Dog Diary: Care & Training

Thank you for using Dog Diary and for the thoughtful care you give your dogs. This update gives you more ways to record that effort, follow each dog's progress and enjoy a useful reference between sessions. SIX TRAINERS TO CHOOSE FROM Dog Trainers is now available from More. Pick your dog, choose a training category and save what happened during practice. - Obedience for sit, down, stay, leave it and other everyday cues. - Recall for name response, short calls and long-line practice. - Leash walking for loose leash work, check-ins and distractions. - House training for scheduled breaks and familiar routines. - Socialization for new people, places, sounds and gentle handling. - Tricks for touch, shake, spin, bow and find it. Each trainer includes exercise choices and short practice guidance. RECORD PRACTICE AS IT HAPPENS - Start, pause or reset a live practice timer. - Tap Successful Response when your dog completes an attempt. - Tap Needs More Practice to count another attempt. - Watch the success rate change with your results. - Adjust attempts and successes before saving. - Add the location, reward and notes about your next goal. - Enter a completed session manually when that suits your day. FOLLOW PROGRESS FOR EACH DOG - See saved session totals and accumulated practice time. - Review successful attempts and overall success rates. - Open earlier sessions to revisit exercises and notes. - Keep different dogs' training results separate. - Find training sessions alongside your other History entries. - Search, share or delete a training record from History. - See training included in your statistics. A TRAINER MADE FOR APPLE WATCH The new Dog Trainer Watch app works independently of the iPhone app. Training on Watch has unlimited usage and does not require a Pro purchase. - Start from a dedicated Home view. - Add a dog profile directly on your Watch. - Choose a dog and one of six training categories. - Pick an exercise and begin timed practice. - Count responses with large Success and Try Again buttons. - Feel a tap as you record a response. - Pause the timer when you need a break. - Add notes and remove an accidental count. - Save results to the correct dog's Watch history. YOUR WATCH RECORDS, READY TO REVISIT - Open Saved to review previous sessions. - View one dog's results or include all dogs. - Check exercise, date, duration and successful attempts. - Share one saved session or a collection of sessions. - Return to an unfinished practice draft. - Keep dog profiles and training records stored on your Watch. The practice timer pauses when the Watch app becomes inactive. MORE TO READ IN REFERENCE Reference now includes short dog jokes and fact one-liners on both iPhone and Watch. - Enjoy 12 jokes adapted from A Dog Day. - Read 15 short facts drawn from Dogs and All about Them. - Browse breed history, familiar traits and a little canine humor. - Search the included selections. - Share a favorite entry with its source credit. - Open book information and links to the original works. - Read the included selections without an internet connection. The Watch reference also includes 58 breeds organized into small, medium, large and giant adult weight groups. Open a breed to read about energy, lifespan, training and play. 15 FREE IPHONE RECORDS The iPhone free allowance is now 15 history records total across all dogs and record types. Meals, walks, measurements, health entries, milestones and training share that allowance. Pro continues to offer unlimited iPhone history, while Watch training stays unlimited. Keep celebrating the small wins. Your steady attention makes those moments worth remembering, and we're grateful you've chosen Dog Diary to record them.