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Eating the correction, and avoidance as a tactic
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A correction that produces no useful response is a diagnostic problem, not proof that the dog simply needs a higher setting.
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Angier K9 | Mazi's Training Session | Full Session | 2026-09-09 | 16:19
Topics: The dog tells you the reward; Freeze, flee or fight; Eating the correction, and avoidance as a tactic.
concept tagsAngier 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 | Titan's Go-Home Owner Lesson | Full Session | 2026-09-05 | 17:24
Topics: Assess before you ask; Pick the place for what it contains - life is the training ground; The leash is a prop.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Stormie's Training Session | Full Session | 2026-08-31 | 11:46
A field session on the down, and the most instructive failure in Stormie's set.
Tier 1 session summaryAngier K9 | Kali's Training Session | Full Session | 2026-09-06 | 18:16
Topics: Hidden help; Honest limits, and reliability is not permission; Assess before you ask.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Bun Training Session | Full Session | 2026-09-02 | 00:29
Topics: Show what not to do, allow everything else; Eating the correction, and avoidance as a tactic; Hidden help.
concept tagsAngier 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 | Nervous or Disobedient? How to Tell | Luna's Full Session
Topics: Assess before you ask; Honest limits, and reliability is not permission; Freeze, flee or fight.
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 | Can Rocko Ignore Another Dog? | Full Recall & Heel Session
Topics: Honest limits, and reliability is not permission; He has to be allowed to get it wrong; Control is not obedience.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Kodak Knows Place—Why Does Sit Stall Off the Cot? | Full Session
A thin but diagnostically useful Kodak session, and the only one in this reader's set that is indoors and worked by two people.
Tier 1 session summaryAngier K9 | Ozzy's Confidence Breakthrough | Full Fearful Dog Training Check-In
Topics: Freeze, flee or fight; Assess before you ask; Stop before you shut him down.
concept tagsAngier 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 & 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 | Piglet & Zuri Chan Training Session On Hillsborough Street In Downtown Raleigh
Topics: Assess before you ask; Freeze, flee or fight; Pick the place for what it contains - life is the training ground.
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 | Rocko Training Session
A short indoor session working sit and backing up, with the dog repeatedly trying to get onto or lean against a cot and being refused.
Tier 1 session summaryAngier K9 | Simba & Cosmo Go-Home Lesson
Topics: Freeze, flee or fight; Pick the place for what it contains - life is the training ground; Eating the correction, and avoidance as a tactic.
concept tagsDeath Sentence Denied. Handsome Lad Louie Deserves The Best. Part 4 ❤️ — Angier K9 Dog Rescue
Topics: Freeze, flee or fight; Eating the correction, and avoidance as a tactic; Reliability is what you have not tested.
concept tagsAngier 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 | Hattie Pattie Finds Her New Home ❤️
Topics: The four windows, and calm liberty; Reading the dog; Assess before you ask.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Piglet Training Session Part 1
Topics: Assess before you ask; Eating the correction, and avoidance as a tactic.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Dutchess Training Session
Topics: The leash is a prop; Internal emotional change, not repression; Eating the correction, and avoidance as a tactic.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Deuce Training Session
The second half of the 2026-08-01 outing, picked up after the battery died.
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 tagsAngier K9 | Simba Training Session Part 2
Topics: Start with freedom; Assess before you ask; Pick the place for what it contains - life is the training ground.
concept tagsAngier 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 | Ramsey & Roxy First In-Program Lesson
The first in-program lesson for two dogs from one home.
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 | Roxy & Ramsey Off-Leash Training Session
Topics: Honest limits, and reliability is not permission; Pressure, release, reward; Assess before you ask.
concept tagsFinn 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 | 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.
Tier 1 session summaryLouie Training Session Part 2
Four minutes of down work in public, and one genuinely interesting observation.
Tier 1 session summaryAngier K9 | Anna Training Session
Topics: Assess before you ask; Freeze, flee or fight; Eating the correction, and avoidance as a tactic.
concept tagsAngier K9 | E-Collar Experimentation
Topics: Stop before you shut him down; Assess before you ask; Freeze, flee or fight.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Ozzy In-Program Lesson #1, Part 2
Topics: Honest limits, and reliability is not permission; Assess before you ask; Freeze, flee or fight.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Anna Training Session
Topics: Assess before you ask; Freeze, flee or fight; Eating the correction, and avoidance as a tactic.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Sage Home Context Training
Topics: Eating the correction, and avoidance as a tactic; Stop before you shut him down.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Teaching A New Trainer By Having Him Stand In For The Dog
Topics: Freeze, flee or fight; Hidden help; Eating the correction, and avoidance as a tactic.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Place Cot Training With Daisy!
Topics: The dog tells you the reward; Assess before you ask; Freeze, flee or fight.
concept tagsOzzy—Overcoming Social Anxiety w/ Scampy
Topics: Freeze, flee or fight; Eating the correction, and avoidance as a tactic.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Getting Ozzy Comfortable Part 4
Topics: Assess before you ask; Freeze, flee or fight; Eating the correction, and avoidance as a tactic.
concept tagsThor Day 1 — Out in the Park, Learning Recalls and Sits with Angier K9
Topics: The dog tells you the reward; Hidden help; Pressure, release, reward.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Hattie at Spring Fling Pier Fair
Topics: Hidden help; The four windows, and calm liberty; Social pressure.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Astro Part 2 — In Person Evaluation with Angier K9!
Topics: Hidden help; The dog tells you the reward; Assess before you ask.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Astro Part 1 — In Person Evaluation with Angier K9
Topics: Assess before you ask; Show what not to do, allow everything else; Freeze, flee or fight.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Rocky — Public Focus Training!
Topics: The dog tells you the reward; Freeze, flee or fight; Pick the place for what it contains - life is the training ground.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Bernie — Go Home Lesson #2!
Topics: Hidden help; Control is not obedience; Show what not to do, allow everything else.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Irwin – Fantastic Training Session At The Park!
Topics: The leash is a prop; Honest limits, and reliability is not permission; Eating the correction, and avoidance as a tactic.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Akira — Day 3! (She's Based) Part 1
Topics: The dog tells you the reward; Meaningful release; Pressure, release, reward.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Josi and Milo — Private Lesson #2
Topics: The leash is a prop; Reading the dog; Hidden help.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Teddy — Private Lesson #2 (pt 2)
Topics: Freeze, flee or fight; Eating the correction, and avoidance as a tactic.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Roman — Evaluation Time!
Topics: The dog tells you the reward; The leash is a prop; Pressure, release, reward.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Major — Long Duration Place Work!
Topics: Assess before you ask; Freeze, flee or fight; Honest limits, and reliability is not permission.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Milo Training Session 1
Topics: Honest limits, and reliability is not permission; Hidden help; Pressure, release, 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 | Fiona — Go Home Lesson!
Topics: Freeze, flee or fight; Eating the correction, and avoidance as a tactic; He has to be allowed to get it wrong.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Clark Kent — Downs and Heels!
Topics: The dog tells you the reward; Assess before you ask; Freeze, flee or fight.
concept tagsMurphy — Go Home Lesson! Aggression Check
Topics: Control is not obedience; Reading the dog; The dog tells you the reward.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Josephine—Full Go Home Lesson With Client!
Topics: Freeze, flee or fight; Hidden help; The four windows, and calm liberty.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Gunny & Luna— Go Home Lesson pt 2
Topics: Honest limits, and reliability is not permission; Eating the correction, and avoidance as a tactic; Reading the dog.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Gunny & Luna — Go Home Lesson Pt. 1
Topics: Hidden help; Honest limits, and reliability is not permission; Eating the correction, and avoidance as a tactic.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Training Session in the Woods with Ace!
Topics: Hidden help; Start with freedom; The dog tells you the reward.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Milo—Behavior Modification, "Aggression," and Actually telling your do "No."
Topics: Control is not obedience; Assess before you ask; Freeze, flee or fight.
concept tagsWiley—heels, public training
Topics: Meaningful release; Reading the dog; Assess before you ask.
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