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Diana and Astro
Diana Logan, CPDT-KA Certified Professional Dog Trainer, Knowledge-Assessed Pet Connection Dog Training,
North Yarmouth, Maine
http://www.dianalogan.com
207-252-9352
Recent Column Posts (1 - 13) Additional Posts (14 - 107)
Good Intentions, Bad Decisions
By www.dianalogan.com - Jul 01As we climb slowly out of our pandemic cocoons into the bright sunshine, we are going to encounter many dogs who have been hiding in the metaphoric...
"Uh oh!"
By www.dianalogan.com - May 01Some dogs go through life confident that all is well with the world: their metaphorical supper dishes are perpetually half full. Others are the ...
Mind your Ps and Cues
By www.dianalogan.com - Mar 01It usually ends up being a circular conversation. A client will ask, for example, “what is the command to get my puppy to perch?” We reply that ...
"Stay" is a Concept
By www.dianalogan.com - Dec 11If you don't use a verbal release cue, you don't have sit… or a lot of other things, either! Most dogs will respond to the verbal cue “sit,” but ...
Stairway to Injury
By www.dianalogan.com - Nov 01The puppy came to us at 4 months old thinking that stairways were a combo racetrack/high jump. Any time anybody started using the stairs, Skipper ...
Playing by the Rules
By www.dianalogan.com - Sep 01Forget about a “job” - our dogs love to play! The great thing about playing with our dogs is that we can cultivate a huge range of habits and ...
"He Loves to Eat!"
By www.dianalogan.com - Jul 01He was a large dog, Not large TALL, Or large LONG, But large AROUND. This was a Portuguese Water Dog, and he was blatantly obese. I was at an ...
Are you "Stubborn"?
By www.dianalogan.com - May 13My husband got a little silly at work. While doing a mundane labeling chore at his IT job, he decided to label the label maker itself. We were Big ...
Where There is Joy, There is Infinite Possibility
By www.dianalogan.com - Apr 01The 10 or so puppies at PupStart, my day school for puppies, are playing, investigating our enriching and invigorating environment, engaged with ...
But have you tried Science?
By www.dianalogan.com - Feb 01As a professional dog trainer, I frequently hear frustrated dog owners exclaim, “I've tried everything and nothing worked!” For any given struggle ...
The Deferential Equation
By www.dianalogan.com - Nov 13Puppies! So innocent, so cute, so full of unmitigated joy, such blank slates. Or not… at least not when it comes to “blank slates.” Puppies are ...
Prevention, prevention! Prevention!
By www.dianalogan.com - Oct 01“…and how do we keep our balance? That I can tell you in one word: prevention!” Yes, I have just defiled a line from “Fiddler on the Roof.” ...
"Fine" and its Slippery Slope
By www.dianalogan.com - Aug 01The young puppy's instant response to my presence was to move away and stay out of reach, tail tucked, mouth closed firmly, body and voice ...
