For a 2 year old dog, Rudy knows many words….here’s some words I remember at the moment!
| Sit | Sit, rear on the floor |
| Down | Means to lay down or an incline of my head means to lay down |
| Stay | Stay where you are, don’t move |
| Stand | Up on your feet |
| Heel/Sidechair | Walk left side with our friend Jane / Walk by right side of my chair (my preferred side) |
| Come | Come to me |
| Okay | Release word, at ease |
| Beep Beep | Move out of the way of my wheels if I back up, or move out of way in general |
| Kennel | Go rest in kennel |
| Off | Feet on the floor |
| Settle | Calm down, relax |
| Wait | Expect another command but stay where you are |
| Paws up/Up | Jump, putting paws up, on indicated object |
| Treat/Cookie/Biscuit | A healthy dog goodie reward |
| Carrot | A favorite treat |
| Cold Bone | Small ice cube, also a favorite treat |
| Jump | Jump onto indicated object |
| Foot | Lift indicated paw, usually to untangle leash, have feet wiped, or nails trimmed |
| Table | Go up on your table (feeding station cum leash up table) |
| Roll Over | Just for fun or when I need to see your side |
| Belly Up | Just for fun or when I need to see your belly |
| Sneeze | Plain silliness, I often ask “Are you sick?” to elicit a sneeze |
| Right | Turn Right |
| Left | Turn Left |
| Back | Go back a few steps, still working on this but doing well |
| Here | No nonsense come right now to where I indicate and sit |
| Come side chair | Come to left side of my wheelchair |
| walk side chair | Walk next to the left side of my wheelchair |
| Go to work | Time to go on a public outing and race up table to put on work vest! |
| Take it | Take indicated object |
| Bring it | Bring object to my lap by jumping in lap or paws up on my knee to place object in my hand |
| Drop lap | Dropping indicated object into my lap usually by jumping in my lap |
| Come help | Come help carry out a task or pick something up, but if hears something drop he’s right there to help! |
| Turn the light on/off | Go turn on/off the bedroom light |
| Push 911 | Go activate life alert alarm |
| Get phone | fetch my phone |
| Get remote/slippers | fetch my tv remote; go get my slippers from bedroom, one at a time |
| Pull /Pull back | Pull, tug indicated object such as a jacket sleeve or strap on cupboard/fridge, adding the word “back” indicates back up while pulling |
| Pull Sock | Pull off sock |
| Try again | Encouragement to complete command |
| Touch | Touch indicated object with paw |
| Say Hi | Release to greet someone |
| Go for ride | Get in vehicle |
| Go for walk | Go to table to get leashed up for a walk |
| Good boy! | Praise for a good job |
| Yay! | Yay Rudy, giving him praise for a job well done |
| Look | Pay attention, look at me |
| Leave it | Ignore distraction or object of interest |
| Bring leash | Retrieve leash and put in my hand |
| Take to “name” | Take item I give him and bring to another party |
| Clean up toys | Put toys away in box, hope to build on to teach trash cleanup and laundry assistance |
| Beg/Turn | Just for fun, sitting pretty and pirouettes are great to strengthen hind quarters |
| Night Night | Go to his kennel to retire for day and await my invitation to sleep with me on my bed!!! |
