COMMANDS

If you’ve got a Borzoi, a Black Terrier, a Samoyed, a Russian Toy, a Caucasian Mountain Dog, or another Russian dog, you would probably want to teach him some Russian dog commands.

Russian commands for dogs are short and quite easy to pronounce and remember.

First of all teach your Russian puppy several basic and most important Russian dog commands like “Come!”, “Sit!”, “Down!”, “Stand!”, “Stay!”, “Heel!” and “Out!”.

Here is your initial list (capitals for stress):

COME! – KO MNE (ko MNE, “o” like in “poll”, “e” like in “bell”)!

SIT! – SIDET’ (see-DET’, “e” like in “bell”, “t” palatalized)!

DOWN! – LYEZHAT’ (lje-ZHAT’, “a” like “u” in “sun”, “t” palatalized)!

STAND! – STOYAT’ (sto-JAT’, “o” like in “poll”, “t” palatalized)!

STAY! – MYESTO (MJE-sto, “o” like in “poll”, “e” like in “bell”)!

HEEL! – RYADOM (RJA-dom, “a” like “u” in “sun”)!

OUT! (Let go! Leave it!) – FU (FOO, “u” like “oo” in “book”)!

After that you can learn and teach your dog some Russian dog commands that he will definitely enjoy:

GOOD – HOROSHO (ho-ro-SHO, “o” like in “poll”)

GOOD BOY – MOLODETS (mo-lo-DETS, “o” like in “poll”, “e” like in “bell”)

GO OUTSIDE – GULYAT’ (gu-LJAT’, “u” like in “put”, “a” like “u” in “sun”)

GO HOME – DOMOY (do-MOJ,  “o” like in “poll”, “oy” like in “boy”)

If you want your dog to bark or stay quiet you can use the Russian commands for that:

VOICE! – GOLOS (GO-los, “o” like in “poll”)!

QUIET! – TIHO (TEE-ho, “ho” like in “holiday”)!

And finally here are some Russian dog commands for advanced owners:

FETCH! (Retrieve!) – APORT (a-PORT, “a” like “u” in “sun”)!

JUMP (over)! – BARYER (ba-RJER, “a” like “u” in “sun”)!

FORWARD! – VPERYOD (vpe-RJOD, “e” like in “bell”)!

GUARD! – OHRANYAI (o-hra-NYAJ, “o” like in “poll”, “ai” like “uy” in “buy”)

ATTACK! – FAS (FAS, “a” like “u” in “sun”)!

Russian commands for dogs sound unusual and will attract additional attention to your dog. Another reason to learn them is to make your dog more secure because he won’t obey English commands from strangers.

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