Verbs

• aboyer = to bark
• caliner = to pet/stroke
• sauter = to jump
• tenir (votre chien) en laisse = to have your dog on a lead
• tirer sur la laisse = to pull on his/her lead
• faire le beau = to sit up and beg
• courir en rond = to run round in circles
• remeur la queue = to wag its tail
• lancer une balle = to throw a ball
• attraper la balle = to get the ball
• sortir le chien = to take the dog out
• creuser = to dig
• renifler = to sniff
• courir librement = to run around off lead
• mordre = to bite

Expressions

un temps de chien = dreadful weather

Adjectives

• canin/e = dog (adjective)
• obéissant /e = obedient