With so many people advertising in the world of professional dog training right now, finding out who’s actually able to look after your French Spaniel can be tiresome. What to consider for when choosing a professional to help you with training your French Spaniel:
How to Find a Trainer For Your French Spaniel: 6 Things to Look For
- 1) A pristine reputation, ask around and obtain suggestions from the doctor, other French Spaniel 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 French Spaniels.
- 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 French Spaniel’s well being.
- 6) Memberships with reputable associations, organizations and training clubs.
Standard French Spaniel Obedience Tips
Training has to be a positive and enjoyable situation for both you and your French Spaniel. If you’re not in the right mood for training, don’t even begin. Always commend the French Spaniel for heeding your orders expediently! A prize is anything that your French Spaniel wants and is happy to earn. Snacks are the expected reward but different rewards could be verbalized commendation and toys. Many brief training sessions are demonstrated to be more effective than a long one. Training mustn’t contain any negative components or punishment. There should be no shouting, no hitting or smacking, no chain yanking on choke chains or collars, and absolutely no electric fences! Each training session should be pleasant and positive with prizes for each job well done.
Training French Spaniels with head collars
Dragging the leash is one of the few negative tasks of raising a new French Spaniel puppy. Using a head collar for French Spaniel training has become standard in the last decade. Training with a head collar does have some advantages over the traditional training collar. Although very easy to utilize, it is vital that head collars are fit correctly and your French Spaniel properly introduced to the collar. Head collars are pretty much more easy to use than a standard training collar. Head collars are quite powerful when guiding French Spaniels in difficult situations.
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