Cara Diatta Dog Training
Cara Diatta
GDMI, CPDT-KA
Certified Guide Dog Mobility Instructor and Certified Professional Dog Trainer
Cara brings a wealth of knowledge and experience from her background in assistance dog training. She trained guide dogs for people with vision loss at a prominent non-profit organization in New York for six years and and now works one-on-one with clients and their pets in the New Haven area.
Cara is committed to positive reinforcement and force-free training and is able to tailor her training style to the needs of the individual client and dog. She is flexible and understanding and wholly committed to implementing realistic techniques for lasting change.
Certified Guide Dog Mobility Instructor through the International Guide Dog Federation
Certified Professional Dog Trainer through the Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers
Training Methodology
Cara is committed to positive reinforcement training, marker/clicker training, relationship-based training and force-free training.​
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Cara believes that the core of successful training is a strong and productive relationship between the person and the dog. She focuses on effective communication by teaching her clients to read their dog's body language and interact with their dog in a way that is consistent and clear to the dog. Cara helps her clients understand how dogs think, feel, and experience the world, as she feels that comprehensive theoretical knowledge is crucial in order to influence dog behavior.