How to Find a Person to Train a English Water Spaniel

How to Find a Trainer For Your English Water Spaniel: What to Look For

• 1) A respected reputation, ask around and get recommendations from the doctor, other English Water 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 English Water 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 English Water Spaniel’s well being.
• 6) Memberships with reputable associations, organizations and training clubs.

Standard English Water Spaniel Obedience Tips

Training must be a pleasant and enjoyable experience for both you and your English Water Spaniel. If you are not in the right mood for training, don’t even begin. Always treat your English Water Spaniel for listening to your commands to the tee! A prize is anything that your English Water Spaniel wants and is happy to earn. Snacks are a great reward but different prizes could be verbalized commendation and toys. Many brief sessions are much more effective than a long one. Training must not contain any negative components or consequences. There should be no yelling, no smacking or hitting, no chain jerking on choke leashes or collars, and absolutely no electric shocking! Every training session is to be enjoyable and positive with prizes for each job well done.

Training English Water Spaniels with head collars

Dragging the leash is one of the few negative requirements of bringing up a new English Water Spaniel puppy. Utilizing a head collar for English Water Spaniel training has become standard in the last decade. Training with a head collar does have some advantages over the regular training collar. Even though it is quite easy to use, it’s imperative that head collars are fit properly and your English Water Spaniel gradually introduced to the collar. Head collars are generally more simple to use than a regular training collar. Head collars are quite effective when guiding English Water Spaniels in tricky situations.

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