Push Drop Stick
The dog training app that actually knows your dog
Meet Coach. An AI that gives honest, expert advice built for the dog in front of you, on training plans that adapt in real time and take out the guesswork: Push, Drop or Stick.
Train with positive reinforcement on plans that are never too hard or too easy. Ask Coach anything, mid-session or after — film a few reps and Coach will read them with you. Track every rep with detailed history, earn goals, and solidify skills with fun proofing games. Every plan in the library, with the adaptive engine, history, goals and games, is free.
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Your dog's Journey
Every dog gets a Journey
A trail of training plans that always knows what to train next
Free in the app
Know exactly what to train next
Your dog's Journey is a trail of training plans, one stop at a time. It starts with Everyday Manners: eight essential skills, free in the app, no signup. Every plan after it is free too.
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Side trail, for small or hesitant dogs
A trail that bends for your dog
Small or hesitant dog? The trail takes a side path to an easier plan. And when something comes up, like a fear of the vacuum, Coach writes a plan for it and adds it to the trail.
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Goals at every stop
Every plan has goals, the real skills your dog earns along the way: a verbal cue, a hand signal, distance, duration, distractions. Everyday Manners alone has 29.
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Earn a flag for every skill
Every goal your dog earns flies from the castle at the end of the trail: green when it's solid, blue when it needs a review. Then play games that shuffle everything your dog knows.
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You judge the reps. The app decides the difficulty — that's the whole point.
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Meet Coach
The part that knows your dog.
Coach knows your dog
Meet Coach - Coach remembers your dog by name — their goals, their progress, what scares them, which treat is worth the hard stuff. Come back in three weeks and you don’t start over.
Answers made for your dog, not a FAQ
Bad day at the park? Just ask. Coach reads your actual session, rep by rep, and tells you what to do next. Want proof instead of opinions? Coach can search the published research and answer from real, cited studies, then hand you the papers. And Coach will tell you the truth — no quick fixes that aren't real, no shortcuts that hurt your dog. Just the next small step that works.
Stuck without a plan? Coach writes one
Coach builds and edits training plans with you, shaped around your dog. Every version is saved, so you can always go back.
Show Coach, or just talk
Film ten seconds of your dog, or drop in clips you already have, and Coach reads the key frames with you. Or talk instead of typing, so a question doesn't stop your session.
An example conversation with Coach
Owner: This is Nettle, my Icelandic Sheepdog. She's terrified of the vacuum.
Coach: Hi Nettle! Icelandic Sheepdog, one big fear — got her. Two things and I'll take it from here: what does she do when the vacuum comes out, leave the room or freeze and stare? And what's her absolute favorite treat?
Owner: Rough one at the park today. Her recall fell apart.
Coach: I've read the session. 3 of 5 at 10m, and all three misses came after the other dogs arrived, so the app told you to Stick rather than push on. That's the right call. Her recall isn't broken: 10m with three dogs is simply a harder step than 10m without one. Keep judging the reps honestly and it will find her level.
Owner: A friend says just vacuum more and she'll get used to it.
Coach: I'd rather not. That's flooding, and it risks making the fear worse. The gradual version has the better evidence: keep her under her startle threshold and pair every dose with food. Here are the papers. (Answered from 3 cited studies)
Owner: Can we do something about the vacuum?
Coach: Writing you one now. Eight steps, starting with the vacuum parked across the room and switched off. It's a feelings plan, so a single bad rep drops it back a step: Nettle sets the pace, not me. (Training plan: Nettle and the Vacuum, v1 — every version saved)
Owner: First go at step one. Here are her last three reps. (5 key frames)
Coach: Frame 4 tells the story. The vacuum is still switched off and she's already tucking her tail and turning her head away. That's a “too close” answer, not a stubborn one — the sight of it is enough. There's a closet behind her in the frame, so I've put two easier steps in front of step one: you touch the doorknob, she gets paid, and the vacuum stays out of sight. (Training plan: Nettle and the Vacuum, v2 — add closet opening steps)
Every rep, tracked
Step back through any session, see your rate of reinforcement, and share a color-coded progress graph.
Share your dog
Partner, family, or trainer, and goals, sessions, plans and notes come too. Unlimited dogs, unlimited people.
Your clicker, heard
Bring your own physical clicker and the app hears it and marks the win. Runs on your phone, free, and quick to ignore barks.
Mark reps from your wrist
Apple Watch support means genuinely hands-free marking. Close your rings while you train.
Start your dog's Journey
Every plan, your dog's Journey, sync and the Assistant are free for everyone. Coach is our subscription: the trainer who remembers your dog, with more energy every month.
