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I use OK, but you can use any word you like. Along with other suggestions, you could use:
all done
clever
hooray
nice
Shorter words or phrases are better for commands.
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- There are a few different kinds of activities you can engage in with your dog that may require different release words. I play tug with my dogs, my dogs also do bitework. The release word for that is "Out", "Pust'" or "Fuss"...depending on the dog and it's origins...Out is usually for us good ole Amerikaners. My dogs are trained so that they stop at the doorway until I release them to go outside: I use "Okay!" for that. Another release is the opposite for when the dog is doing good, that release word is "No", you're releasing them for doing something wrong! Release words can get pretty complicated but for what you're looking for "Okay" is fine!
- I really wouldn't use "okay" but that is personal preference.
I do use "all done" and "finite". Words I hardly ever say.
I have had several people use "good girl" in my training classes, although this does present a problem when you are trying to congratulate the dog and you accidently release them. "Yay" sounds appropriate and is a very upbeat and positive word to use. I may steal that idea =] - I use a few, actually. When training to sit/stay just in general i treat then say "Very Good" since i don't say that so often. For greeting people at the door i put her in her spot then say "Go say hello" to let her now she can get up and greet.
I don't use "good" or "good girl/dog" because i say that to re-enforce the behavior. Like during a long sit/stay i'll tell her "Good stay, good girl" to let her know NOT to move. She does not move until after i treat and say "Very good."
Release word's to consider:
"Excellent"
"Nice job"
"Go greet" or "go say hello"
"Very good"
"release"
It can be any word you don't normally use. - Hey, are you in our class? We covered that last night.
LOL, I've been saying "OK" for nearly 30 years, so I'm not going to change it now. But it you are prone to saying it for other things, then it might not be a good choice.
You could try "All Done" - I use "okay". Even though that is a word I use in general conversation, using it in a training context as well doesn't confuse my dog - he knows when he is "working", and when he isn't.
- It's best to use a word that won't easily come up...it's so easy to say Good or Yay or even praise (keep that as praise). I used "Free" for one "Finished" for another and "Release" for a third....
- I say "okay" too much to use that. I use "release." It's a unique word the dog doesnt hear unless it's in that situation.
- Definitely "Okay". It's a good distinctive word.
- I was using Okay until my little girl started using it against me. She would release when I was getting instructions from my trainer and I said ok. Now I use "free"
- We just use "release"- it's not a word that is often said in ordinary every day conversation, so it worked fine.
- I use "OK". It is short and used only to release her to go.
- I use the term "Okay!" in a very specific, upbeat manner.
- OUT or OK!
& no,dogs can tell by tone what you mean.
PS=good on you for enough knowing what a "release" cue IS!!! - I use one word for release reward, Yes.
- when she has something you dont want her to have and wont drop it you say 'DROP'.
- I use the word "Free"
- leave? thats what i use and works well.
- You know what a clicker is? That would be good.
If you don't like that option, then make sure to use a word thats not commonly used. Not to praise her, or not around the house. Use something that is incredibly un-common, but something that she can easily recognize.
One syllable words will be the easiest for her to learn. I know these are kinda random, but they would work because they are easily recognized.
Cake
Brick
Clip
etc...
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