To plotz -- was: Re: End of an Era

[Robert Alexander]

At 13:08 -0400 2005/04/27, James Sentman wrote:
>Plotz:
>	 Yiddish slang,
>	 to collapse or faint as if from surprise or excitement.
>
>:)

Also used in the German working/guard dog training known as 
Schutzhund (literally "protection dog").

The command "plotz" is the German equivalent of "down."  One of my 
friends has two German shepherds, one of which she is training for 
Schutzhund competition.  One of the dogs gets commands in English, 
the other in German.  It's amusing that both dogs are now bilingual 
-- they respond about equally well to commends in either language.

Heel -> foos
Down -> plotz
Out  -> Aus (also 'speak' or bark)
... and many more.

Rob