Teaching the Bed Command: How I’m Training My Working Cocker Spaniel Puppy (and His Big Breakthrough)
Teaching a puppy the “bed” command sounds simple until you actually start doing it. For Ralphie, my Working Cocker Spaniel pup, it’s been weeks of shaping calm behaviour around his crate and slowly introducing his floor bed. Yesterday, it finally clicked — I said “bed” without thinking, and he went straight to his crate on his own. It might sound small, but those little wins mean everything when you’re training a young working dog.
