Are you trying to teach your English Springer Spaniel to sit? The technique of sitting up is quite easily taught to little dogs, however much larger doggies are another story. It’s tough for them to sustain their balance.
Teach Your English Springer Spaniel to Sit: Foundation
Sitting is one of the 1st techniques that should be taught to a English Springer Spaniel and is the foundation for a lot of other techniques. In order to train a English Springer Spaniel to sit up, organize some treats as a perk, and set your English Springer Spaniel on her backside in the corner, so that she won’t be able to fall either backward or sideways and has very little or no space to stumble.
Teach Your English Springer Spaniel to Sit: Acquaint Her With The Sound of The Words
Keep her from falling to the front by sticking 1 hand on her chin and using your second hand hold her reward above her nose. Keep saying clearly and deliberately, “sit up.” Don’t make her sit up for too long at any one time, however repeat the training routinely and reward her frequently with lots of approval and treats.
Teach Your English Springer Spaniel to Sit: Help Her Maintain Balance
In the very first lesson your English Springer Spaniel will call for a lot of help from your hand to stop her from falling forward, but as she gains more control of her stabilizing muscles and grasps what you want, she’ll depend less and less on your hand to hold her steady. Then you can gradually give your English Springer Spaniel less help and support up until you will merely have to keep one hand in position 2 or 3 inches from her chin or neck, to be prepared to stop her from falling forward; later you will be able to remove your hand completely and merely dangle the reward just above the level of her face.
Teach Your English Springer Spaniel To Sit: Remove the Aids Slowly And Gradually
With frequent practice your English Springer Spaniel will stay seated well after you make her. The next step is she should be set up against the wall, so as to offer her help for her back. Only after she has understood this and can keep her posture easily, rehearse with her using chair legs, cushions or other items that offer her less and less assistance. Subsequently she will be trained to keep her balance and sit up without having anything to rest on.
Teach Your English Springer Spaniel to Sit: Putting It All Together
Throughout all this training the words "sit up" will have been impressed upon her mind through regular repetition. Last is the final training to teach your English Springer Spaniel to sit up as soon as she hears the command. There's a good chance, if she has been diligently trained, you will just have to summon her out into the room, reveal a reward, hold it up a reasonable distance from the ground, say "sit up or sit" and she'll obey. Then just give her the snack while still in place.
The only criteria for excellence is to practice with her multiple times daily until she can sit when commanded to and without being shown a snack; give her the rewards only after she has adhered to the direction.
Teach Your English Springer Spaniel Other Tricks
You have now the basis for teaching your English Springer Spaniel many other skills. She now can be taught to beg by moving your hand up and down in front of her paws, which she will move in sync with yours. She can also learn to salute by bringing one paw to the side of her head, or to keep something in her mouth, or to wear a cap on her head or wear other clothing.
While instructing a English Springer Spaniel to submit to being clothed, do not try to get her to wear too many clothes at one time. Try at first with just a hat. Soon after she gets used to that you could put on a coat and little by little introduce her to more clothes.
Get a kick out of "teaching your English Springer Spaniel the sit up trick" and most importantly have fun at the same time!
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