How to Find the Right Trainer for Your English Springer Spaniel

How to Find a Trainer For Your English Springer Spaniel: 6 Things to Look For

• 1) A good reputation, ask around and obtain advice from the vet, other English Springer 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 Springer 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 Springer Spaniel’s well being.
• 6) Memberships with reputable associations, organizations and training clubs.

Basic English Springer Spaniel Obedience Tips

Training needs to be a positive and enjoyable situation for both you and your English Springer Spaniel. If you are not in the right mood for training, don’t even start. Always treat your English Springer Spaniel for listening to your commands exactly! A prize is anything that your English Springer Spaniel wants and is willing to earn. Food is the expected prize but other rewards could be verbalized commendation and playthings. Several brief training sessions are typically more effective than a long one. Training should not contain any degrading comments or punishment. There should be no shouting, no smacking or hitting, no leash yanking on training chains or collars, and absolutely no electric fences! Every training opportunity must be enjoyed and confidence-building with treats for jobs well done.

Training English Springer Spaniels with head collars

Dragging the leash is one of the few unpleasant jobs of raising a new English Springer Spaniel puppy. Utilizing a head collar for English Springer Spaniel training has become standard in the last few years. Training with a head collar does have some unique advantages over the traditional training collar. Though it’s very simple to utilize, it’s important that head collars are fitted correctly and your English Springer Spaniel correctly introduced to the collar. Head collars are pretty much more easy to use than a typical training collar. Head collars are very effective when training English Springer Spaniels in tricky situations.

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