Everyday Dog Obedience
Like Duolingo, but for Everyday Dog Obedience. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.
For the part of you with thirty open tabs that never became anything.
A short one: 12 levels across 2 sections, about 24 minutes end to end, roughly 5 days at five minutes a day. It moves through Establishing the Dialogue and Reliability in the Wild. It starts from scratch.
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Key ideas in Everyday Dog Obedience
- A marker acts like a snapshot taken at the exact instant the dog performs the target action
- Clicking when elbows touch the floor marks the position, whereas clicking after reaching into a pocket marks waiting for food
- Marking even a second late accidentally rewards the next thing the dog does, like popping back up
- The sound must always precede the food delivery so the dog connects the prediction to the reward
- You repeat 'click then treat' without asking for any behavior until the dog turns its head eagerly at the sound
- Starting with a still body prevents hand movement from overshadowing the auditory mark
- A dog's body naturally moves opposite to where its nose points: lifting the nose up and slightly back lowers the rear
- Physically pushing a dog's hips down triggers natural resistance (opposition reflex) rather than voluntary learning
- Keeping the treat close to the dog's nose maintains their focus as a target
- If visible food is always in hand, the dog learns to only perform when they see a bribe upfront
- Fading to an empty hand gesture within 5-10 repetitions turns the lure into a clear visual hand signal
- Rewards should come from a hidden pocket or pouch after the marker, not lead the motion forever
- Reaching into a treat pouch before or during the click teaches the dog to ignore the sound and watch the hand
- Bending forward or twitching hands telegraphs food delivery and steals attention from the behavior being marked
- Keeping hands completely neutral until after the marker fires ensures the audio cue does the teaching
- A dog must be offering the motion smoothly before a spoken word means anything
You've tried the other tabs
Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.
You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.
One answer, then back to scrolling.
Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.
Tomo gives Everyday Dog Obedience the Duolingo treatment: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that test what you just learned. That game loop is what the tabs above never had, so it's the one you actually finish.
Here's what playing it feels like
A real question from this course. Take your best guess.
Picture this: you ask your dog to lie down. When should the click happen?
Get it right to open this lesson and 11 more in the app.
Where Everyday Dog Obedience takes you
Build a calm, cooperative relationship with your dog through clear communication instead of force. Learn the exact mechanics of rewarding good choices, teaching reliable cues, and handling real-world distractions on walks.
- 1
Establishing the Dialogue
- The Marker and the Lure
- Foundational Manners: Sit, Down, and Settle
- 2
Reliability in the Wild
- Recalls That Work Under Pressure
- Walking on a Loose Leash
2 sections · 4 units · 12 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
You pick the voice
Everyday Dog Obedience is taught in the The Storyteller style: every lesson is a story. Want a different feel? In the app you can spin up the same topic in any of Tomo's teaching styles. Same facts, totally different vibe.
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