Field notes · On film
King
30 full sessions with King, published between 2026-06-24 and 2026-08-21.
Meet King
German Shepherd · 14 months at intake
Owner-reported priorities
- Impulse control
- Reliable responses to commands
Breed and intake details are owner-reported. Age refers to the intake date.
This collection organizes available training footage and source-linked explanations. Profile details identify their source where available. Follow a timestamp to view the original moment in context.
The finished client story
Good manners. All the personality they love.
King’s family wanted useful manners while keeping the fun that made him their dog. His Angier K9 story follows practical responses, time outside, and an owner grateful for the care he received.
What these sessions show
When is it safe to let my dog off the leash?
His off leash heel is looking better than it did.
What happens in a first dog training session?
What toy should I use to train my dog?
So, instead of thinking of it in terms of like, okay, dog like toy, dog play with toy, you wave toy around.
What is the difference between come and let's go?
The dogs can confuse those two commands all the time.
Why won't my dog listen when he is scared?
How do I calm a stressed dog?
Yeah, so the walk is going to be primarily about three things.
Where should I train my dog?
My dog doesn't react to correction at all
Should I stop my dog before he misbehaves?
Why does my dog behave differently at different times?
So the four contexts are one, you've got uh find your own fun.
Why does my dog only listen when I'm pulling the leash?
How do I train my dog without treats?
Does my dog actually know the command?
My dog shuts down during training
Should I let my dog sniff before training?
What level should an e-collar be set to?
Is it worth training an aggressive dog?
The record
30 sessions, 9.7 hours of footage, 55,986 words of transcript.
- King | His Son Gave the Command — Then His Owner Took the Walk 2026-08-21 · 14:02
- King | From Safety Line to Family-Led Freedom 2026-08-21 · 46:28
- King & Zuri Chan Training Session at the Stone Houses 2026-08-18 · 11:21
- King 2nd In-Program Lesson 2026-08-16 · 58:29
- King Training Session 2026-08-11 · 26:00
- King Training Session 2026-08-07 · 12:59
- King Training Session 2026-08-06 · 39:25
- King Training Session 2026-08-05 · 14:37
- King Boogeyman Phase 1 2026-08-04 · 1:33
- King Boogeyman Phase 1 2026-08-04 · 3:51
- King Boogeyman Phase 1 2026-08-04 · 2:28
- Addressing Phobias In Dog Training. King, working through Fan-Phobia in Lowes. 2026-07-23 · 26:07
- King Training Session 2026-07-17 · 15:47
- King Training Session 2026-07-17 · 22:34
- King Training Session Part 2 2026-07-12 · 3:28
- King Training Session 2026-07-07 · 16:56
- King Training Session 2026-07-02 · 19:19
- King & Zuri Chan Training Session! 2026-06-24 · 29:01
- King & Zuri Chan Training Session! 2026-06-24 · 5:07
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30 videos and 3 Shorts. Listed newest publication first. A title match is an index aid, not confirmation of training order.
Training videos
Angier K9 | King | From Safety Line to Family-Led Freedom
The last working session before King goes home, and by the end it turns into the owner lesson itself.
Tier 1 session summaryAngier K9 | King | His Son Gave the Command — Then His Owner Took the Walk
Topics: Honest limits, and reliability is not permission; The three stress reducers; 'Let's go' is not 'Come' - and the recall has an ending.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Why King Earned Off-Leash Freedom
Topics: The three stress reducers; 'Let's go' is not 'Come' - and the recall has an ending; He has to be allowed to get it wrong.
concept tagsAngier K9 | King Go-Home Lesson
The last appointment of King's program: the trainer drives him home, hands him over, and spends the time making sure the owner can run the dog rather than re-training the dog.
Tier 1 session summaryAngier K9 | King & Zuri Chan Training Session at Dix Park
An evening walk at a park none of them has been to, with King as the client dog and Zuri Chan - the trainer's own dog - along, handled by his wife.
Tier 1 session summaryAngier K9 | King & Zuri Chan Training Session at the Stone Houses
A short evening outing with King and Zuri Chan walking together, filmed as content as much as worked as a session.
Tier 1 session summaryAngier K9 | King & Zuri Chan Training Session on Hillsborough Street In Downtown Raleigh
A sparse cut of the downtown leg of King's evening walk the day before he went home.
Tier 1 session summaryAngier K9 | King 2nd In-Program Lesson
The pivot point of King's program, and the one session where the whole case is stated out loud.
Tier 1 session summaryAngier K9 | King Training Session
Topics: Pick the place for what it contains - life is the training ground; The three Ds, and the variables nobody counts; He has to be allowed to get it wrong.
concept tagsAngier K9 | King Downtown Training Session
A short downtown walk worked as an obedience outing rather than a teaching session.
Tier 1 session summaryAngier K9 | King Training Session
A tight proofing session built around one idea: King's payment is the ball, so the ball is what his positions get tested against.
Tier 1 session summaryAngier K9 | King In-Program Lesson #1
Topics: The four windows, and calm liberty; The dog tells you the reward; Pressure, release, reward.
concept tagsAngier K9 | King Training Session
A long, deliberately unhurried walk at a park the trainer has not used before, run as maintenance plus two specific projects.
Tier 1 session summaryAngier K9 | King Training Session
A maintenance walk, stated as such at the top: the trainer says King has mostly been doing protection work lately, so this session exists to check the rest of his commands are still there and to sharpen heel, which he names in advance as King's weak point.
Tier 1 session summaryKing Boogeyman Phase 1
The most physical of the three 08-04 boogeyman clips, and the only one where the decoy is audible.
Tier 1 session summaryKing Boogeyman Phase 1
The clearest statement of what the boogeyman exercise is for.
Tier 1 session summaryAngier K9 | King Boogeyman Phase 1
One short boogeyman set, bracketed by the clearest explanation of the exercise anywhere in King's file.
Tier 1 session summaryAngier K9 | King — Sleeve
Thirteen minutes of footage with, as far as the transcript goes, no narration at all.
Tier 1 session summaryAngier K9 | Addressing Phobias In Dog Training. King, working through Fan-Phobia in Lowes.
Topics: Assess before you ask; Freeze, flee or fight; Stop before you shut him down.
concept tagsAngier K9 | King Training Session
A routine working session, two weeks after the first park trip.
Tier 1 session summaryAngier K9 | King Training Session
A working session rather than a teaching one, and what makes it worth reading is that the handler is diagnosing himself as much as the dog.
Tier 1 session summaryAngier K9 | King Training Session Part 1
Topics: The dog tells you the reward; Play becomes the reward - and play is a contest; Start with freedom.
concept tagsKing Training Session Part 2
Topics: Stop before you shut him down; Play becomes the reward - and play is a contest; Meaningful release.
concept tagsAngier K9 | King Training Session
Almost all lecture, with King as the demonstration.
Tier 1 session summaryAngier K9 | King Training Session
King's first time out in public, at a park, on what is his third recorded session.
Tier 1 session summaryAngier K9 | King Training Session
Three minutes in a backyard, undated, with a handler who has not worked with King before and wants a few quick reps to see what he has.
Tier 1 session summaryAngier K9 | King Training Session
A short maintenance session on sit and down that turns into a small diagnostic.
Tier 1 session summaryAngier K9 | King Training Session
A short session, undated, in which a handler works with King for the first time.
Tier 1 session summaryAngier K9 | King & Zuri Chan Training Session!
Five minutes of footage with essentially no narration about the dog.
Tier 1 session summaryAngier K9 | King & Zuri Chan Training Session!
King's earliest substantial session on record, and almost entirely one exercise: hold place for thirty minutes while people make it harder.
Tier 1 session summary
Shorts
His Son Gives the Command—King Listens | Angier K9
Listed by its published title; a teaching summary has not yet been added.
title metadata onlyKing Training Session | Angier K9
Listed by its published title; a teaching summary has not yet been added.
title metadata onlyKING!!! | Angier K9
Listed by its published title; a teaching summary has not yet been added.
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Questions connected to this collection
These Tier 3 drafts reference eligible footage assigned to this collection. A session may feature more than one animal; this is a source connection, not a claim that every example describes this animal.
Explore 50 connected concept drafts
- Why does my dog only listen when I'm pulling the leash?
- Should I pull my dog into position?
- What makes a correction fair?
- What if correcting my dog doesn't work?
- My dog shuts down during training - what do I do?
- What do I do right after correcting my dog?
- Is it kinder to leave my dog uncorrected?
- Why isn't my e-collar working?
- Will my dog only listen when the e-collar is on?
- How does my dog know when he can stop?
- Can a word go bad for my dog?
- Does my dog only obey when he knows what's coming?
- Does my dog actually know the command?
- Should I repeat the command if my dog doesn't move?
- Why does my dog lie down when I ask for a sit?
- What toy should I use to train my dog?
- How do I train my dog without treats?
- Should I let my dog sniff before training?
- Why does my dog freeze, and why won't he listen when he's scared?
- How do I build my dog's confidence?
- How can I tell what my dog is feeling?
- Is my dog confused or is he refusing?
- Why does my dog react to how I stand?
- Does my dog's breed decide how he'll train?
- How long should my dog hold a place command?
- What is place, and what should it mean to my dog?
- What do I do when my dog is loose in the house and misbehaves?
- Can I drop my dog while he's moving away from me?
- Should my dog heel for the whole walk?
- Why does my dog's heel fall apart when we walk?
- How do you get a dog to listen without a leash?
- When is it safe to let my dog off the leash?
- What is the difference between come and let's go?
- How do I stop my dog bolting or escaping?
- How many repetitions should I ask for?
- Should I stop my dog before he misbehaves?
- What should I use to distract my dog when I test him?
- Where and when should I train my dog?
- Why does my dog obey at home but not outside?
- How do I know what I'm actually asking for?
- How many rules should my dog have?
- How do I teach my dog to make better choices?
- Why do I need training if the trainer does the work?
- Will the training last?
- Will my dog listen to me the way he listens to the trainer?
- How does a training facility actually run a case?
- Why is my trainer so blunt about the risks?
- How perfect does my dog have to be?
- Why is all of this filmed?
- How is a protection dog started?