How to Find the Right Trainer for Your German Spaniel

How to Find a Trainer For Your German Spaniel: What to Look For

• 1) A good reputation, inquire and obtain insight from your veterinarian, other German 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 German 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 German Spaniel’s well being.
• 6) Memberships with reputable associations, organizations and training clubs.

General German Spaniel Obedience Tips

Training must be a pleasant and rewarding situation for both you and the German Spaniel. If you’re not in the right mindset for training, do not even think of starting. Always reward your German Spaniel for heeding your orders to the tee! A treat is anything that your German Spaniel wants and is willing to work for. Edible treats are the usual prize but other prizes could be oral commendation and toys. Multiple shorter sessions are much more effective than a long one. Training shouldn’t contain any negative comments or consequences. There should be no yelling, no hitting or smacking, no leash jerking on training leashes or collars, and absolutely no electric shocking! Each training session must be enjoyable and reinforcing with treats for jobs well done.

Training German Spaniels with head collars

Dragging the lead is one of the few displeasing requirements of bringing up a new German Spaniel puppy. Utilizing a head collar for German Spaniel training has become very popular during the last decade. Training with a head collar does have some benefits over the standard training collar. Even though it is quite easy to utilize, it’s important that head collars are fitted correctly and your German Spaniel systematically introduced to the collar. Head collars are generally more simple to use than a standard training collar. Head collars are very powerful when controlling German Spaniels in tricky situations.

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