Field notes · Full session
Reaper's Training Session | Full Session | 2026-09-11 | 15:47
A complete Angier K9 training session with Reaper, published on the channel. 29 moments from it are linked below, each to the exact second it happens.
What happens in this session
Reaper Wolf… his behavior modification has gone really well up until now
Why not the training yard — too many dogs, too many smells
The bite sleeve comes back out — this time as a toy
A walk is where you find out what he does about people and dogs
He was "scaring the absolute bejesus" out of people
It ain't the dog's fault. It's not the neighbor's fault. I don't think it's the owner's fault either.
The dog's life gets smaller and smaller… their quality of life is just in the toilet
The scars again — context now, not warning
I'm not going to drill you non-stop
Correcting reactive behavior where it actually happens
I corrected that harshly, and it still did not completely deter him
A very serious behavioral modification… we still have some progress to make
He's never been able to go anywhere like this… so he can do things like a normal dog
"He's a very reactive dog still" — and what is anticipated
What the e-collar is for here, and what it is not
Very, very smart dog. It's just that reactivity.
He did not react to that runner this time
He needs to make choices. We give him a choice point.
Sensitized after the first one — reading what a correction cost
Prey drive, and wildlife as its own problem
People on the trail — "we'll see whether his reactivity re-emerges"
She said: he's better than a normal dog. And I thought about that a lot.
No e-collar that time — a conditioned punisher and a little pop
What is already done, and what is left to take off leash
"Complete stranger dogs, without his hair even going up" — and he has to make the bad choice for me to punish it
The reactivity to wildlife he does not mind — and why
Not living in a shell
You bring a stick out and they lose their minds
He didn't bark at them. He didn't freak out.
What it teaches
This dog
Recognize your own dog in this?
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