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Teach the move, then the word
40 videos indexed under this topic. Topic tags help you find relevant sessions; they do not mean the entire recording teaches this one idea.
If he knows the behaviour, ask for it instead of hauling him into it; if he does not know it yet, build the movement first with the lightest aid that works, pay it, and only then attach the word.
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Angier K9 | Stormi's Training Session | Full Session | 2026-09-15 | 13:49
Topics: Honest limits, and reliability is not permission; Teach the move, then the word; 'Let's go' is not 'Come' - and the recall has an ending.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Rocko & Kodak's First Ever Pack Walk!!! | Full Session | 2026-09-09 | 16:36
The first time Kodak and Rocko - two dogs from the same household who have lived alongside each other without ever being integrated - are walked together.
Tier 1 session summaryAngier K9 | Kodak's Training Session | Full Session | 2026-09-03 | 18:19
A clean, single-purpose session: teach down from nothing, using the ball.
Tier 1 session summaryAngier K9 | Stormi's Training Session | Full Session | 2026-09-06 | 21:04
Topics: Hidden help; Honest limits, and reliability is not permission; Show what not to do, allow everything else.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Luna Knew Place—But Would It Hold in the Real House?
Topics: Reading the dog; The leash is a prop; Honest limits, and reliability is not permission.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Titan's 2nd In-Program Lesson: One Cue, One Release
Topics: Honest limits, and reliability is not permission; Assess before you ask; The leash is a prop.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Zeus Go-Home Lesson Part 1
Topics: The dog tells you the reward; Reading the dog; Hidden help.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Sage Go-Home Lesson
Topics: Pick the place for what it contains - life is the training ground; The leash is a prop; Honest limits, and reliability is not permission.
concept tagsAngier 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 | Luna First In-Program Lesson Part 2
Topics: Hidden help; Meaningful release; Pressure, release, reward.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Archie & Lola 2nd In-Program Lesson
The second owner lesson of Archie and Lola's board-and-train, run as a ninety-minute shaded loop at a park neither owner had been to, with two trainers, two owners and both dogs.
Tier 1 session summaryZeus In-Program Lesson #1
The first owner lesson of Zeus's summer program, eight days before the planned go-home.
Tier 1 session summaryAngier K9 | Finn 🦌 Go-Home Lesson Part 1
Topics: Teach the move, then the word; Build the handler's timing while it is easy; Control is not obedience.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Finn 🦌 Go-Home Lesson Part 2
The second half of the handover, in a pet store.
Tier 1 session summaryAngier K9 | Dutchess Training Session Part 1
The park session, and the first Dutchess footage where the teaching is being narrated properly.
Tier 1 session summaryAngier K9 | Deuce In-Program Lesson #1 Part 1
Deuce's first in-program lesson, given to his owner in her own house with the dog loose in the room.
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 summaryAngier K9 | Dutchess Training Session
A trainer who has not handled Dutchess before takes her out for ten minutes between appointments, and because everything is new to him he narrates his reasoning for all of it.
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 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 | Roxy Training Session
The most methodologically explicit of Roxy's solo sessions.
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 | Sage In-Program Lesson #1!
Topics: Honest limits, and reliability is not permission; Hidden help; Control is not obedience.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Dolce Training Session
The first session in this set where a trainer takes Dolce out himself, and the most explicit account anywhere of the vocabulary decisions behind her program.
Tier 1 session summaryAngier K9 | Roxy Training Session
A short, sparsely narrated working session from the first week.
Tier 1 session summaryAngier K9 | Louie Training Session In The Park
The single richest Louie session in the set, and it is really a lecture with a dog attached.
Tier 1 session summaryAngier K9 | Peque during her recent Refresher Program Part 2!
Topics: Control is not obedience; The dog tells you the reward; Assess before you ask.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Simba Off-leash In Home Depot!
Topics: Honest limits, and reliability is not permission; Teach the move, then the word; Pick the place for what it contains - life is the training ground.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Max Training At Lake Benson!
Topics: Hidden help; The four windows, and calm liberty; Control is not obedience.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Rocky Follow up pt 2 ft Angier K9!
Topics: Control is not obedience; The dog tells you the reward; The leash is a prop.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Bo (Part 1) — In Person Evaluation!
Topics: The leash is a prop; Reading the dog; Pressure, release, reward.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Cosmo (Day 1) — First Time Evaluation with Angier K9!
Topics: Social pressure; Play becomes the reward - and play is a contest; Show what not to do, allow everything else.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Sometimes Dog Training Is Just Hanging Out Ft. Bullet
The companion piece to the aborted session, and the video where the underlying doctrine gets said out loud.
Tier 1 session summaryAngier K9 | Bullet — Exposure Training at the Park!
Bullet's first day of training, and by the trainer's own count day one of a four to four-and-a-half week board-and-train.
Tier 1 session summaryAngier K9 | Rocky — In-Program Lesson
Topics: Start with freedom; The three stress reducers; The leash is a prop.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Bernie—Proofing Behavior w/ People and Dogs in Public
Topics: Hidden help; Control is not obedience; The dog tells you the reward.
concept tagsAngier K9 | PK — Home Evaluation! Pt1
Topics: Teach the move, then the word; Eating the correction, and avoidance as a tactic; 'Let's go' is not 'Come' - and the recall has an ending.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Lucia — Focus Training/Heels/Recalls 1! #dogtrainer #dogtraining #shorts #dog #dogshorts
Topics: Control is not obedience; Assess before you ask; Teach the move, then the word.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Bo — Focus Training/Heels
A short owner-facing progress clip cut from the end of a long unrecorded session at Bass Lake.
Tier 1 session summaryAngier K9 | Bo — Focus Training/Recalls
An early session in Bo's program, filmed as a teaching video.
Tier 1 session summary