Here, a dog behavior consultant offers her recommended program for training a Brittany pup (what to train, when to train).
The Canine Behavior Consultants Method for Training a Brittany Spaniel involves teaching specific words in a certain manner, to ensure your dog does not just learn the words but develops a respectful attitude that makes them glad to comply with you.
Brittany puppy dogs are active dogs and become instantly alert and react when something happens around them. However, they must be taught to respect the words of their owners and behave obediently and that should be the focus of the planned training.
What are the methods to train Brittany puppy?
Positive reinforcement training techniques
Positive reinforcement training uses a reward (treats, praise, toys, anything the dog finds rewarding) for the desired outcome. Because the reward encourages them to repeat the behavior, positive reinforcement is one of your most powerful methods for teaching your dog the desired behavior.
Train your Brittany firm yet gentle, using positive reinforcement techniques like praise, petting, and food rewards.
Praising is very good for enhancing our bond and love towards our dog. When we instruct the dog and he obeys and looks at us, we must praise him saying for instance…good boy…and petting is also good. He must see us and if not we can pat him upwards and make him see us and praise our loved puppy.
Training your Brittany to do marking requires taking advantage of their pup’s natural instincts, and using positive reinforcement, walking them through a series of steps.
When we train our puppy we must make him know that he must obey our every word. If he becomes disturbed by some cat we must teach him that he must not and must develop obedient behavior.
When we teach him to walk, we can use it by tapping the strap towards us or forward and teaching him the way to walk. Normally we want him to pull us so we need to teach him to pull us by tapping forward or if we want to slow down we tap him toward us. That way we teach him, how to walk but most importantly, how to behave.
We must not pull him but tap him because if we pull him we are restraining him and that does not develop his cognitive abilities. However, when we tap him we let him think and make his brain work and that trains him effectively. Moreover, this makes the dog focus on going forward and ready for our next command.
We can teach him many commands and reward him if he obeys with praise as we can see in this video.
Bred as a mixture of several different breeds of pointer and setter, a Brittany has a natural propensity for pointing, which may make the process of training your dog to perform points somewhat easier than another breed.
Point training
Point training involves dictating your puppy with the point of your finger. It fosters your communication with your puppy. Puppies love Hand signals that teach them to look towards you for guidance and develop your trust.
Your finger can be a free tool of teaching which you would not surely ignore!
Point training helps your puppy to feel embraced in day-to-day activities and feels is not ignored. Pointing quickly teaches directions, from “Sit” to “Come” to “Go say hello.”
The other benefit is to encourage shy puppies to overcome inhibition and control aggressive puppies.
Since the Brittany dog is always trying to please its owner, this method of training will yield good results. These breeds are also always trying to please their owners, making them compliant. The Brittany is most suitable for a home with an active owner that takes the time to train and hunt with their dogs.
This breed is best suited for a proactive household that will direct the dog’s hunting and exercising desires. They become active and weary when they see other animals like cats, goats, and bugs.
Since Brittany spaniels like to please their parents, your pup will always eagerly use his designated potty spot in order to make you happy and reap the rewards. To facilitate the training process for your Brittany Spaniel puppy, it is best to stick with one potty area.
While Brittany spaniels are quick learners, it can take a variety of pups a different amount of time to progress in the potty-training stage. Potty training is one of the most frustrating parts of having a new pup.
Here are some of the best things you can do to make home/potty training for your new puppy a little bit easier for everyone.
-Do not feel overly stressed out by the idea of potty training your adorable, athletic, British-bred puppy.
-Just be prepared to put in the time, effort, and patience while potty training your baby Brittany, if you are looking forward to having a great experience with your dog.
-Approach these training processes with patience, care, and respect for Brittany, and this
Brittany will become adept in no time.
-Train your Brittany the same way you would train her always, so she becomes used to her routine.
-You can send them to a puppy training class, or you can train them at home.
– Bring the toys that are most comfortable for your dog, or, if you are training
the Brittany to hunt, a bird launcher and some dolls.