What Driving Commands Do YOU Use?

Lol, well, Allie (JustDressageIt) and I were discussing gait cues today and I mentioned some of mine...we figured they might just be driving lingo, since I'm such an enthusiast ;).

When my Vanners are pulling a cart or a weight, I use:
"Chee-yup" for walk (I only use this for draft)
"Cherry-up" for trot (I use this all the time - riding, lunging, draft, ya get it)
"Key-yaa" for canter (draft only)
"Halt" for "whoa" or stop (eeeeverything)
"Stand" for...well, stand (eeeeeeverything again)

What do you all use?

M

I use:

Walk- for walk
Click- for slow trot
Kiss or ill say UP, UP- for road trot
Easy- if she starts going faster then id like
Whoa- to stop
Back (and a little pull)- to back

Sometimes Ill have to us the reins and bump her to get her to get going a little more, it depends on the day and how relaxed she wants to be. I rarely have to us the whip but I always have it on the cart with me, more for the dogs that I encounter along the road

For riding though I use kissing to lope or canter, but when I compete for driving I've found that other drivers like to make kissing noises and the first time I competed she broke into a lope... but now I don't have any problems

For driving I use:
Cluck noise - walk on
Whuuup - trot
Haaphere! - trot on
Whoa - stop
Whoa now - stand/park

How do you guys come up with these commands? They seem so random. I use:
"Walk" for walk
"Walk up" or ":kissy noise:" or both for walk faster
"Pick it up" or ":kissy noise:" or both for trot
"Ho" for stop
"Stand" for stand
"Step in/step out" for step in/step out

Although there is one horse named Hardy that I occasionally drive, and I can't get him to walk on any command but "Hardy harr."

I got mine from trainers I learned from...although I guarantee if you hang around any saddlebred barn, you will hear WHUUP and HAAAPHERE!

different strokes, I guess

Our Belgian mules that we used to have could go completely on voice commands.

Step up-- they would take 1 step then stop
Let's go-- walk
Let's go, come on-- trot and lope just with different levels of encouragement
Whoa- stop
Back up- back up
Tiny- turn left (Tiny was the mule on the left)
Buster- turn right (Buster was on the right)
Easy- slow down or go easy

Here's Tiny. Sadly we had to put Buster down about 3 years ago because he got arthritis in his stifle so bad that he could barely walk. Beside him is his best friend and Mini burro Olen.

That is the cutest picture I have ever seen. They are priceless!

I love the pic also... I love how they have the ears tipped like into each other

I like the little one's belly