ALL ABOUT MY BELOVED DRUM: Drum knew these commands: sit/lay -he viewed this as same command alot stay come here -most of the time heel -part of the time back up -into vehicle or onto bed NO/bad boy-dog toy outside byebye speak -he would speak to go out also hungry treat mommy master where is mommy/master go look get him -my mom used this on me alot with Drum doggie -this included ALL animals and humans knew his name time for bed go to kennel -when bad, he even would send himself good boy-dog -he knew he would get a treat he also knew: zerbert pst pst Other: he always protected my mom from me touching her...he was always kept me from going near my mom... he could also fetch and play with 3 different toys which i've been told is odd for beagles. he also loved to wrestle with me. he loved sleeping with me, and generally my mom he would follow me everywhere and rarely let me out of his sight. he would even lay between the door and me so he knew if i was leaving a room or the house. at night in bed for about 10 minutes he would clean the back of my head and neck. if i wouldnt wake up he would come put his paw on my face...later on he switched to licking my toes to wake me.