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.

When you already figure out how the dog indicates that it wants to go, always take action and respond to his asking for assistance/ permission. So bring your dog outside to the garden, or take his lead, bring him outside, and stay by his side until he is through urinating and emptying his bowels.

How do you know if you are expecting way too much in Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Training? A twelve-week old cannot be expected to accomplish much of what you will command it to do. So it is best to keep your young puppy limited to a certain area to keep your house accident free. Train your puppy to concentrate eliminating on a newspaper at a corner of his living space. Always clean up the dog’s mess, and make it a point never to scold. Train your puppy to eliminate on the paper by bringing him there whenever he shows signs of eliminating. When the dog gets to go there all by himself, shower him with praises.

Somewhere between the third and sixth month, your puppy will have more control over his bladder and bowel. Continue keeping an eye on him, and you will be able to figure out more accurately when the dog needs to go out: aside from last thing at night amd first thing in the morning, but also after the dog eats. When the dog reaches his sixth month, he will have more control over himself and can already be brought to other unfamiliar locations without eliminating or relieving himself.