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You have to be able to reward him at all
22 videos indexed under this topic. Topic tags help you find relevant sessions; they do not mean the entire recording teaches this one idea.
Before you can train a frightened dog you have to find something he will actually accept as payment, and with the most frightened dogs that turns out to be his own body - you run with him, and then you attach yourself to the feeling.
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Angier K9 | Kodak Training Session | Full Session | 2026-09-01 | 13:51
Topics: The dog tells you the reward; Honest limits, and reliability is not permission; Play becomes the reward - and play is a contest.
concept tagsAngier K9 | 3 Priorities for a Fearful Dog's First Public Walk
The earliest-feeling Kodak material in this set: the trainer says outright that Kodak wants to bolt and does not trust him at all yet, and that he has deliberately asked for nothing.
Tier 1 session summaryAngier K9 | Kodak Was Ready to Bolt—Then He Started Walking Closer
Topics: Start with freedom; Reading the dog; The flight-risk protocol, and the one command that matters.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Rocko & Zuri Chan Training — Dog Reactivity
Topics: Hidden help; Assess before you ask; Show what not to do, allow everything else.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Lola Training Session Part 1
A mid-program session in bad conditions, and the most candid one about what is not working.
Tier 1 session summaryAngier K9 | Finn Training Session
A public-access outing to Home Depot whose single purpose is stated plainly in the middle of it: the trainer is there hoping people will want to pet Finn.
Tier 1 session summaryAngier K9 | Roxy & Ramsey In-Program Lesson #2 Part 1
The second owner lesson, and the densest teaching document in Roxy's corpus.
Tier 1 session summaryAngier K9 | Deuce Training Session
The tug was left in the vehicle, so the session improvises: sticks become the reward, and the trainer is explicit that a dog who will tug anything is an asset.
Tier 1 session summaryLola Training Session
A long, quiet, almost entirely undocumented session.
Tier 1 session summaryAngier K9 | Finn Training Session
The densest ordinary session in Finn's set, and effectively a lecture delivered while working the dog.
Tier 1 session summaryAngier K9 | Finn Training Session (Fear/Anxiety Modification Case)
The session the title calls the fear/anxiety modification case, and the one where the trainer lays out his whole approach to Finn.
Tier 1 session summaryFinn In-Program Lesson #1
Topics: Eating the correction, and avoidance as a tactic; The level is not a number; Thinking is what makes it better.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Lola Training Session Part 1
Topics: Hidden help; The dog tells you the reward; Assess before you ask.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Finn Home Depot Field Trip
A public-access field trip that turns into the clearest filmed example of a trainer pushing a fear case too far and saying so on camera.
Tier 1 session summaryAngier K9 | Finn Park Field Trip!
A short evening park session with a trainer who is new to Finn and says so.
Tier 1 session summaryAngier K9 | Roxy Training Session
Topics: The three Ds, and the variables nobody counts; Start with freedom; You have to be able to reward him at all.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Ozzy In-Program Lesson #1, Part 1
Topics: Freeze, flee or fight; Reading the dog; Assess before you ask.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Quick Session With Louie, Getting To Know Each Other
A handler meeting Louie for the first time and trying, unsuccessfully, to find a game he wants.
Tier 1 session summaryExcellent Training Session, No Leash Needed At The Park. - BULLET!
Topics: Honest limits, and reliability is not permission; Start with freedom; Pressure, release, reward.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Bullet Training Walk!
The most complete piece of teaching in Bullet's footage.
Tier 1 session summaryAngier K9 | Looking Dapper with Bo!
Twenty-one minutes of planned solo work, and the most instructional of Bo's sessions.
Tier 1 session summaryAngier K9 | Training Session - Loose-Leash, Sit, Place, Down, Heel Entry, Heel, Come, etc. w/Bo
The fullest and most explicit of Bo's sessions, and the one that reads most like a curriculum.
Tier 1 session summary