Advises of education of english cocker spaniel.

These advises have for base the advises of education
of our friend Geneviève STEPHAN.

Before the arrival of the pup at home.

In a place which will be his now prepare him a basket with one of your old woollen.
It's important that the woollen is yours so that the pup is accustomed to your
smell or the one of his family.
Initially, that can be a case of paperboard; there are also baskets out of plastic
very resistant and very easy to clean.

Look out : Avoid the wicker and the crates of market which the pup will
nibble; it will swallow pieces which can be very dangerous for him
.

The ideal is the "varikennel", which will become its refuge, its space in all
circumstances, for example for displacements in the car.
When you purchase it, think that your dog will grow, thus buy directly
the good size.

Arrival at home.

DON'T FORGET THAT YOUR DOG IS STILL A BABY.

The first night, he will cry because he isn't accustomed yet to you nor
to remain alone.
Its seeks his mother, his brothers and his sisters.
Reassure him while talking him gently and be cherishing him.
Leave a radio set out of silencing device, it will smell itself less alone.
Don't take him in your bedroom if you don't intend to continue to do it by afterwards.

Don't correct the pup to express your bad mood or to show
which is the master; this reaction is stupid and unsuited.
It will cause to increase his anguish hand to cause terror
.

NEVER TAKE A PUP BY THE LEGS.

Respect his space.

NEVER NOT TO DISTURB NOR TO CORRECT THE PUP IN HIS PLACE.

If the puppy made a silly thing and that you don't catch him on the fact,
don't say anything and clean his silly thing without being seen by him.
He will not know why you dispute him because he already forgot his "misdeed".
Rather try to supervise him and to catch him in the act, there he will know
why you are annoyed.
To correct him, use neither the hand made for the caress nor leaves that
is make for the walk.
Use a folded newpaper rather or growl him of a strong voice and dries all
while slightly shaking him (without him to hurt) by the skin of the neck.
Then, be unaware of him and are sulky hanging 1/2 to him hour without
yielding in front of his "cocker's eyes".
If your pup growl when you take him in your arms, say to him that he cannot,
shake slightly him by the skin neck, put back him on ground and are unaware
of hanging him one moment.
If the dog understanding that he made a silly thing runs to take refuge in
his corner, YOU WINNED, YOUR AUTHORITY ISN'T RIDICULED.

Learn him to leave alone.

Learn how with your pup to remain only because there are circumstances where
one cannot take him along.
For that, leave him each day, a small moment alone at home.
Best is to lock up him in the kitchen with his cuffin and his toys.
He can destroy by trouble because he is alone.
Don't forget to fill his bowl with fresh water and put newspapers close
to the door for the urgent needs.
Leave a radio set out of silencing device.
Look out : Arrange well the paper rollers and close well dustbin because
the cocker spaniel adores them.

Cleanliness.

A pup wants to leave when he ate, slept or played.
Thus take the precaution to put a newpaper close to its bed and say to him :"PEE HERE".
As soon as he is forgotten elsewhere, and in your presence, bring back him
on his newspaper while saying : "PEE HERE". When he maked on his newspaper, cherish
him by congratulating him and give him a small reward.
Gradually move away the newspaper from his layer; well quickly, you will
arrive in front of the exit.
When your pup received all its vaccinations and that him can leave,
leave it after each meal, as soon as his wakes up or that he finished his play.
Remain with him and repeat him "MAKE WEE, WEE HERE".
When it make, cherish him by congratulating him and don't forget the reward.
You will see, he will quickly become very clean.

Obedience.

ALWAYS USE THE SAME WORDS.

The orders must always be same the and short ones.
EX : "Come", "Sit down", "Bring", "Give",... They must always indicate the same conduits.
The cocker spaniel is particularly intelligent, he understands very quickly,
including the faults of your authority.
Consequently, when you decide on a prohibition, of a behaviour,...
NEVER CHANGE AGAIN.
Be neither brutal nor irascible but FIRM and CALM.
It's while being a master of you that you will be a master of him.
In a word, it's necessary to have

"AN IRON HAND IN A VELVET GLOVE".

Meal.

NEVER give him anything to eat with table.
In any case you should not yield even if it tries to tenderize you and he will
test because he's a large greedy.
If you yield once, he will benefit from your weakness.
Give him his food in his mess tin at the place you intended to him, at the moment
of the day which seems most convenient for you and always at the same hour.
So that he doesn't dirty his ears while eating, thread to him a bottom of
which the foot is cup.
Instead of soaking in its mess tin, they will glue his neck.
Accustomed little he will automatically tighten you the head before eating so
that you thread his bottom to him.
When you eat a small in-case or a delicacy, never look at him in the eyes
because he would make you crack quickly.

LOOK OUT : NEVER GIVE HIM CHOCOLATE, IT'S A POISON FOR HIM.

Avoid the destruction.

Buy toys and bones in skin of buffalo to your pup.
It has a toothache and nibbles to calm the ache.
Some pups bite also the hands but one should not let them do.
When he bites your hands you say him NO and you give him his bone.
Even thing if you see him bad tempering a piece of furniture, you say
to him NO and you give him his bone.
He can also destroy by trouble because he's alone.

Walk.

In the car, oblige he as of its youth the travel to the back.
For your security and his, special security belts exist for dogs or
the cage "varikennel".
The heat stroke is one of the causes of the most frequent mortality of dogs.
Never let a dog in a car even in the shade with a half-opened pane, it is
often forgotten that the sun turns.
A little sun on the car and the temperature of this one increases very quickly,
too quickly for the poor dog!

TO AVOID ABSOLUTELY DANGER : LEAVES WITH EXTENSIONS.

Put him a normal collar and not a harness.
As of the first exits, teach him the gutter.
When it's finished, congratulate him and give him a small delicacy
(as he's very greedy, the cocker spaniel learns much more quickly
with a delicacy like reward).
Very quickly, he will go from itself towards the gutter.
On the other hand, difficult to prevent a male from raising the leg.
The only solution, to go in the medium of pavement far from the frontages
and to let it make with the trees or the posts.

DON'T FORGET TO TAKE PAPER OR SPECIAL BAGS TO COLLECT
THE LAPSES OF MEMORY OF YOUR DOG ON THE PAVEMENTS
.

The residents and the passers by should not undergo the nuisances caused
by the lapses of memory of your dog.

DON'T LEAVE THE DOG IN THE STREET NOR TO PUT HE IN CONTACT WITH A FOREIGN
DOG BEFORE THE THIRD MONTH AND BEFORE THE RECALL OF THE VACCINES.
DON'T LET HIM TOUCH BY FOREIGNERS.
ESPECIALLY DON'T GO WITH IN A PET SHOP.

Brutality.

Brutality doesn 't have any justification.
It can satisfy only brutish lout, the sadistic, loose or stupid beings in evil of authority.

FEROCITY, THE BLOWS, THE INCONSISTENCY CAUSE ONLY
TO DAZE A DOG, TO MAKE APPREHENSIVE OR MALICIOUS
.

For education, never be brutal nor irascible.

BE COHERENT, COCTANT, FIRM AND CALMS.

Always reward obedience by a caress and a small delicacy.
The "resumption in hand" after one period of negligence or brutal and incoherent
raising will make your dog apprehensive or malicious.

In short.

The cocker is a small sensitive and very intelligent being.
One never should be brutal with him and always remain coherent.
The best thing for the education of cocker spaniel :

"A IRON HAND IN A VELVET GLOVE".

SMALL ADVISE: As he is large greedy, he will learn much more quickly if you reward
it with a small delicacy!!!

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