5 Day Video Training
Teach Your Dog to Actually Pay Attention in Just 5 Minutes a Day
A free 5-day mini-training that helps your dog focus, listen, and stay connected to you… even when the world around them is full of distractions.
If your dog:
Tunes you out the second you step outside
Gets locked onto smells, sounds, or other dogs
Seems to have selective hearing (except when you open a treat bag)
Pulls, zig-zags, or gets overstimulated on walks
Stops listening the moment something exciting happens
Makes you say, “They’re an angel at home… but a hooligan outside.”
…then you’re absolutely in the right place.
Your dog can focus.
They just need the right training game to teach their brain how.
Introducing: Focus in 5 Days
A daily, bite-sized training routine that builds real-life focus fast.
No complicated drills.
No nagging.
No shouting their name a dozen times.
Just effective, neuroscience-backed games that create automatic attention.
Here’s What You’ll Get (and What We’ll Teach Them)
DAY 1 — The Look-Back Reflex
Teach your dog the simplest pattern that gets their eyes on you… instantly.
DAY 2 — Automatic Check-Ins
Your dog learns to stay close in distracting environments. (Yes, really. Without you asking.)
DAY 3 — Turn the Volume Down in Over-Excitement
Give your dog a calming pattern that stops sniffing sprees, frantic scanning, and over-arousal before it spirals.
DAY 4 — Focus Around Triggers
Walks, guests, noises, bikes, dogs… this is where your dog learns how to shift attention back to you instead of the world.
DAY 5 — Your 2-Minute Focus Routine
Put everything together into a simple training flow you can use anytime, anywhere.
What You Need:
5 minutes a day
A handful of treats or their regular kibble
Your dog
That’s it.
No harsh tools, no special leash or harness.
Training doesn’t have to be complicated — it just needs to be strategic.
And YES it even works for not-food-motivated dogs. Mr Vince was one, now he clearly desires the engagement.
Maybe you’ve been told your dog is “stubborn”… or that they’re ignoring you on purpose.
But here’s the truth:
Most dogs who “won’t focus” aren’t being defiant —
their brain is just running 47 browser tabs at once.
A squirrel tab.
A smell tab.
A “who’s that person?” tab.
An excitement tab.
A worry tab.
A “is that dog a friendly?” tab.
And when their mental desktop is full, they physically can’t click into the “listen to my human” tab… yet.
Focus in 5 teaches your dog how to close a few of those tabs, calm their internal processor, and shift their attention back to you with ease.
We use:
✔️ Neuroscience
so that your dog’s brain learns how to shift out of overwhelm instead of spiraling into distractions.
✔️ Simple, game-based exercises
so that your dog can regulate excitement and stay connected, even when life gets wild.”
✔️ Game-based training
so training feels easier, faster, and FUN for BOTH of you.
✔️ Calmness-building patterns
so that your dog can turn down their internal volume knob and respond instead of react.
✔️ Clear communication your dog can actually understand
so that you get focus without fear, frustration, or repeating yourself 100 times.
We’re not forcing attention.
We’re teaching their brain how to tune in.
Meet Your Trainer
I’m Samaya (rhymes with papaya) de Laat, certified professional dog trainer and canine behaviour consultant, and the founder of Mission Paws Dog School.
I specialize in helping overwhelmed dog parents transform distracted, overstimulated dogs into calm, connected companions — using simple training games that fit real life.
Thousands of dog owners have used these techniques to improve focus, build confidence, and enjoy easier walks.
Now I’m sharing the starter formula with you — completely free.
Proven in the Real World with Real Dogs
Before I ever created Focus in 5, I spent years putting these exact methods to the test—out in the real world, with real dogs, in the most distracting environments possible.
In 2020, I launched my business by leading off-leash group dog hikes, taking up to eight dogs at a time into forests and along the coast. Many of these dogs started with zero recall—they’d run off after scents, chase wildlife, and completely ignore their owners.
But through the same focus games you’ll learn in this challenge, I transformed their ability to tune out distractions and choose to stay connected with me, no leash required.
This isn’t just theory; these are proven techniques that have successfully trained real dogs in real-life settings. And now, imagine your dog checking in with you instead of everything else around them.
What Other Dog Parents Are Saying
“Today, she was 100%, passing right by about 20 dogs. We are thrilled with her progress! Thank you, thank you, thank you.”
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— Joanne Burgess & Ziva
“Went outside my building where there were people right by the exit door and he didn’t react at all!”
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— Alisha & Roman
“He reacts so much less to other dogs. The technique is magic. Thank you!”
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— Christine M & Ollie
“Luna has shown HUGE improvements. We are so proud & excited to watch her confidence grow. Thank you thank you thank you.”
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— Sam & Chris & Luna
This is perfect for you if…
You want calmer, easier walks
You want your dog to look to you for guidance instead of flying off the handle
You’re tired of feeling invisible to your dog
You’re overwhelmed by all the conflicting training advice online
You wish someone would just give you a simple plan that works
Focus in 5 is your foundation — the place where training starts feeling doable and actually enjoyable again.