08/06/2025
🌟Inspiration for you for teaching your dog or something to do during the crappy weather start to June ...
My wee-man knows over 100 words & phrases and he is just 19 months old! 🤩
👉You don't need to spend hours training to get here...this is just in 5 min sessions + doing shorts 10 second bursts of this or that when I take him out, as part of his playtime, prep his meals, or make myself a coffee. But we do it EVERYDAY 😉
It's always positive and fun for him; he thinks it's all part of a game...
So here are all his words listed below (and what they mean to him)
You could pick a couple that your dog doesn't know & have a go! I highly recommend button training- if you're not sure how to start with buttons drop us a DM.
Teaching your dog a huge vocabulary isn't just fun, it helps build a strong 2 way communication between the both of you.
It's literally like having a permanent furry toddler 🙈🤣 but soooo worth it. You get a glimpse of what your dog is thinking, and that- in my opinion, is priceless.....
Peace out✌️🐾🫶😎
1. Sit= put your butt down
2. Down= put your butt and elbows down
3. Stand= be upright on all 4 feet
4. Off = get off of xyz
5. Paw= shake my hand
6. Other paw= shake hand with other paw
7. Wave= move 1 paw up and down
8. High 5= paw but higher
9. It's OK= don't worry/let it be/normal chaos
10. All done= finished with the exercise
11. Switch= toy swap
12. Sit up= sit and balance on hind legs with front legs off the floor
13. Up= be picked up
14. Step up= put your front legs up on a pedestal/platform and have your rear legs straight as in stand position
15. Thank you = drop it/I'm about to take the thing from your mouth
16. Come up= sit with me on couch/bed
17. Pivot= pivot to (his) right
18. Shift = pivot to (his) left
19. Spin= turn full circle clockwise
20. Twist=turn full circle anticlockwise
21. Haw=left turn
22. Gee= right turn
23. Left= pass on the left
24. Right = pass on the right
25. Leave = don't touch, sniff or look at it
26. Back up=move backwards
27. Move= go somewhere else that isn't in my way 🤦♀️
28. Go-go= RUN!!
29. On by= Pass/don't stop/keep going
30. Walk=walk as in, don't trot or run
31. Wait=stop until I give another cue
32. Easy=slow TF down
33. In= go Inside
34. Out=leave the room
35. Hurry up= (Go wee/poo)= do ya business
36. Quick=speed up
37. Straight on = don't turn or take any sidepaths
38. Bed=go in your kennel
39. Settle down = chill with a toy or Bone
40. Go sleep/night-night= go back to sleep in your bed
41. Neighbour=friendly fire, nothing to worry about
42. Go see = peek out the window
43. Clothes on/off=putting harness or sweaters/jumpers/PFD on
44. Swimming= go swimming
45. Pool = go swimming in the 'big pool'
46. Car= car ride
47. Get it = retrieve the thing
48. Trevor = the ginger cat that lives here
49. Tina = the white & black cat that doesn't play that also lives here
50. Kitty play = play with trevor
51. Kitty later = Trevor doesn't want to play, leave him
52. Cookie= don't move I'm bringing the treat to you
53. Search = go search for the treats
54. Find it/ find X= look for a specific toy
55. Ring it= ring the bell
56. Not now / in a minute = it'll happen but not this second, be patient
57. This way = change direction and follow me
58. Here= come to me
59. Heel= walk by my left pant seam
60. Side = walk by my right pant seam
61. Go = start
62. Upstairs = go upstairs
63. Downstairs = go downstairs
64. Berries= you're about to get a blueberry/raspberry/strawberry/blackberry
65. Apple= you're about to get some apple
66. Pineapple= you're about to get some pineapple
67. Snack= you're about to get a puzzle or puppy bomb or other treat
68. Wipe your bum = go to the bathroom and assume the position 😂
69. Face= imma wipe your face
70. Eyes= imma wipe your eye creases
71. Ears = imma clean your ears
72. Teeth= imma check your teefs
73. Touch= press your nose into my palm
74. Kisses=give me a kiss
Buttons Words:
1. Water= fresh water pls
2. Ice= I want ice
3. Hungry= food now
4. Daddy= I want daddy to do XYZ
5. Taylor= his alert button for when she needed assistance....now he presses it only when he thinks of her?
6. Later=I'm done/goodbye
7. Help= my toy is stuck
8. Outside= I want to go in the garden / need a wee or poo
9. Tug= I want my purple tug
10. Play= I want to play
11. Ball = I want my ball
12. Hungry + ice= I want a frozen treat that isn't ice
13. Tug + outside= I want to go for a walk where you bring my tug to play
14. Hungry + outside = I want to do the outside thing that involves a walk and treats
15. Hungry + ball= put treats in my puzzle ball
16. Ball + Tug = I want to tug with the big tug that looks like it has balls on the ends
17. Play + later = not play right now
Toys by name:
1. Hungry ball = puzzle ball
2. Bone = self explanation
3. Chew= self explanation
4. Tug= the purple tug that is the only toy we play tug with
5. Shark= self explanation
6. Pea= Squeaky pea
7. Piggy= Squeaky pig
8. Squeaky berry = strawberry that squeaks
9. Red ball= red Squeaky ball that no longer squeaks
10. Angry ball = the big red ball that annoys me cuz I can't pick it up
11. Rope= self explanation
12. Chicken= Squeaky chicken
13. Green ball = glow in the dark Neon ball
14. Yellow ball= tennis ball
15. Duck=mallard that squeaks
16. Kong= self explanation
17. Corn= Squeaky corn
18. Squeaky Bone= green bone that squeaks
19. Blue toy= the dodgy profane looking blue stick
20. Stick= red Squeaky straight thing
