Jackie...you can do all those things in any language....think about it...lol.....you can train your dog with curse words and racial slurs...sad to say I had a parolee who did this very thing.......yes you guessed it...it was a pit bull.....FB Some years ago, we had the UScA SCH National in Reno. I attended most of the sessions. It was great. At one point, a young man was having trouble with his young dog doing the down command. The German Judge, standing near by, was watching and eating a sandwich. Finally, the judge could stand it no longer, so he came over, grabbed the leash and jerked the dog down to the ground with a firm and commanding, "Plutz!" The dog hit the ground, looked up at the fellow and quivered a couple of times, then stayed down. Walking away the judge commented, "See, they are German Shepherds, and they understand German better than English!" The poor dog had never heard German, but the young man agreed, that was the problem, he had not used the right language. Several people, watching the situation also agreed. These dogs are German, therefore they respond better to German commands. I just laughed and walked away. Who said we Germans are logical? Dave Fritsche, Grandson of Heir Emil von Fritsche, immigrant. No, I do not understand German commands....... ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================