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  Teaching your dog “No!”

  By www.dianalogan.com - Oct 01
  The next time you use voice navigation, imagine Siri telling you where NOT to turn, what street NOT to take, and to boot, she uses an accusatory ...
  
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  Habit-Forming

  By www.dianalogan.com - Aug 01
  ... it depends... My friend Donna is overjoyed about getting a puppy this fall. “I have food and water dishes all ready for her. I'll feed the ...
  
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  Are you "Stubborn"?

  By www.dianalogan.com - May 13
  My 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 ...
  
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  Where There is Joy, There is Infinite Possibility

  By www.dianalogan.com - Apr 01
  The 10 or so puppies at PupStart, my day school for puppies, are playing, investigating our enriching and invigorating environment, engaged with ...
  
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  But have you tried Science?

  By www.dianalogan.com - Feb 01
  As a professional dog trainer, I frequently hear frustrated dog owners exclaim, “I've tried everything and nothing worked!” For any given struggle ...
  
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  The Deferential Equation

  By www.dianalogan.com - Nov 13
  Puppies! 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 ...
  
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  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.” ...
  

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  The Rule That Makes All the Difference

  By www.dianalogan.com - Sep 01
  As a puppy, she enthusiastically pulled on leash in her desire to get close to the people and dogs she saw. She was very friendly and social, at ...
  
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  Good Intentions, Bad Decisions

  By www.dianalogan.com - Jul 01
  As 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...
  
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  "Uh oh!"

  By www.dianalogan.com - May 01
  Some dogs go through life confident that all is well with the world: their metaphorical supper dishes are perpetually half full. Others are the ...
  
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  Mind your Ps and Cues

  By www.dianalogan.com - Mar 01
  It 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 ...
  
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  "Stay" is a Concept

  By www.dianalogan.com - Dec 11
  If 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 ...
  
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  Stairway to Injury

  By www.dianalogan.com - Nov 01
  The 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 ...