Threshold
A week-by-week practice plan for a dog that reacts on walks.
Dog practice plan for iPhone and Android. Updated 30 October 2026.
Threshold is an app for iPhone and Android with a week-by-week practice plan for a dog that lunges, barks or freezes on walks. Each day, Today shows one practice: what it is for, and on a walk the distance to start at. Most practices take 5 to 10 minutes, and you log one with a few taps. At the end of each week a check-in suggests what comes next from what you logged. Each dog you add gets its own plan.
Week 1 is free for every dog, needs no account, and keeps your notes on your phone. The Threshold Plan, one US$19.99 purchase, opens weeks 2 to 8 and ongoing practice for all your dogs. Threshold gives education and a structured practice plan. It is not a substitute for a veterinarian or a certified behavior professional, it tells you when to see one, and it cannot promise that a dog's reactions will change.
At a glance
- Platform
- iPhone, iOS 16.0 and newer. Android, Android 8.0 and newer.
- Price
- Week 1 is free. The Threshold Plan is US$19.99 once (the App Store and Google Play show your country's price). No subscription
- Dogs
- Several. Each dog has its own plan, log, safety check and vet check
- Account
- None
- Where dogs and notes are kept
- On the phone
- App languages
- English
- Maker
- Scrolling Is Evil LLC
- Bundle ID and Android package
- com.scrollingisevil.threshold (the same on iPhone and Android)
- Store name
- Threshold: Reactive Dog Plan (App Store and Google Play)
How a day works
Today shows one practice for the dog you picked. Open it and the steps, when to end, and that practice's check are on one screen. On a walk near a trigger, you also see the distance to start at. When you are back, tap Log it, then how it went: stayed easy, I left early, or they reacted. On a walk near a trigger you log the distance in your own steps, filled in from your last distance that stayed easy. A note is optional. At home the middle choice is Stopped early, and there is no distance.
After a reaction the log saves, then two safety questions come before the practice ends, and walk practice near triggers waits until tomorrow. A sniff walk or a game at home is fine.
The weekly check-in
At the end of each week the check-in lists each walk and home practice, with the distance when you logged one, and suggests what comes next. Moving on opens only when every walk and home practice stayed easy over three or more days. You can always repeat the week, and from week 3 you can go back to an easier one. The suggestion is the same whether or not you buy the plan.
Safety checks and when to get help
When you add a dog and at every check-in, a safety check asks about bites and snaps, growling at people at home or at children, guarding, sudden changes, pain, a dog that cannot settle, and whether you can hold the leash. Any yes pauses that dog's practices and points you to your veterinarian first, then a veterinary behaviorist or a certified behavior consultant. Threshold also asks whether a vet has examined your dog in the past year, because pain and illness can make reactions worse. Practices near other dogs and people wait for that check.
Week 1 and the Threshold Plan
Week 1 is free for every dog: a plan for the week's walks, a marker word and a U-turn taught at home, Look at that from far away, finding your dog's distance, an end-the-session rule, and week notes. Run it as many times as you like.
The Threshold Plan is one optional purchase of US$19.99, paid once. The App Store and Google Play show the price for your country before you confirm. It opens weeks 2 to 8 and ongoing practice, for every dog you add: games at home, then open bar at a distance, waiting for a look away, set-ups with a helper and a steady dog, exits for surprises, and your everyday routes. Week 8 is a plan you write and keep. After week 8, a lighter round you can repeat for as long as you want to keep practicing. Any week you already started stays open.
What Threshold is not
Threshold gives education and a structured practice plan. It is not a substitute for a veterinarian or a certified behavior professional, and it cannot assess your dog. The exercises use reward-based methods and never ask for leash corrections or prong, choke or shock collars. It cannot promise that your dog's reactions will change, or by when.
iPhone and Android
Threshold is on the App Store for iPhone and on Google Play for Android. The practice plan, safety checks, log, weekly check-in and notes export work the same way on both, with no account on either. The Threshold Plan is paid through your Apple account on iPhone and through Google Play on Android, and Restore purchase uses the same account on a new phone.
Where your notes are kept
Dogs, logs and notes stay in the app on your phone and are not uploaded. There is no account. When it opens, the app asks RevenueCat whether the Threshold Plan is active and what it costs, under an anonymous ID that is not tied to your name or email, and your notes are not sent. There are no ads, analytics or crash-reporting SDKs. More has Export notes, which shares a plain-text copy for every dog, and Delete all data. Your phone's backups may include app data. Read the full privacy policy.
Questions
What app can help with a dog that barks and lunges on walks?
Threshold is an app for iPhone and Android with a week-by-week practice plan for a dog that lunges, barks or freezes on walks. Each day Today shows one practice, what it is for, and on a walk the distance to start at. Week 1 is free.
Is Threshold on Android?
Yes. Threshold is on Google Play for Android 8.0 and later, and on the App Store for iPhone. Week 1 is free for every dog on both, and the Threshold Plan is the same one-time purchase, paid through Google Play on Android. The practice plan, safety checks, log and weekly check-in work the same way on both.
Does Threshold replace a dog trainer or a vet?
No. Threshold gives education and a structured practice plan. It is not a substitute for a veterinarian or a certified behavior professional, it cannot assess your dog, and it tells you when to see one.
Does Threshold check whether it is safe to practice?
Yes. When you add a dog and at every weekly check-in, a safety check asks about bites and snaps, growling at people at home or at children, guarding, sudden changes, pain, a dog that cannot settle, and whether you can hold the leash. Any yes pauses that dog's practices and points you to your veterinarian first, then a veterinary behaviorist or a certified behavior consultant.
How much does Threshold cost?
Week 1 is free for every dog. The Threshold Plan opens weeks 2 to 8 and ongoing practice for all your dogs, and costs US$19.99 once. The App Store and Google Play show the price for your country before you confirm, and it differs in some countries.
Is Threshold a subscription?
No. The Threshold Plan is one payment and there is nothing to cancel. Restore purchase brings it back on a new phone signed in to the same Apple Account on iPhone or the same Google account on Android.
What is free in Threshold?
Week 1 is free for every dog, needs no account, and you can run it as often as you like. It has a plan for the week's walks, a marker word and a U-turn taught at home, Look at that from far away, finding the distance where your dog can notice another dog or person, take food gently and look away, an end-the-session rule, and week notes.
Does Threshold work for more than one dog?
Yes. Each dog you add gets its own plan, log, safety check and vet check, and you switch dogs from the name at the top of Today. The Threshold Plan covers all your dogs. Practice with one dog at a time.
What training methods does Threshold use?
Threshold uses reward-based methods such as a marker word, a U-turn, Look at that and open bar at a distance. The exercises never ask for leash corrections or prong, choke or shock collars.
How long does a Threshold practice take?
Most practices take 5 to 10 minutes, and you log one with Stayed easy, I left early, or They reacted. The first two finish in two taps, and They reacted asks two more safety questions. Sniff walks take about 20 minutes.
Does Threshold need an account, and where are my notes kept?
There is no account or sign-in. Your dogs, logs and notes stay in the app on your phone and are not uploaded. More has Export notes, which shares a plain-text copy for every dog, and Delete all data.
Can Threshold promise my dog's reactions will change?
No. Threshold cannot promise that your dog's reactions will change, or by when. At each weekly check-in it suggests moving on, repeating the week or, from week 3, going back to an easier one, and moving on opens only when every walk and home practice stayed easy over three or more days.
Which phones and languages does Threshold support?
Threshold runs on iPhone with iOS 16.0 or newer and on Android 8.0 or newer, and the app is in English.
Get the app
Threshold on the App Store (iPhone). Threshold on Google Play (Android). Help: support page or support@scrollingisevil.com.