Angier K9 Field Notes
Deuce Training Session
The best methodological session in Deuce's batch, and the only one that shows two handlers thinking out loud together.
Published 2026-07-25 · Channel recording · 14m 32s
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This recording is one view of a training moment. A title alone does not establish a dog’s history, progress or results. Context and the stage of learning matter.
- Pressure, release, reward · 2026 · page 1 of 2
- Meaningful release
- Don't poison the command
- The dog tells you the reward · 2026 · page 1 of 2
- Play becomes the reward - and play is a contest
- Start with freedom
- The three stress reducers
- Social pressure
- The armor is the measure
- Don't heel grind
- Honest limits, and reliability is not permission · 2026 · page 1 of 2
- 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
- Deuce
- Training videos · 2026 · page 3 of 7