Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Training: Using Hand Signals

By Ashley Phillips


Successful cavalier king charles spaniel training is certainly not not unattainable. While professional trainers are often, if not at all times, effective, there are a variety of strategies that can help you train your beloved pet yourself. Aside from dog experts, you can learn these methods from various websites, breed discussion boards and groups, publications and other breed owners you know.

One popular training technique is the use of hand signals. Hand signals, if correctly used, can provide results that would certainly make you a pleased and proud dog owner. To learn how hand signals work, check this out:

Sit. To teach your dog how to sit using hand signals, bend your arm upwards with your hand or fist beside your head. As you are carrying out the signal, give the command "sit". Employing this hand signal every time you command your pet to sit will enable him to associate the hand signal with the spoken command. Another version is to extend your arm toward your dog and then point your index finger down. This hand signal is seldom used though as this can be easily confused with hand signal for "down".

Down. To start training this command using hand signals, extend your arm in front of you, palm facing down. Gently move your hand towards the floor while issuing the command "down". Apply this hand signal each time you give the command in order for him to connect the signal with the verbal command.

Stay. This command is a vital part of cavalier king charles spaniel training too. When you're facing your dog, extend your arm in front of you with your palm facing your furry friend and your fingers pointing upwards. If needed, move your hand towards him but do so gradually. Alternatively, if your pet is alongside or behind you, drop your arm to your side with your fingers pointing down while your hand is facing your pet. Carry out the hand signals while ordering your pet to "stay".

Come. Similar to stay, the come command calls for you to extend your arm in front of you. However this time, as opposed to moving it towards your furry friend, you need to move your arm across your body until it touches your opposite shoulder. Initially, your hand must move slowly towards your body and slowly increase the pace as the training progress. As your hand moves, give the command "come" and give him reward when he comes towards you.




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