Open the guideIntermediate20 min
Teaching your dog not to jump up on people
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.
Dog
Animiyo guides
Training step by step
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.
10 guides
- Open the guideBeginner25 min
Teaching your dog the watch me and eye contact cue
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.
Dog - Open the guideIntermediate15 min
Teaching a dog or cat to accept handling
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.
DogCat - Open the guideBeginner15 min
Teach your dog leave it and a happy trade
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.
Dog - Open the guideIntermediate15 min
Walking on a loose leash without pulling
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.
Dog - Open the guideBeginner10 min
Turning the cat carrier into a den, not a trap
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.
Cat - Open the guideBeginner10 min
Teaching sit and stay step by step
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.
Dog - Open the guideIntermediate20 min
Teaching a dog to be alone, starting from ten seconds
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.
Dog - Open the guideIntermediate15 min
Teaching your dog to go to a mat, step by step
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.
Dog - Open the guideIntermediate15 min
Teaching recall, from the garden to the street
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.
Dog