Animiyo guides
Every protocol is split into short sessions with explicit criteria for moving up a level. When the criterion is not met, the guide says where to step back instead of pushing on.
23 guides
Scavenging scraps off the ground is dangerous and often ends at the vet. Here is how to build the reflex of leaving it, without jerks and without shouting.
The uncontrolled jump out of the car is one of the most dangerous moments of any outing: toward a road, against a joint. A simple cue turns it into a calm, deliberate move.
The doorbell is a switch that fires the dog up in an instant. You can change what it means and teach him what to do instead, calmly.
Jumping up is an excited greeting that becomes a problem. It is fixed without punishment, by teaching what to do instead of jumping and rewarding calm.
The down is built by guiding the dog to the floor with a treat, never pushing it. Here is the sequence in a few minutes a day.
Every mouthful successfully stolen teaches the dog to try again. Here is how to break the loop with a settled place, a fair swap, and one rule for everyone.
A puppy does not soil the house out of spite: it has not yet learned where to go or how to hold on. A clear routine and well timed rewards solve most cases.
The distance stop is the skill that halts a dog before a road or a hazard. You build it in the living room, one small step at a time.
Stopping at the threshold and waiting for your cue is not obedience for its own sake: it is the difference between a calm exit and a dog loose in the road.
A gentle way to train a cat with positive reinforcement: charge the clicker, teach targeting and sit, and turn them into practical help for its health.
The hand touch looks like a game but is a tool: it moves the dog without pulling, distracts it from fear and paves the way to a recall. Here is how to build it in a few minutes a day.
From the vet to the train, sooner or later a muzzle is needed. A dog trained ahead of time accepts it without stress: here is the gradual method to build a positive association.
Before any other command you need the dog's attention. Watch me is the basic skill that makes lead walking, recall and distraction management possible.
Clipping nails does not have to be a fight. Here is how to get a dog or cat used to handling for routine care, one step at a time, respecting their pace.
Responding to the name does not mean coming to you: it means turning the head and giving you attention. Everything else is built on that turn.
A formal exercise the dog performs on request and then releases from. Useful in tight passages, at crossings and any time you need the dog exactly at your side.
A dog that lets go at the first cue is a safer dog. Here is how to build leave it and the trade step by step, without turning them into a tug of war.
A dog pulls because pulling works: here you learn to make a loose leash pay off, starting in an easy setting and moving up one context at a time.
A two week calendar that gets the cat walking into the carrier on its own, with criteria for moving on and a protocol for the first short drive.
Sit in a few minutes a day and stay broken into its three variables, one at a time, with the release word and the rule for knowing when to raise the level.
A ladder of absences that starts at ten seconds, with the video as the only judge of when you move up, and the limits beyond which working alone is no longer enough.
A behaviour that sends the dog to settle on a fixed mat when the house gets busy, built in small steps with treats and without ever forcing it to stay put.
Five levels, three minute sessions and an explicit progression rule: eight responses out of ten before you add distance or distraction, plus the plan for rebuilding a cue that has been burned.
