The Socialisation Starter Checklist - free

A printable checklist of everything to socialise your dog to, from Atlas Randle, the calm 50kg Akita you've seen riding the train.

Socialisation isn't about meeting as many dogs as possible. It's about showing your dog that the whole ordinary world (people of every kind, places, surfaces, sounds, daft everyday objects) is safe and unremarkable. This lays the lot out by category: 41 items, two tick boxes each, "tried it" and "stayed calm", so you can see at a glance where the gaps are.

It also comes with the rules for running it: the one principle behind the whole method, and the signs your dog has had enough.

It's free. Print it, stick it on the fridge, and work through it a handful at a time.

If you want the actual method behind it, the order to do things in, the how and the why, a session walked through minute by minute, what to change for an older or nervous dog, and the mistakes that quietly undo your work, that's in the full guide: Raising a Calm, Confident Dog, Part One of The Atlas Method.