunged at the car
“Shake”
“High five”
“Give me a hug”
“Off”- turning of my alarm, he has to stand up, put his front paws on the nightstand, and then push the snooze button with his paw
“Trash”- put what I give him or point at in the trash can
“Dirty”- put what I give him or point at in the dirty clothes basket
“1, 2, 3,… “(while covering my eyes)- go hide, he almost always hides under my bed
“Door”- close door, either cabinet door, refrigerator door, or any house or outside door. I’ve had him close the chicken coop door a few times
“Search”- find what ever scent I’ve given, whether human, cat, or eggs
“Find”- find the object that has the human’s scent that I have directed (work in progress)
“Where’s sunny”- find an idiot cat that has a death wish. Chase has alerted to him in the garage, shed, closed in porch that we never go in, cars, and any spot you can think of that would get him killed
“Turn”- pivot from facing me to facing the opposite direction
“Let me see your foot”- basically shake, but I say this when I’m wiping his muddy feet off
“stand”- stand up on his back two legs
“Bow”
“Want to go on a walk?”- chase’s favorite words in the whole world. He turns into a maniac that runs around the house and to the back door
“Go get your leash”
“Go put it up”- putting his leash back where it goes after we are done with the walk

I used to say “go get in your crate” but I don’t have his crate any more

There are also a lot of unspoken things I expect of him too. When we are going outside he is never allowed to go out without permission, nor is he allowed to stare outside and be tense. He has to look at me at the door to be let out, and I don’t tell him to look, he just knows. He isn’t allowed to jump in or out of cars without permission (he has to look at me). He is never allowed to eat food off of the ground without permission. He has one spot in the yard for going potty and is not allowed to go anywhere else unless directed (makes my cleaning up job so much easier and I don’t have to watch where I step) He is not allowed to go potty in public places without permission, I am currently working on him alerting me when he needs to go. I also have my release word and markers for during training. He also knows the difference between “food” and “fetch” if I point at a piece of food and say “food” he can eat it, but if I point at a piece of food and say “fetch” he has to bring it to me. He also knows many objects by name, which I pair with “go get”. He used to ask before getting on my bed, which I liked, but I got so tired of him muzzle punching me in the face 10 times a night, so I let that one go. I might have forgotten something, but that’s most of it for sure. I consider everything above the focused heel Chase’s basic obedience.

That’s awesome!!!!

 

[ShrekDawg]

He was my best friend in the world. Actually, last night I had a dream that he came back for a short visit, but I knew the time would be short, so we did his favorite thing— we went for a walk! I do believe those important to us can connect with us more easily in our dreams after they go

He was a pit bull mix (likely pit/lab— he had webbed feet and coarse fur) and we got him from a rescue when he was about 10 months old. They named him Stitch because when they found him as a young puppy, his ears were huge (like Stitch from Lilo and Stitch)

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Awwwww so cute

 

[Squawkers]

And Chase also knows ”say please” for begging. It is one of my favorites, it’s so cute

 

[ShrekDawg]

And Chase also knows ”say please” for begging. It is one of my favorites, it’s so cute

Awwwww

 

[Pampered chicken girl]

Another thing willow picked up herself was to bark at the door to get out for potty out come get me and go to the door, she was a super easy potty train...she only had an accident her first night home and when she had bad diarrhea which I don't blame her for.