Training Your Cavalier King Charles Spaniel

While Cavalier King Charles Spaniels are undoubtedly handsome-looking pets, they also impress with their eagerness to please, which is an important ingredient in training. Past experience with other dog breeds will remind you that the spaniel also needs lessons on good manners and house breaking.

The best time to train a spaniel puppy is ideally the moment he first enters your home. Even if the dog is still young and small, he will have obvious ways and means to let you know if he wants to pee or poo. Keep an eye on him, learn his signals, and soon you will know for example, that a puppy circling the floor while sniffing, or whimpering and going to another room, are both signs that a puppy wants to eliminate.

Studying the dog’s actions for signals is good for both you and your Cavalier King Charles Spaniel puppy. Your puppy will develop self-esteem and security with the petting and praise (plus occasional rewards) that you shower on him, and so, he will try to replicate situation or his actions that led to the praising. In turn, you will not have to clean up messy puddles in your kitchen or bedroom. At the start there will be any hitches, but you will learn to adjust to each other, so do your share by simply being patient. After all, all King Charles Spaniel Training work out this way.

Once you figure out the dog’s way of signaling that it needs to eliminate, always respond to his signal promptly, either by bringing the dog outside to your garden, or by taking his lead, taking him out, and accompanying him until he has urinated and emptied his bowels (naturally, the dog will need to be taught to eliminate on only one fixed spot somewhere in the yard). Do not forget to praise and occasionally, reward the dog, whenever he gets to relieve himself successfully.

How do you know if you are expecting way too much in Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Training? For example, a dog twelve-weeks old cannot be expected to accomplish much. So keep your puppy limited to a specific area using baby gates, and help him to eliminate on a piece of paper nearby. When the dog looks like it will eliminate in the next few seconds, place him on the newspaper, and praise him if he eliminates successfully. Always keep things neat, and never scold.

Between the dog’s third and sixth month, your puppy will develop more control over his peeing and his pooing, but continue being available to assist him or give him permission when he comes running. Continue looking after him too, so that you would be able to figure out more approximately when the dog needs to eliminate or relieve itself, e.g. the last thing at night, the first thing in the morning, and every after meals. Soon after the sixth month, your dog will have still more control over himself, and can be taken out on a lead to visit other places.