Japanese Dog Training Commands


My fiance and I will be moving to Japan sometime next year and are trying to
prepare our dog for the experience by teaching her Japanese commands so she
can be easily handled by kennels/vets/groomers/etc. What are the most common
and useful commands used for dog training in Japan?

I'm betting some are direct translations like "sit," "stay" and "come." But
when it comes to things like "go potty" or "drop it" or even "no" (would it
just be "ie"?) I'm not sure if there's a more appropriate or universal way to
say those. Also if there are any commands that are commonly used in Japan that
_aren't_ common in America please enlighten me!

Please include romaji in answers for reference because we're still learning to
read.




Ote(おて) You show your hand to your dog and say "ote", and the dog our your paw
on your hand. I'm not sure the command is common in America, so if you are not
sure what is ote, you can watch [this video](https://youtu.be/m5c9-0ygx1A).

Osuwari(おすわり) is also common, which is equivalent to sit.

Fuse(ふせ) is a command for a dog to duck/get down. You can watch [this
video](https://youtu.be/R7ud166t50Q) to have idea of fuse. By the way, the
spell of romaji "fuse" is equivalent to English word "fuse", but the
pronunciation is different. The first word the man say in the video is the
correct pronunciation of fuse.

Mate(まて) is almost equivalent to stay. Mate literally means "wait", and it
sometimes mean "stay right there", but it sometimes means "wait to eat your
food." The pronunciation of "mate" is also very different from English word
mate. The second word the man say in [this
video](https://youtu.be/R7ud166t50Q) is the correct pronunciation of mate.

Oide(おいで) is equivalent to "come".

Chodai(ちょうだい) is equivalent to "drop it".

Mottekoi(もってこい) is equivalent to "go fetch".

Dame(だめ) and Ikenai(いけない) is equivalent to "no", "ie" is not common to tell a
dog you are doing wrong thing.

I've never heard a Japanese person command a dog "go potty". I don't think the
command is common in Japan.




Ote(おて) You show your hand to your dog and say "ote", and the dog our your paw
on your hand. I'm not sure the command is common in America, so if you are not
sure what is ote, you can watch [this video](https://youtu.be/m5c9-0ygx1A).

Osuwari(おすわり) is also common, which is equivalent to sit.

Fuse(ふせ) is a command for a dog to duck/get down. You can watch [this
video](https://youtu.be/R7ud166t50Q) to have idea of fuse. By the way, the
spell of romaji "fuse" is equivalent to English word "fuse", but the
pronunciation is different. The first word the man say in the video is the
correct pronunciation of fuse.

Mate(まて) is almost equivalent to stay. Mate literally means "wait", and it
sometimes mean "stay right there", but it sometimes means "wait to eat your
food." The pronunciation of "mate" is also very different from English word
mate. The second word the man say in [this
video](https://youtu.be/R7ud166t50Q) is the correct pronunciation of mate.

Oide(おいで) is equivalent to "come".

Chodai(ちょうだい) is equivalent to "drop it".

Mottekoi(もってこい) is equivalent to "go fetch".

Dame(だめ) and Ikenai(いけない) is equivalent to "no", "ie" is not common to tell a
dog you are doing wrong thing.

I've never heard a Japanese person command a dog "go potty". I don't think the
command is common in Japan.

