Dia daiobh,

A friend of mine recently got a new Irish Wolfhound puppy called Finn.
He would like to teach him commands in Irish and I said I would check with the Forum as if anyone would know you guys would.

Here is a list of basic commands that he would like to start with;

sit
stay
stand
lay down
roll over
come (here)
heel
walk
fetch
stop
good boy
bad boy
good dog
bad dog

I tried to give him a few but then thought that I did not know if dog commands were different to human commands as you are not dealing with a person.

I would appreciate any help you can give.

Go raibh maith agat.

Garth

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Please feel free to correct any and all mistakes in spelling, grammar etc.
I am very much a beginner and need all the help I can get.

I'm editing this to empasize that these dog commands are in Irish Gaelic. Here's a link to a thread on this site discussing Scottish Gaelic commands, for anyone who is interested in them: http://www.irishlanguageforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=5071

Originally, I had a link here to lists of dog commands which were posted on the old IGTF site (which most of us have abandoned, after it went commercial and became troublesome), but I'm taking it out, because the link appears to have gotten broken. What was there is essentially all here now, anyway.

Attack Ionsaigh
Attention Aire
Be careful Bí cúramach
Be quiet! Bí ciúin
Beware / Have a care Fainic
Bite [Beir] Gréim
Bold dog Madra dána
Come Tar
Come here Gabh i leith / Tar anseo
Come with me Tar liom
Come in Isteach / Isteach leat
Down Síos
Drop it Cuir síos é
Fetch it Faigh é
Give it to me Tabhair dom é
Give me your paw Tabhair dom do lapa
Go out Amach leat
Good dog / Good on you Madra maith / Maith thú
Good hound Cú maith
Heel [on my left] Sáil [ar chlé]
Here Anseo
Here you are (when giving food) Seo duit
Jump Léim
Leave it Fág
Left Ar chlé
Let it go Scaoil é
Look / Look at me Amharc / Féach orm[sa]
Off with you Imigh leat
Play dead Marbh
Right Ar dheis
Roll over Cas timpeall
Shake hands Croith lámha
Search Cuardaigh
Show me your paw Taispeáin dom do lapa
Silence Ciúnas
Sit down Súigh
Speak Labhair
Stay Fan
Stop Stad
Take it easy / Relax Tóg go bog é
That’s good / Good on you Is maith sin / Maith thú
That’s it Sin é
There Ansin
Track it / Follow it Lean é
Up Suas
Wait Fan

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I'm not a native (or entirely fluent) speaker, so be sure to wait for confirmations/corrections, especially for tattoos.

a Caoimhín,

Go raibh maith agat; The list is great and I checked out the link to IGTF and got some more insight.

If that does not give him something to work with I do not know what will.

Very much appreciated.

Garth

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Please feel free to correct any and all mistakes in spelling, grammar etc.
I am very much a beginner and need all the help I can get.