Commands in Japanese

[Shamu]

So for Christmas I got a new puppy that happens to be a Shiba Inu. I thought, hey! She's Japanese, I should teach her the commands in Japanese. Unfortunately I don't speak enough to know what the command forms are (thanks to Inuyasha, I of course know "osuwari").
If anyone can help me with this (things like, sit, stay, speak, no, bad dog, no peeing on the carpet, ect...), it would be much appreciated!

By the way, the dog is NOT named Inuyasha (although my two year old wanted to name her that), we named her Sakura after the cherry blossom and also after the pink haired girl on Naruto (so my daughter calls the puppy Sakura-chan)

[demoncat]

Aww, puppies are cute...

Anyway, as a second-year student of the language, I'm by no means an expert with Japanese, but I'll give it a shot.

Staying in the vein of "osuwari" for sit, I'm thinking that stay would be omachi [oh-mah-che (think cheese)](literally wait), and speak would be ohanashi[oh-hah-nah (rhymes with hah)-she].
I think no and bad dog can be simply dame [dah-may] (bad/wrong). Literally bad dog is warui inu [wah-roo-ee ee-new].
As for "no peeing on the carpet": "kaapetto ni (nyou/oshikko/shouben*) o sh'te wa dame desu yo!" (Urinating on the carpet is bad!)

*These appear to be interchangable according to my dictionary, but I have a feeling there's a different nuance for each one.

edit- finishing pronunciations... and as a quick note for people who may not be familiar with Japanese: the "r" is pronounced as something of a cross between an "r" and an "l"

[Shamu]

Thank you for the info Demoncat! I was actually kinda joking about the "no peeing on the carpet" translation, but now that I see it...it might be fun to use ! I'll just have to figure out which one of the three starred words to use LOL. And yes, puppies are cute...when they're not going to the bathroom on your white carpets... Again, thank you! I haven't taken Japanese in years and can't make heads or tails of half the stuff in my dictionary .

[e chan21]

You got a puppy!! And you named it Sakura! So cute ^_^

I might have to use that ""kaapetto ni oshikko o sh'te wa dame desu yo!" myself *thinks of various fanart possibilties* ;D

[demoncat]

You're welcome, Shamu! I think I would go with E chan and use oshikko for the one.

...Dare I ask what these fanart ideas are? ::is curious::

[Shamu]

You know E chan...why did the image of Grandpa and Souta asking Kagome if Inuyasha's housebroken or using the "kaapetto ni oshikko o sh'te wa dame desu yo!" on him, come to my mind when I read your fanart comment?! ;D

Sakura is almost completely housebroken now! Yeah!! We're working on 'osuwari' now....that's got a ways to go.

[Kuro]

I love shiba inus!!


My mom pseudo-trained the dogs in Japanese since that's her native language. Sometimes it just comes out that way.

Hee... if you want to be a little more serious...

Don't use the full sentence when training your dog. Just say "DAME!" ("NO!") when you catch her doing something bad. Or "Sore dame" ("Don't do that!") The dog isn't going to respond well to a full sentence.

SIT - Osuwari!
STAY - Matte!
COME - Oide!
SHAKE - O-te! ("paw/hand")
DOWN - Fuse!
WAIT - Oazuke! <-- (Kagome used this one on Inu in 392)
WALK - "Sanpo!"
GOOD GIRL - Ii ko! or Yoshi yoshi! ("good child" or "good good")


Good luck!

[demoncat]

I think I just got pwned... ::surrenders to Kuro's vastly superior Japanese language skills::
Ah, well, I still like the "no peeing on the carpet," it's kinda fun

[Shamu]

Awesome! Thanks Kuro! I'm starting to think that shiba inus are some of the smartest dogs! Sakura is already house-broke and is starting to understand osuwari (among other things that she's picking up from watching my other dog). I've mostly had siberian huskies, who can be difficult to train, so having a dog that actually learns quickly is exciting.
It's alot of fun using her native language too.

[Soul]

What do these kind of dogs look like, are they small or big dogs?

[YuraYura]

I wonder how it would be to have three dogs, one taught in English, another in Japanese, and the third in Spanish (becuase I love Spanish ;D )
Would they respond to the language, even if you weren't talking to them in the puppy voice? Would they be able to know commands in oter languages from watching the other dogs?
o.o Would the Spanish pooch become jealous if you spoke Spanish to one of the others?
Ah.. one more crazy thing to add to my list of stuff I gotta do in my life... along with owning a pet octopus ;D don't ask lol;;;;

[glyphbellchime]

Well, I kinda know an answer to that one. It's the same reason that they train German shepherds in German for the police force ( Second hand info from my husband who had one himself.) They listen to the different tones in the different languages. English is part gutteral, part lyrical, which is a language distinction. ( Again, personal note from college minor.) What the part I'm talking about is that some sounds come low from the throat and chest while others are more to the tongue and lips. Japanese and Spanish are both lyrical, because they come from the movement of the mouth. So the Sound "Osawari!" and "Sentarse!" may sound similar, but you might get confused results. Because one dog might learn the other language!

[Shirokuma]

I heard InuYasha was an Akita Inu. I had one before I even watched InuYasha (I was only 9!) Now I feel like getting another Akita because I had to sell mine.

INUYASHA SQUEE!!!

[glyphbellchime]

//I heard InuYasha was an Akita Inu. I had one before I even watched InuYasha (I was only 9!) Now I feel like getting another Akita because I had to sell mine.//

Animerica had an article back in 2002, about the animals in Japan, to which the Akita dog was mentioned. At Furikan.com and Adult swim, there are some logical arguements mentioning this fact. But if you notice two earlier animes to InuYasha that Takahashi-sensei has done, she's used the Akita dog before. Suichiro from Maison Iikkou, and Shirokuro from Ranma 1/2. I'm trying to find info if Takahashi had one as a pet!

[Inugurl7354]

:-(I wish i knew japanese.:-( well i know a little thanks to the wonderful people on this site!