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Ramsey

20 full sessions with Ramsey, published between 2026-06-29 and 2026-07-28.

Ramsey

Meet Ramsey

Golden Retriever (English Cream) · 4 years at intake

Owner-reported priorities

  • Confidence in new places
  • Off-leash skills

Breed and intake details are owner-reported. Age refers to the intake date.

This page is built from the sessions themselves — what was filmed and what was said in it. It carries no intake notes and no owner interview, because none were recorded for Ramsey. Every quote below links to the second it was said, so you can check it.

Ramsey trained alongside Roxy, from the same household.

What these sessions show

When is it safe to let my dog off the leash?

11 sessions where this comes up

Feel like I can get you on a long leash, long line.
Ramsey Training Session · 13:18

What happens in a first dog training session?

8 sessions where this comes up

What toy should I use to train my dog?

7 sessions where this comes up

So then like they can play with their toys on their own.
Roxy & Ramsey In-Program Lesson #2 Part 2 · 29:59

Does my dog actually know the command?

4 sessions where this comes up

So I'm just kind of just sensitizing the any form of leash pressure whether we use the flexi or like 10 foot, whatever.
Roxy & Ramsey At The Park · 23:15

Why won't my dog listen when he is scared?

4 sessions where this comes up

If he jumps and kind of like freaks out a little bit, but then goes, "All right, cool." It's okay.
Roxy & Ramsey Go-Home Lesson · 25:23

Where should I train my dog?

4 sessions where this comes up

He's pretty like publicly like public publicly neutral at this point.
Roxy & Ramsey Off-Leash Training Session · 11:34

Should I let my dog sniff before training?

3 sessions where this comes up

Walking around, sniffing things, laying down, chewing on their bone.
Roxy & Ramsey In-Program Lesson #2 Part 2 · 36:54

How do I calm a stressed dog?

3 sessions where this comes up

How many rules should my dog have?

3 sessions where this comes up

How do I teach my dog to make better choices?

2 sessions where this comes up

So, it's all about like you have that choice point.
Roxy & Ramsey Go-Home Lesson · 12:58

Why does my dog behave differently at different times?

2 sessions where this comes up

My dog doesn't react to correction at all

2 sessions where this comes up

What is the difference between come and let's go?

2 sessions where this comes up

So, like I said, if the dog's fixating, you're trying to go this way, you say let's go and it's kind of like a let's move this way.
Ramsey & Roxy First In-Program Lesson · 29:28

My dog only obeys when he knows what is coming

1 session where this comes up

How can I tell what my dog is feeling?

1 session where this comes up

Should I stop my dog before he misbehaves?

1 session where this comes up

You just trust them to not make bad choices.
Roxy & Ramsey In-Program Lesson #2 Part 3 · 17:32

How do I stop my dog reacting to other dogs?

1 session where this comes up

Why does my dog react to how I stand?

1 session where this comes up

Why is my trainer so blunt about the risks?

1 session where this comes up

How does my dog know when he can stop?

1 session where this comes up

My dog shuts down during training

1 session where this comes up

Why do I need training if the trainer does it?

1 session where this comes up

Should my dog heel for the whole walk?

1 session where this comes up

Why does my dog only listen when I'm pulling the leash?

1 session where this comes up

One, she has commands that she understands, and she understands how to respond when you either penalize or when you use negative reinforcement.
Roxy & Ramsey In-Program Lesson #2 Part 1 · 33:01

What level should an e-collar be set to?

1 session where this comes up

The record

20 sessions, 8.8 hours of footage, 62,230 words of transcript.

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Ramsey on YouTube

34 videos and 7 Shorts. Listed newest publication first. A title match is an index aid, not confirmation of training order.

Training videos

  1. Angier K9 | Roxy & Ramsey In-Program Lesson #2 Part 2

    Topics: Control is not obedience; Start with freedom; The dog tells you the reward.

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  2. Angier K9 | Roxy & Ramsey In-Program Lesson #2 Part 3

    The closing part of the 07-28 owner lesson, and the part where the two dogs are visibly handled differently.

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  3. Angier K9 | Roxy & Ramsey Go-Home Lesson

    Topics: Internal emotional change, not repression; Control is not obedience; Honest limits, and reliability is not permission.

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  4. Angier K9 | Roxy Field Trip To Michaels

    Topics: The leash is a prop; Pick the place for what it contains - life is the training ground; Don't heel grind.

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  5. Angier K9 | Roxy & Ramsey make friends in Bass Pro Shop

    Topics: Pick the place for what it contains - life is the training ground; The three Ds, and the variables nobody counts; Meaningful release.

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  6. Angier K9 | Roxy & Ramsey In-Program Lesson #2 Part 1

    The second owner lesson, and the densest teaching document in Roxy's corpus.

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  7. Roxy Training Session

    The last dated session in Roxy's sequence, and a narrow one: heel, and nothing else.

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  8. Angier K9 | Roxy & Ramsey At The Park

    Topics: Honest limits, and reliability is not permission; Hidden help; Assess before you ask.

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  9. Angier K9 | Ramsey Off-Leash + Heel Training Session Part 1

    Roxy is not in this session, and the note exists in her folder for one reason: it contains the clearest statement of the problem of training two dogs from one household, and the plan for fixing it.

    Tier 1 session summary
  10. Angier K9 | Ramsey & Roxy First In-Program Lesson

    The first in-program lesson for two dogs from one home.

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  11. Angier K9 | Roxy & Ramsey Training Session

    Topics: Assess before you ask; Honest limits, and reliability is not permission; Say it bluntly or it will not land.

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  12. Angier K9 | Roxy & Ramsey Off-Leash Training Session

    Topics: Honest limits, and reliability is not permission; Pressure, release, reward; Assess before you ask.

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  13. Angier K9 | Roxy Training Session

    A long ordinary walk used as a whole training session, and the clearest look at how Roxy's obedience is proofed rather than taught.

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  14. Angier K9 | Roxy Training Session

    Thirteen minutes of tug play with Roxy, interleaved with short obedience inserts.

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  15. Angier K9 | Roxy Long-Line Session

    A long-line session in public whose stated purpose is proofing: Roxy already knows sit, down, come and the beginnings of heel, and the work is to make them hold while people and other dogs walk past.

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  16. Angier K9 | Ramsey Training At The Park

    Topics: Assess before you ask.

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  17. Angier K9 | Ramsey Training Downtown

    Topics: Assess before you ask.

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  18. Angier K9 | Roxy Training Session

    A thin, honest session on the first of two the same day.

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  19. Angier K9 | Ramsey Training Session

    Topics: False reps: the dog reads the chain, not the word; Hidden help; Honest limits, and reliability is not permission.

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  20. Angier K9 | Roxy Training Session

    The second of two sessions on 17 July, and the one where the trainer runs an experiment: he tries treats on Roxy to see whether food motivates her more than what she already works for, which he says is pets.

    Tier 1 session summary
  21. Angier K9 | Roxy Training Session

    The most methodologically explicit of Roxy's solo sessions.

    Tier 1 session summary
  22. Angier K9 | Roxy & Ramsey! Not the smoothest session, but they are doing great!

    The clearest statement in Roxy's corpus of why the two household dogs are worked together.

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  23. Angier K9 | Training Session with Ramsey

    Listed by its published title; a teaching summary has not yet been added.

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  24. Angier K9 | Roxy Training Session

    A thin session that is worth keeping for one reason: it records a training problem caused by the dog being too attached to the handler.

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  25. Angier K9 | Ramsey Training Session

    A late-program session with Ramsey alone, close to his go-home date, spent mostly on play in the pool on a hot day with place worked between rounds.

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  26. Angier K9 | Roxy Training Session

    A short indoor block on place and sit, one dog in a rotation - the trainer says at the top that he will work her for about twenty minutes and then move on to the next dog, and that he intends to hold her on place for something like ten minutes of it.

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  27. Angier K9 | Roxy Training Session

    A short, hot-weather sit session, three sessions into Roxy's program.

    Tier 1 session summary
  28. Angier K9 | Roxy Home Context Training

    The clearest statement anywhere in Roxy's file of what the finished dog is supposed to look like at home.

    Tier 1 session summary
  29. Angier K9 | Roxy Training Session

    A short, sparsely narrated working session from the first week.

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  30. Ramsey Training Session

    Despite sitting in Roxy's sequence and being titled for Ramsey, this session works only Ramsey - Roxy is not handled or mentioned.

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  31. Ramsey Training Session

    Topics: Honest limits, and reliability is not permission.

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  32. Angier K9 | Roxy Training Session

    Topics: Hidden help; Pressure, release, reward; Assess before you ask.

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  33. Angier K9 | Roxy — Before Training Video

    A deliberate baseline recording made on Roxy's first day of official training, before any teaching.

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  34. Angier K9 | Ramsey — Before Training Video

    Listed by its published title; a teaching summary has not yet been added.

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Shorts

  1. Two Dogs. One Household. Roxy & Ramsey’s Real Results | Angier K9

    Listed by its published title; a teaching summary has not yet been added.

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  2. Roxy & Ramsey | Two Dogs, Two Challenges, Two Breakthroughs | Angier K9

    Listed by its published title; a teaching summary has not yet been added.

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  3. Ramsey Off-Leash + Heel Training Session Part 2 | Angier K9

    Listed by its published title; a teaching summary has not yet been added.

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  4. Place & Play w/Simba & Ramsey | Angier K9

    Listed by its published title; a teaching summary has not yet been added.

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  5. "Release The Crackheads" | Angier K9

    Listed by its published title; a teaching summary has not yet been added.

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  6. Playing with Simba & Ramsey! | Angier K9

    Listed by its published title; a teaching summary has not yet been added.

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  7. Today's Science Lesson w/AngierK9 Featuring Ramsey & Our Favorite Chicken

    Listed by its published title; a teaching summary has not yet been added.

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Questions connected to this collection

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