Basic Training Tips

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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 ...
  
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  Playing by the Rules

  By www.dianalogan.com - Sep 01
  Forget 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 ...
  
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  "He Loves to Eat!"

  By www.dianalogan.com - Jul 01
  He 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 ...
  
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  “Training” Can be a Dirty Word

  By www.dianalogan.com - May 01
  The cashier overheard a conversation I was having with the person behind me and gleaned that I was a dog trainer. She motioned me closer and said, ...
  

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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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  "Fine" and its Slippery Slope

  By www.dianalogan.com - Aug 01
  The 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 ...
  
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  My Dog is a Terrible Dog Trainer

  By www.dianalogan.com - May 14
  For reasons that have always eluded me, the basic tenets of good dog training seem to be lost on most dogs. One would think that dogs would be ...
  
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  Civilized Dogs

  By www.dianalogan.com - Mar 01
  “You'd think we'd have it figured out by now,” said my husband. The “it” he was referring to was world peace. After thousands of years coexisting ...