Angier K9 Field Notes
Finn 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.
Published 2026-07-22 · Channel recording · 50m 16s
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- Pressure, release, reward · 2026 · page 1 of 2
- Eating the correction, and avoidance as a tactic
- Two events, not one - and what the handler does in between
- Thinking is what makes it better
- Nobody is at fault; it isn't personal
- The level is not a number
- Meaningful release
- The dog tells you the reward · 2026 · page 1 of 2
- Play becomes the reward - and play is a contest
- You have to be able to reward him at all
- Freeze, flee or fight
- Internal emotional change, not repression
- Freedom is given in measured steps
- Honest limits, and reliability is not permission · 2026 · page 1 of 2
- The flight-risk protocol, and the one command that matters
- 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
- Reliability is what you have not tested
- Assess before you ask · 2026 · page 1 of 2
- Build the handler's timing while it is easy
- Say it bluntly or it will not land
- Finn: Training videos
- Training videos · 2026 · page 3 of 7