Australian Shepherd looking up attentively against dark woodland background

Your dog was born to do a job. Instinct gives them one.

An enrichment app tailored to your working dog's unique needs, based on their breed, profile and behaviour.

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Free to join. Launching 2026. Built for UK dog owners.

Every breed is wired differently.

Your dog's behaviour isn't random. It's driven by six core instincts — and your breed has a unique mix.

Every dog has their own instinct profile

Meet Dolly, the Working Cocker.

Bred to quarter ground, flush, and retrieve. Here's how her instincts actually break down.

Golden working cocker spaniel sitting alert in woodland
35% Retrieve
30% Scent
15% Chase
12% Solve
5% Herd
3% Dig

The Daily Drive

Dolly gets daily brain workouts tailored to her.

Every morning, Instinct serves up one activity calibrated to her breed and instinct mix. Here's a taste of what she'd get.

Scent
10 min Outdoor Foundation

The Garden Scatter

Handful of kibble or small treats

  1. Scatter kibble generously across a patch of grass — spread it wide rather than in a pile.
  2. Hold Dolly back for a moment, then release with a cue: "find it."
  3. Let her quarter back and forth without pointing out pieces she's missed. Trust the nose.
≈ 35-min walk
Why this works Working cockers were bred to quarter ground methodically, hunting by scent. This gives Dolly the exact sensory task her brain craves — in ten minutes, at zero cost.
Retrieve
15 min Outdoor Foundation

The Blind Retrieve

Retrieve dummy or soft toy

  1. Ask Dolly to sit and wait. Throw the dummy while she's watching, then walk her away in the opposite direction.
  2. After 20–30 seconds, face her back toward where the dummy fell and send her with "fetch."
  3. Let her hunt with her nose and memory. Don't redirect unless she's truly lost.
≈ 50-min walk
Why this works This mirrors a working retrieve in the field: waiting, marking, then hunting by memory and scent. Two of Dolly's strongest instincts firing at once.
Solve
10 min Indoor Foundation

Name That Toy

3 familiar toys

  1. Place three toys on the floor. Say each name clearly as Dolly sniffs it — "ball," "duck," "hedgehog."
  2. Ask for one specific toy: "fetch ball." Reward immediately when she gets it right.
  3. Gradually mix the toys up, add distance, or hide one out of sight.
≈ 30-min walk
Why this works Cognitive challenge uses Dolly's solve instinct while satisfying her retrieve drive. Working cockers can learn 10+ toy names. This is barely the start.

Our unique fulfilment score tracks how your dog's feeling.

01

Tell us about your dog

Answer a few quick questions about your dog's breed, behaviour, and your daily routine. We build their unique instinct profile — a weighted mix across all six categories.

02

Get your Daily Drive

Every morning, Instinct prescribes one 10–20 minute enrichment activity calibrated to your dog's instinct mix. No guesswork. No Googling "enrichment ideas" at 6am. Just open the app.

03

Watch them change

Track your dog's Fulfilment Score over time. See which instincts you're nailing and which need attention. A calmer dog, a stronger bond, and the knowledge that you're giving them what they actually need.

Instinct app on iPhone showing a daily enrichment workout

Activities aren't static. As your dog improves, Instinct moves them through three tiers — right up to Advanced in the instincts they were born for.

Foundation Zero equipment. Quick wins. Building the habit.
Intermediate More challenge. Deeper focus. Longer sessions.
Advanced Expert-level tasks matched to your dog's peak instincts.

The UK's favourite dogs are all working breeds.

Labradors, Cocker Spaniels, Border Collies — bred for centuries to think, track, retrieve, and solve problems for hours a day. They're brilliant at what they were made for. The problem is, most of them never get to do it.

83%

of UK dogs show at least one undesirable behaviour, from reactivity to separation anxiety.

Dogs Trust, National Dog Survey
40k

calls to Dogs Trust in 2024 from owners struggling with their dog — often working breeds whose needs weren't understood.

Dogs Trust, 2024
Ten minutes of the right mental work tires a dog faster than an hour-long walk.
Ben and Rowan the Working Golden Retriever

“During adolescence we ended up walking Rowan further and further each day, unknowingly building an athlete. When we started hiding teabags in the garden and asking him to find them, everything clicked — he settled better, even in the pub. We’re still a work in progress but breed fulfilment has been massive for us.”

Ben & Rowan the Working Golden Retriever
Border Collie face, intense focus

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