Angier K9 Field Notes
Angier 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.
Published 2026-08-30 · Channel recording · 55m 30s
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- Teach the move, then the word
- Meaningful release
- Don't poison the command
- Hidden help · 2026 · page 1 of 2
- The dog tells you the reward · 2026 · page 1 of 2
- Reading the dog · 2026 · page 1 of 2
- Social pressure
- Don't heel grind
- The leash is a prop
- Freedom is given in measured steps
- Honest limits, and reliability is not permission · 2026 · page 1 of 2
- He has to be allowed to get it wrong
- Pick the place for what it contains - life is the training ground · 2026 · page 1 of 2
- The three Ds, and the variables nobody counts
- Assess before you ask · 2026 · page 1 of 2
- Show what not to do, allow everything else
- Build the handler's timing while it is easy
- Say it bluntly or it will not land
- Luna, Husky Mix
- Training videos · 2026 · page 2 of 7