We ordered the dog to sit. - English example sentence

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raggione September 8, 2013 September 8, 2013 at 10:36:13 PM UTC

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I would think the word you would first of all choose with a dog is "tell", Amastan: "We told the dog to sit".
See http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdict...ictionary/tell #5
Applies to all your other order-sentences accordingly.

Amastan September 9, 2013 September 9, 2013 at 11:15:22 AM UTC

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Thank you for your comment. Actually, I found this sentence on Tatoeba:

Tom ordered the dog to sit.
http://tatoeba.org/eng/sentences/show/681659

This is what led me to think that it was OK to use verb "to order" with the noun "dog". So I think that it's OK to use verb "to order". I'll ask native speakers though.

By the way, the Amazigh sentence translates as "We told the dog to sit."