NeilShort · Often · Always a win
Consistency
builds trust.
Three 5-minute sessions a day build a dog faster than one long weekend drill. Neil turns that into a daily plan — and reads your logs, so tomorrow's training fits the dog you actually have, not the dog on a schedule.
3×5
minutes a day
1
variable at a time
4
levels per skill
0
punishment. ever.
The method
Short, often, and always a win
Dog training isn't a knowledge problem — it's a consistency problem. Five rules, applied daily, beat everything else.
01
Short and often beats long and rare — a few minutes, several times a day.
02
Reward fast: mark the instant your dog is right, then deliver within a second.
03
Raise one variable at a time — duration, distance, or distraction. Never all three.
04
End on a win. Stop while your dog is still succeeding and wanting more.
05
Be boring-consistent: same cue, same reward, every single rep.
Why Neil is different
The coach that watched
yesterday's session
Every other app hands you a library and wishes you luck. Neil runs a loop.
01
Train
Five minutes, three times a day. Every session tells you exactly what to do — the cue, the criteria, the reps. No guesswork, no hour-long drills.
02
Log
One tap when you finish. How did recall actually go? That thirty seconds of truth is what every other training app throws away.
03
Adapt
Tomorrow's plan changes because of what you logged. Struggled? The step gets easier. Nailed it twice? You level up — earned, never on a timer.
The curriculum
Fifteen skills. Earned, not scheduled.
Each skill is a ladder of levels with clear criteria. Your dog climbs when the logs say the rung is solid — never because the calendar turned.
Foundation
Marker Training (Lesson 0)
4 levels
Foundation
Focus (Watch Me)
4 levels
Foundation
Socialization (The Window)
4 levels
Obedience
Sit
4 levels
Obedience
Down
4 levels
Impulse control
Stay
4 levels
Obedience
Recall (Come)
4 levels
Leash
Loose-Leash Walking
4 levels
Manners
Place / Mat
4 levels
Impulse control
Leave It
4 levels
Manners
Potty Training
4 levels
Manners
Nipping & Mouthing
4 levels
Manners
Jumping on People
4 levels
Manners
Crate Comfort
4 levels
Enrichment
Handling & Consent
4 levels
The coach
Ask Neil anything
Neil answers like a trainer, not a search engine — grounded in the same method your plan runs on, aware of what you've logged, and specific enough to act on in tonight's five-minute session.
- Knows your dog — age, temperament, and what happened in yesterday's session.
- Prescribes drills inside the method, never random internet advice.
- Knows his limits: aggression, bite history, or separation panic go to a certified professional — always.
The deadline
One part of training has a clock on it
Between roughly 3 and 14 weeks, a puppy's brain decides what counts as normal — people, sounds, surfaces, handling. What she meets calmly now, she accepts for life. What she never meets gets filed as suspicious. Sit, stay, and recall can be taught at any age. This can't.
Check where your puppy stands, and Neil folds the right exposure work into the daily five-minute plan — automatically, while the window is open.
Your dog is five minutes away
Not from perfect — from better than yesterday. That's the whole method.