Finding a Person to Train Your English Setter

How to Find a Trainer For Your English Setter: What to Look For

• 1) A great reputation, ask around and obtain insight from your vet, other English Setter owners, or local kennel clubs.
• 2) Experience. – Inquire about their background, i.e. number of years experience.
• 3) A genuine love of and devotion to English Setters.
• 4) Extensive and up to date knowledge. Dedicated trainers keep themselves updated by attending dog training and animal behavior courses, conferences, seminars and workshops.
• 5) Their training methodology and handling skills. A good trainers first concern should be the English Setter’s well being.
• 6) Memberships with reputable associations, organizations and training clubs.

General English Setter Obedience Tips

Training should be a pleasant and enjoyable experience for both you and the English Setter. If you are not in the right mood for training, do not even start. Always reward your English Setter for heeding your commands precisely! A prize is anything that your English Setter desires and is willing to earn. Food is the usual prize but different treats could be verbalized admiration and toys. Multiple brief training sessions are demonstrated to be better than one long one. Training must not involve any degrading components or punishment. There should be no shouting, no hitting or smacking, no chain jerking on training leashes or collars, and absolutely no electric fences! Each training opportunity should be enjoyed and reinforcing with treats for each job well done.

Training English Setters with head collars

Dragging the leash is one of the few negative experiences of raising a new English Setter puppy. Utilizing a head collar for English Setter training has become very popular in the last few years. Training with a head collar does have some unique advantages over the usual training collar. Even though it is quite easy to utilize, it’s crucial that head collars are fit properly and your English Setter systematically introduced to the collar. Head collars are generally more simple to use than an usual training collar. Head collars are quite powerful when guiding English Setters in difficult situations.

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