MUST know: stay and come. Those are the 2 most important to me. I want him to stay where I tell him too, and I want him to come back to where I am, no questions asked and no hesitation no matter what the situation or surroundings are. Everything else is gravy.
Gunnar knows
sit/sitz
down/platz
stay/bleib
heel/foos (not great at this yet but we're getting there- he's good off leash with it but on the leash he will walk loose but too far ahead)
leave it/aus (leave it can mean anything- the cat, Bruzer, a toy, someone elses food or bone, a passing dog, animal or person that I want him to avoid) aus is more when we are training and he's doing bite stuff, I use aus when I want him to release the tug.
take it
wait (used at the doorway)
up (used for many things- get in the truck, jump upon or over objects)
off (another multipurpose- mostly when he gets on the bed uninvited or wants to jump on you when you get home)
shh! (anti barking- a couple barks is all I need, I'll take it from there)
bring
search (when I hide things from him and release him to go find them)
go
halt (when walking that means stop and sit until released)
ok
backup- get out of my way!
slow- slow down you are walking too fast
Fun ones- not many
high 5
kisses (my wife does this one with him)
working on "crawl" a little bit.
gib laut (speak)
I probably missed one or 2 in there somewhere. I have hand signals for a lot of the main ones- come, down, sit, stay, go.