Printable Dog Training Checklists (Free, By Topic & Breed)

Back to home Home Dog Training Topics Printable Checklists Printable Dog Training Checklists, One Page Per Problem Six checklists you can print or save as a PDF and actually tick off — setup, daily practice, a week-by-week progression and troubleshooting checks for each problem. Every list is ordered around how dogs learn, not around obedience for its own sake. Potty training Print this, tick the boxes for two weeks, and house training stops being a guessing game. Every item exists because it removes one chance for the dog to rehearse the wrong habit indoors. Open checklist Leash training Loose-leash walking is built in short reps, not long walks. Work this checklist for four weeks and the walk stops being a tug of war. Open checklist Barking You can't fix barking until you know which bark you have. Log first, manage second, train third — this checklist keeps that order. Open checklist Recall Recall is a paid job, not an interruption. Tick these off in order and the cue survives squirrels. Open checklist Chewing Chewing is normal, necessary behaviour aimed at the wrong objects. This checklist redirects it rather than trying to switch it off. Open checklist Alone time Being alone is a skill, not a default setting. Build it in seconds and minutes, and never test a full workday to "see how it goes". Open checklist Prefer a dated schedule? Answer four questions and the plan generator turns any of these checklists into a four-week schedule with daily sessions sized to the time you actually have. Build my training plan Breed-specific checklist packs One print job with all six checklists, plus the extra items and common mistakes that matter for your breed's cognitive profile. Border Collie checklist pack Golden Retriever checklist pack German Shepherd checklist pack Labrador Retriever checklist pack Based on the work of Dr. Brian Hare & Vanessa Woods Every Dognition guide, assessment, and blog post is grounded in the research and methodologies of Dr. Brian Hare and Vanessa Woods at the Duke Canine Cognition Center. Their work established that "smart" isn't one number — dogs think across five distinct cognitive dimensions, and the best training matches the method to the mind. Book · 2013 The Genius of Dogs How dogs are smarter than you think — the founding text on canine cognitive science. Read more Book · 2024 Puppy Kindergarten The Duke Puppy Kindergarten study — how the first 16 weeks shape a dog for life (as covered by The New York Times). Read the NYT feature