Dylan understands all of the following words or phrases. I swear.
Sorted alphabetically:
- *$#@!:%? (let's just say he knows when I'm mad...:)
- Bad dog...
- Ball
- Bang! (a.k.a. "Play Dead!" He hates this one.)
- Bath
- Bird
- Bread
- Bring it here
- Burp!
- Catch it!
- Come
- Cookie
- Dog Park
- (Get) Down!
- Drop it!
- Dylan (his name)
- Einstein (my brother's other dog)
- (Get the) Fly!
- (do you wanna) Go for a ride?
- (do you wanna) Go for a walk?
- Haircut (my brother's dog)
- Heel
- Holly
- Hoof (dog treat)
- (can I have a) Hug?
- Hungry?
- Ice Cream!
- Jump!
- (can I have a) Kiss?
- Kitty cat
- (go get the) Leash
- Lie down
- Lisa
- Listen! (then be very quiet--he will listen!)
- Look out! (the command for GET OUT OF THE WAY!)
- Lyla (Lisa's dog)
- Mark
- (do you want some) Milk?
- Mocha (another brother's girlfriend's dog)
- Mouse!
- No!
- Off! (means get off, back off, or drop it, depending on the circumstances...)
- (Take it) Outside
- Pig's ear
- Pill
- Puppy (what our neighbors named their oversized rat)
- Roll over
- Rock (he has what you might call a rock fetish.)
- Rope (toy)
- Shut Up!
- Sit
- Sit up
- Sock
- Sparky (our neighbor's dog)
- Speak
- Squirrel!!!
- Stay
- Supper
- Swimming
- Thirsty?
- Vet
- "W" (short for w-a-l-k, after we started spelling it, which he then also learned)
- Wait (here, shorter duration than "stay")
- Walk?
- What? (what do you want?)
- Who's that? (when seeing another dog)
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