Bonus — The printable playbook

The playbook is a 14-page PDF you can download, print, and keep on the fridge. It covers the whole 7-day arc in one place.

What's inside

• Day-by-day checklist (7 pages)
• Arousal ladderArousal ladderA 1–5 scale for how worked-up a dog is, from **1 (settled)** through **3 (alert + curious)** to **5 (over-threshold — can't hear you)**. Calm-First keeps training sessions at 1–3; anything at 4 or 5 means you stop, walk away, and run the leash reset. (the 1–5 scale Irit uses with Max)
• Two emergency-reset cue cards (tear-out size)
• Gear list — what's worth buying, what to skip
• Troubleshooting: "my dog won't settlesettle" / "my dog freezes" / "my dog barks at everything"

Get the full kit

If you want the playbook plus the breathing script, the leash-reset card, AND the 7-day email drip, everything lives inside the bundle:

Tools you'll actually use

One more reminder — for markermarker training to work, consistency beats volume. The clicker I use: