Free practical guides
Free dog training guides for everyday practice.
A simple planner and short references you can open on a phone, share with the household, and use in the next practice round.
Our walk & practice plan
Choose your steps, keep an optional practice focus and save your own notes in this browser. Print a copy for your household.
Make our plan Start hereThe nine words
What each shared cue means, when to say it, and what should happen next.
Open the guide New puppyA calmer first night
A nearby sleeping place, a quiet potty trip and the book’s limits: excerpts for a new puppy’s first night.
Open the guide WalkingLoose-leash practice
What to mark, when to turn and when to pause: short excerpts from On the Leash.
Open the guideWhy these guides are short: useful training happens in small repetitions. Pick one response, make it easy enough to succeed, and stop before either of you is frustrated.