For those of us doing competitive obedinece, we use different words for the same action Why? because a spouse, child or relative uses the same word for a different action Spouse says COME COME COM - meaning come into the room, come intothe house, come and sit with me I use Here/Hier because I want a quick recall where the dog SITS IN FRONT OF ME. Spouse and kid use DOWN to mean sit down next to me I want them to drop imemdiately I used to have to train the dogs in Yiddush as grandmama who lived with us only spoke Yiddish. I find the use of German terms in performance NORMAL. Spouse, kids and relatives usually would not use them. The dogs have consistency and no confusion. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================