Printables & resources
Four useful worksheets for the life you share. Print a fresh page, edit a simple file or use the matching browser tool.
Pick the job. Take the sheet.
PDFs are ready to print on A4 paper. Choose TXT or CSV when you want to edit the content first.
01 / One small step
Give one exercise a clear beginning and ending. Record the situation, an observable goal, what your dog chose and one useful change for next time.
For one question you want to understand better.
Prefer typing in the browser?02 / Notice the pattern
Keep several occasions side by side. Use the same five prompts to compare the setting, the response and the next attempt without turning learning into a score.
For a recurring situation across different days.
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03 / Get on the same page
Agree on the words people use and what each one means. Include where a cue has been practiced and which situations still need preparation or management.
For familiar adults sharing an everyday routine.
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04 / Before the door opens
Prepare the next departure with equipment, care needs, local conditions and a simpler route in mind. Leave space to write down the actual backup.
For a departure that needs a little more preparation.
Prefer typing in the browser?Start with one sheet
Pick the sheet for the task in front of you: one exercise, several observations, a shared cue or the next outing. You do not need to fill every template.
Describe the room, the change and what your dog actually did. A short accurate sentence can guide the next attempt better than a rating or a broad label.
Decide what to repeat or simplify and who needs to know. Date a shared reference and replace an older copy when the arrangement changes.
Use the sheet that changes the next decision
A printable resource is useful when it removes something the household would otherwise have to remember. It might keep the agreed release word in view, remind the next person about the route or preserve the detail that made an exercise comfortable. Choose a sheet for that practical job. There is no need to build a large training folder before you can begin an appropriate small step.
The four worksheets each have a print-ready PDF, alongside a simple editable version: a training log CSV, a household cue card, an outing checklist and a one-session practice note. They are blank planning aids, not individual recommendations. Use them alongside the guides and plans, or choose the browser tools when typing and exporting there is more convenient. Neither format requires an app account.
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“The session went badly” does not explain what to change. A short observation can separate the setting from the next decision.
Open the training logUsing your kit / 01
The CSV training log suits repeated observations you want to keep in rows. Open it in a compatible spreadsheet application and use the columns for date, goal, setup, observed behavior and next time. Keep one occasion understandable on its own. A plain description of the environment will be more useful later than a long row of unexplained abbreviations or a score whose meaning changed between days.
The text files suit a smaller reference. A household cue card can sit beside ordinary training supplies; an outing checklist can support a particular departure; a one-session note can organize one question before you forget the context. Edit a downloaded copy in a suitable text application if helpful. Saving the file does not send the information back to Dogday Lab or update the version in your browser.
Using your kit / 02
A useful note separates what happened from what you think it means. Write where you were, the relevant equipment, what was happening nearby and what the dog actually did. “Turned away when the dry towel moved closer” gives the next person something to act on. “Hates care” is a much broader interpretation, and can obscure a version that was comfortable at a different distance or with less movement.
Include the reason you stopped and one thing you would preserve or change. A short comfortable repetition, a necessary care interruption and a worried dog call for different next steps. Do not make the sheet an obligation to continue until there is a positive result to record. Choosing to stop an unsuitable exercise can be the most useful decision of the occasion.
Using your kit / 03
Put the date or revision note on a reference that another caregiver may use. If a cue is still being introduced, say where it has been practiced and what is not ready. If an outing route has changed, replace the old checklist rather than assuming everyone remembers a conversation. A simple current sheet is easier to use than several conflicting versions stored in different places.
Keep private access codes, addresses and detailed medical records in the appropriate secure arrangement, not a general training sheet left in view. Necessary veterinary instructions should come from the professional and be handed over through a suitable care process. A downloadable note can remind people which question to ask, but it should not become an improvised prescription, a substitute for consent or a record that strangers can casually access.
From an ordinary day
Imagine two familiar caregivers sharing an evening routine. One usually prepares the dog’s equipment, while the other handles the next outing. They use the household cue card to agree on a release word already introduced in easy settings. In the care notes, they explain that the indoor doorway pause is comfortable but has not been established in the busy entrance downstairs.
The outing checklist stays focused on that evening: the dog’s comfort, secure equipment, the quieter route and a way to return if conditions change. After a small rehearsal on another occasion, a one-session practice note records the interior door used, the voluntary check-in and the break that followed. The different sheets have separate jobs rather than repeating the same information in several formats.
Before handing over, they read the current note together and remove a superseded cue card. They keep veterinary information and home access arrangements elsewhere. This example is illustrative; a printed card cannot confirm that another person understands a dog or can handle every situation. Its value is clearer communication about an ordinary routine, including the parts that still need care or support.
Before the next step
The PDFs are designed for printing and writing by hand; they are not interactive forms. For typing, download the editable TXT or CSV version, or use the matching browser tool. Each PDF is one A4 page. Choose your printer’s fit-to-page option if you use another paper size.
No. A downloaded file and the information saved by a browser tool are separate copies. Choose which version is your current reference and update the people who need it. Avoid assuming a change in a spreadsheet or text file will appear automatically in the website or the DogPath app.
Use only the fields needed for the next decision, or make a shorter note in your own words. The template is a prompt, not a test of completeness. A few accurate observations are more useful than an elaborate record the household cannot keep up with or interpret consistently.
Bring the note into real life
Pair a worksheet with a flexible practice plan, or return to one of the 15 guides for the complete setup. Keep only the resources you can actually use.
