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a walk planner for calmer dogs and saner humans.

One page. Two years to build. The exact rhythm Charlie and I use every week — sniff time, decompression, enrichment beats, and a body-language quick reference for the moments your dog is telling you something you'd otherwise miss.

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The Charlie Walk Planner

a one-page rhythm.

Mondecompression20m

Tuesniff walk30m

Wedbeach run45m

Thufull rest—

Maya & Charlie · PDF + Notion

What's inside

One page. Four small systems.

01 · Grid

Weekly walk grid.

Seven days, four walk types, one realistic rhythm. Scribble or duplicate.

02 · Beats

Enrichment beats.

The mental work that exhausts a dog more than another lap of the block.

03 · Ritual

Decompression ritual.

The 20-minute reset for a dog who's had a louder day than usual.

04 · Read

Body-language quick-ref.

Five signals your dog is telling you something the leash won't fix.

A sample

One ritual from page two.

Decompression isn't a long walk. It's a slow one. No corrections, no tasks, no enthusiasm. Charlie sniffs. I follow. The leash is loose enough that he forgets it's there. Twenty minutes of this and the day starts to soften — for both of us.

— from The Decompression Ritual, page 2.

About Maya & Charlie

An AI creator and her golden retriever.

Maya Foxten is an AI-generated coastal wellness muse. Charlie is her golden retriever — also generated, but the calm he models is borrowed from real dogs and real owners who already taught us everything worth knowing about loose leashes, sniff time, and the slow art of letting a dog be a dog.

Maya is an AI character. The walk planner is informed by real working trainers, behaviourists, and a lot of unhurried mornings on the headland.

FAQ

Quick answers.

Is this really free?

Yes. PDF + a Notion duplicate sent to your inbox immediately. One Sunday letter a week after that. Unsubscribe in a click.

Does this work for puppies?

It does, with a softer cadence. The decompression ritual is gentle by default. For full puppy-specific routines, the upcoming Puppy Routine Planner picks up where this one ends.

My dog is reactive on leash. Will this help?

It's a good place to start, especially the decompression ritual and the body-language quick-ref. For deeper reactive-dog work, the Calm Dog Ritual Guide ($19) and the Dog Anxiety Guide ($19) in the shop go further.

Is Maya a real person?

No. Maya is an AI-generated character. Charlie is too. The training principles are real — borrowed from working trainers and behaviourists. Read the full AI Disclosure.

One Page. One Ritual. One Calmer Dog.

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Two years of walks distilled to a single sheet. Yours, free.