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Don't poison the command
52 videos indexed under this topic. Topic tags help you find relevant sessions; they do not mean the entire recording teaches this one idea.
A word acquires whatever reliably follows it, so a command can be spoiled by use - most often by correcting on the word itself, or by borrowing a trained word to mean 'stop that'.
Concept answer prepared for Kelton’s review.
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Angier K9 | Coco's First In-Program Owner Lesson | Full Session | 2026-09-11 | 15:19
Topics: Honest limits, and reliability is not permission; Hidden help; Pressure, release, reward.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Kodak's Training Session | Full Session | 2026-09-05 | 19:24
The trainer takes Kodak with him on an overnight family visit and trains him on the evening walk.
Tier 1 session summaryAngier K9 | Stormie's Training Session | Full Session | 2026-09-02 | 14:30
The best-reasoned of Stormie's short sessions.
Tier 1 session summaryAngier K9 | Stormie's Go-Home Owner Lesson | Full Session | 2026-09-03 | 18:54
Topics: Stop before you shut him down; The leash is a prop; Honest limits, and reliability is not permission.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Stormy Came Home To Visit—But Would Her Training Still Hold?
Topics: Honest limits, and reliability is not permission; Pressure, release, reward; Show what not to do, allow everything else.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Don't Rush a Nervous Dog | Kodak's Full Recall & Sit Session
A genuine Kodak session and the densest teaching in this reader's set.
Tier 1 session summaryAngier K9 | 5 Rules for Training a Nervous Dog Outside (Without Rushing)
A direct continuation of the previous video, worked on the same nervous, hypervigilant dog but with one change announced at the top: more negative reinforcement this time.
Tier 1 session summaryAngier 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 | Stormy's Down Gets Clearer—But It Isn't Finished | Full Session
A working session eleven days after the owner lesson, with the program's remaining gaps named in the first minute: place is really good, sit is there, pulling is gone, and what is left is the down and the heel.
Tier 1 session summaryAngier K9 | Thor Refresher Lesson
Topics: The dog tells you the reward; Assess before you ask; 'Let's go' is not 'Come' - and the recall has an ending.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Zeus Go-Home Lesson Part 1
Topics: The dog tells you the reward; Reading the dog; Hidden help.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Stormie First In-Program Lesson Part 3
The substantive first half of Stormie's owner lesson.
Tier 1 session summaryAngier K9 | Zeus 2nd In-Program Lesson Part 1
The second of the in-program lessons, five days before Zeus goes home, held at the owner's house with the dog present.
Tier 1 session summaryAngier K9 | Luna First In-Program Lesson Part 2
Topics: Hidden help; Meaningful release; Pressure, release, reward.
concept tagsAngier 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 | 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 summaryAngier K9 | Luna Training Session
A follow-up to the previous recall session, and mostly a session about equipment.
Tier 1 session summaryAngier K9 | Archie & Lola Go-Home Lesson Part 2
Topics: Honest limits, and reliability is not permission; Assess before you ask; Pick the place for what it contains - life is the training ground.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Lola Training Session
A hot-weather working session whose entire point sits in ninety seconds in the middle.
Tier 1 session summaryAngier K9 | Lola Training Session Part 1
The longest and most explanatory Lola session in the set.
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
Topics: Reading the dog; Pressure, release, reward; Honest limits, and reliability is not permission.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Zeus Training Session
A short flexi walk that exists to introduce the heel, and the only place in this reader's set where the trainer lays out his teaching model for a skill as a numbered process before using it.
Tier 1 session summaryAngier K9 | Dutchess Training Session
A tune-up session late in Dutchess's program, worked alone and narrated for the channel.
Tier 1 session summaryArchie & Lola First In-Program Lesson
Topics: The dog tells you the reward; Honest limits, and reliability is not permission; Control is not obedience.
concept tagsDeuce In-Program Lesson #1 Part 2
The second half of Deuce's first owner lesson.
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 | Dutchess In-Program Lesson #1 Part 1
The first in-program lesson for Dutchess, delivered to both owners at a shaded, deliberately distracting outdoor spot.
Tier 1 session summaryAngier K9 | Roxy & Ramsey Go-Home Lesson
Topics: Internal emotional change, not repression; Control is not obedience; Honest limits, and reliability is not permission.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Finn In-Program Lesson #2 (Partial)
Topics: 'Let's go' is not 'Come' - and the recall has an ending; Reading the dog; Stop before you shut him down.
concept tagsAngier 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 summaryAngier K9 | Lola Training Session Part 1
Lola's first outing with this trainer, and by his count only her second or third time off the property.
Tier 1 session summaryAngier K9 | Finn Training Session Part 1
Eight minutes of Finn on a long line in a place he has never been.
Tier 1 session summaryAngier K9 | Roxy & Ramsey Off-Leash Training Session
Topics: Honest limits, and reliability is not permission; Pressure, release, reward; Assess before you ask.
concept tagsDeuce Training Session
The best methodological session in Deuce's batch, and the only one that shows two handlers thinking out loud together.
Tier 1 session summaryAngier K9 | Spending The Evening With Finn. ❤️ Part 1
Topics: Stop before you shut him down; Don't poison the command; Internal emotional change, not repression.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Dolce Training Session
A long park walk on a 50-foot long line, the last one before the line gets shorter.
Tier 1 session summaryAngier K9 | Deuce Training Session
The trainer's second training session with Deuce, filmed at a park in the rain with no owner present.
Tier 1 session summaryAngier K9 | Deuce Training Session
The earliest dated Deuce video in the corpus and, by the trainer's own count, the third time he has worked this dog and the second time out with him.
Tier 1 session summaryAngier 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 | 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 summaryLouie Training Session
A walk session on recall and radius, and the most articulate short note in Louie's file.
Tier 1 session summaryDolce Training Session
Topics: Play becomes the reward - and play is a contest; Hidden help; Don't poison the command.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Louie & Sage Training Session!
A park session with two dogs and two handlers, dated as Sage's third filmed session.
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 | Clark Kent—Go Home Lesson: How to Use What He Has Learned
Topics: Reading the dog; The dog tells you the reward; Hidden help.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Chester at Bass Pro Shop!
Topics: Don't poison the command.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Bo—Public Access Training Pt. 2
Four minutes in a parking lot before a store visit, and the whole value of it is one honest minute.
Tier 1 session summaryAngier K9 | Bo Learning In Home Depot!
Bo's first published store session, and the one that states most of his history.
Tier 1 session summary