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Murphy the Wonder Dog
The Adventures of Addie and Murphy
GSD | 5 y/o
→ Psychiatric Service Dog
→ Advanced Trick Training
→ Scent Work
GSD | 5 y/o
→ Psychiatric Service Dog
→ Advanced Trick Training
→ Scent Work
Dogue Covers
Command List
To begin, here is a list of Murphy's current commands. I know I was quoted as saying she knows 50, commands, but that depends on how one defines a 'command'. Are verbal, touch signals, and hand signals one command? I don't know. Because of this, I have created a legend
I swear when I first put together this list, there were only 30 commands on it, and my husband and I have remembered so many other commands that we have hit 45 commands. I'm so excited to see how this list keep growing based on how many I remember as I use them as I go through my day!
I swear when I first put together this list, there were only 30 commands on it, and my husband and I have remembered so many other commands that we have hit 45 commands. I'm so excited to see how this list keep growing based on how many I remember as I use them as I go through my day!
Updated 10/18/2025
Updated 10/22/2025
Updated 10/22/2025
Legend
v = verbal command
h = hand signal
t = touch command
d = at a distance
c = chinese
h = hand signal
t = touch command
d = at a distance
c = chinese
Obedience
- Sit (v, h, t, d, c) [Murphy knows three hand signals for this because she has had four different people train her]
- Down (v, h, t, d) [Murphy knows two hand signals, and will do this command if I tap my foot twice on the ground.]
- Touch (v, h, d)
- Come (v, h, d, c)
- Emergency Recall (v, d)
- No Bark (v, h)
- Heel (v, h, d) [right and left side, tapping side of thigh twice]
- Focus (v, h)
- Stay (v, h, d) [do not move until released]
- Wait (v, h, d) [focus, will be released momentarily]
- Up (v, h) [sit from a down or stand from a sit]
- Back Up (v, h, d)
- Off (v, d) [same as leave it]
- Leave It (v, d)
- Potty (v) [eliminate on command]
- Water (v, h) [drink water on command]
- Take it (v, h)
- Give it (v, h)
- Drop it (v, h)
- Kennel (v)
Beginner Trick Training
- Kiss me (v)
- Spin (v, h) [Murphy will spin in the direction you circle in the air (clock or counterclockwise)]
- Off (v, h) [jump off of a platform]
- On (v, h) jump onto a platform
- Speak (v, h) [Murphy knows three hand signals for this because I'm inconsistent]
- Jump (v, h, d) [vertical]
- Roll over (v, h, d)
- Shake (v, h)
- Stand (v, h)
- Upstairs (v, h)
- Downstairs (v, h)
- Inside (v)
- Outside (v)
- Pets (h) [This is a hand signal asking permission to pet her. She almost never declines
]
Advanced Trick Training
- Hoop (v, h) [jump through a hoop]
- Frisbee [I consider catching a frisbee to be a trick because she can catch two frisbees in succession that i throw at the same time.]
- Howl (v)
- Jump (v, h) [timed, over an object]
- Go Away (v) [turn and walk away]
Working Dog Tasks
- Door (v, h, d, c) [Murphy can open and close doors with her paws, as well as opening fridge doors that have ropes or clothes tied around the handle. She can open lever doors, but she cannot open round door knobs.]
- Light (v, h, d) [Murphy can turn lights off with her paws]
- Find It (v) [Murphy has proven to be able to find a wide variety of scents over a distance of a square mile (I have not tried anything further because I was tired of walking that far to hide the items) Items she has found: sardines, liver treats, my husband, my child, myself, scented cotton balls]
- Pressure (v, h) [Deep Pressure Therapy]
- Medication Reminders (none) [it wouldn't be a reminder if I gave her a cue. She cues me with barking]
- Anxiety Alert (none) [It wouldn't be an alert if I gave her a cue. She cues me with DPT]
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