Twenty-five free tools that turn the research behind our written guides into something you can use today. Each one asks about your dog and your routine, then returns a specific answer rather than general advice — a printable schedule, a threshold distance, a realistic timeline, or the single habit costing you the most progress.
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Am I on track?
Dog Training Progress Calculator
Realistic week ranges for twelve behaviors, your progress against the expected curve, and a plain diagnosis if you are stalled.
Build my schedule
Puppy Potty Training Planner
A full hour-by-hour toilet and nap schedule from your puppy’s age and routine, plus a readiness score for your current habits.
Check my recall
Dog Recall Reliability Calculator
Scores the six things that decide whether your dog comes back, with a deliberately strict off-lead readiness check.
Score my walks
Loose-Leash Walking Calculator
Seven factors behind pulling, including what the equipment research actually measured. Quality of walking, not length.
Assess my dog
Dog Obedience Assessment
Six cues rated by proofing level, weighted by safety consequence, with the handling habits that break them.
What is my dog saying?
Dog Body Language Decoder
Tick the signals you can see and get a weighted reading across six states. Built around the one owners miss most.
When does this end?
Dog Adolescence Timeline
See exactly where your dog sits on the developmental arc and how many months of adolescence are left.
Build me a session
Dog Training Session Builder
A minute-by-minute script with rep counts, success criteria and stop conditions — and a refusal if the session would set you back.
What size crate?
Dog Crate Size Calculator
Two measurements return the exact standard crate size, the divider setting for a growing puppy, and when a crate is the wrong tool.
What size harness?
Dog Harness Size Calculator
Chest girth and neck give you the size band, the collar size, and whether you need a front clip, a back clip or an escape-proof design.
How big will they get?
Dog Adult Size Predictor
Current weight and age estimate your puppy’s adult size, growth percentage, and when the growth plates close.
What size bed?
Dog Bed Size Calculator
Lying length gives you the bed size, the shape for how your dog sleeps, and the fill for its age and joints.
Eating too fast?
Dog Slow Feeder Finder
Size, eating speed and body shape point you to the right slow feeder type, difficulty level, and what to avoid.
How old is my dog, really?
Dog Age Calculator
The DNA-methylation aging formula, size-adjusted, in place of the outdated times-seven rule.
How much to feed?
Dog Food Amount Calculator
The resting-energy-requirement method vets use, adjusted for life stage, activity and goal, in calories and cups.
Is this food safe?
Can Dogs Eat This?
Search a food to see if it is safe, risky or toxic for dogs, why, and what to do if your dog already ate it.
Which no-pull gear?
Pulling Gear Picker
Answer three questions to see which no-pull harness, head halter or collar suits your dog, what to watch out for, and what to skip.
What happens now?
Puppy Milestone Timeline
Enter your puppy’s age in weeks and see the socialization window, vaccine timing and teething stage, mapped to right now.
What will this cost me?
Puppy First-Year Budget Calculator
A realistic month-by-month cost breakdown: supplies, vet care, spay or neuter, food, and optional insurance or training.
How is my senior dog really doing?
Senior Dog Quality of Life Scale
Rate comfort, appetite, hygiene, happiness, and mobility to track changes over time and prepare for vet visits.
Kids and dogs at home?
Kid & Dog Safety Checker
Get the right supervision level, age-specific rules, and the warning signs worth knowing, based on your child’s age and your dog’s comfort level.
What do I call her?
Dog Name Generator
Shuffle names by style and sex, save a shortlist, and check any name for sounds that clash with training cues.
When is her next heat?
Dog Heat Cycle Calculator
Estimate the next heat from the last one, see the stages with dates, and learn the warning signs that need a vet.
When are the puppies due?
Dog Pregnancy Calculator
Get a due-date window from the mating or ovulation date, with a dated timeline from the first scan to whelping.
Why won’t they listen?
Why Won’t My Dog Listen?
Answer nine short questions to find the most likely reason your dog ignores you outside, get one change to try, and a 10-repetition check to prove it worked.
What these tools do differently
Most dog training calculators return a number with no explanation of where it came from. These do three things that matter more:
They separate evidence from our own model
Every result shows two things side by side: the externally sourced findings used, each with a link to the study or organization, and a plain statement of which numbers are PawMastery’s own scoring model. We do not present our weightings as science, because they are not.
They refuse to score when scoring would be wrong
Tell the recall tool your dog’s behavior changed suddenly, or the potty planner that there is blood in the urine, and you get no score at all — you get a recommendation to see a vet. A tidy number is the wrong output for a dog that may need treatment.
The same applies to the loose-leash tool: if you describe trigger-specific lunging, it stops and tells you that is reactivity, not pulling, because the standard pulling advice can make reactivity considerably worse.
They give conservative answers on safety
The recall tool will not clear an adolescent dog for off-lead work even with perfect answers, because the regression between six and eighteen months is well documented. A tool that tells you what you want to hear about off-lead safety is worse than no tool.
Privacy
Everything is calculated in your browser. No account, no email, no data sent to a server, nothing stored. You can share a result by copying the link — the answers are encoded in the URL itself, and nothing is saved anywhere.
Frequently asked questions
Are these tools free?
Yes, with no signup and no email required.
Can these tools diagnose my dog?
No. They provide educational training estimates. Aggression, sudden behavior changes, and anything with a possible medical cause need a veterinarian or a qualified behaviorist.
Where do the scores come from?
Each tool has a methodology section explaining every weighting, and separates published findings from PawMastery’s own model. Nothing is hidden.
Do you store my answers?
No. Everything runs in your browser and nothing is transmitted or saved.
Which tool should I start with?
If you have a puppy, the potty planner. If you have an adult dog and are not sure where you stand, the obedience assessment. If you are wondering whether your progress is normal, the progress calculator.
Methodology and limitations
Every scoring model on this site was built for these tools by PawMastery. The weightings are informed by published veterinary behavior research — AVSAB, AKC, ASPCA, RSPCA and peer-reviewed studies, all cited on each tool page — but the models themselves are ours and are not clinically validated instruments.
We are not veterinarians and we do not claim veterinary credentials. Where a result suggests a medical cause, the tools say so and stop.
These tools provide educational training guidance and do not replace advice from a qualified veterinarian or certified behavior professional. Last reviewed: 18 August 2026.