Who Reba is
As the trainers describe her
A returning dog. She trained with the company before; it did not work out with her owners; they surrendered her or let the company keep her; she is now in the company's rescue. That is the trainer's account.
On film
with all the other dogs and Reba had already trained with us before and then it just didn't work out for her owners so they ended up surrendering or letting us keep Reba and so now she falls
Her training decayed without maintenance. By the trainer's verdict she does not know much, and he is close to starting over.
On film
um day one because she doesn't really know much i think with a nice little
what she doesn't know um like I said it looks like we're just gonna have to start like a clean slate with her a lot of her training wasn't maintained um so
Three and a half weeks later, a gentler verdict. On the September walk her handlers find she is 'not as bad as' a dog that has never been trained: she has some training in her and needs refreshing. They also say it is the first time in a really long time they have taken her out on a walk.
On film
Oh, she just, she's not as bad as like a dog that hasn't been trained yet. No. She has some training in her. She knows stuff. She just needs to. Refresh. Yeah, she needs to be refreshed.
I think this is the first time in a really long time that we've actually taken her out.
Keen to be back. At the Kodak and Rocko lesson someone calls her video 'the worst video ever' because she was so excited, and says she was just happy to be back in the training yard. The video is not named; that it is the refresher is an inference.
On film
she was just so excited that was the worst video ever
yeah she was just happy to be back in the training yard again
Friendly to dogs and to people, by her handlers' account, and friends with Zuri-chan, the staff dog she walks with in September.
On film
friendly to doggies and to people she loves people she loves doggies
Reba and Zooty-Chan are friends.
She lets herself out. In August, talk in the trainer's household has a Reba coming out of her safe area; on the September walk a handler says they have heard she is an escape artist. Both are second-hand.
On film
And then Reba just comes out of her safe area.
i heard reba is an escape artist
A 'big girl' and a 'sweet girl' to the refresher trainer, and, to her handlers on the September walk, a dog with plenty of slobber.
On film
your training reba come reba come let's go come good girl yes you sweet girl come here
if we like you know put some real work into her she'll be good for you know right right Reba you good girl you good girl you big girl
i will say reba saliva has plenty to go around
The program, stage by stage
In the rescue: name-only mentions
November 2025 to August 2026, by upload dates (one undated Short, probably May 2026).
A Reba is out in the yard during a Wiley session, greeted in the kennel on two Thor sessions, and greeted again on the way out with Thor to a store. In the trainer's household, Waffles barks at a Reba more than she barks back, and she lets herself out of her area. None of these says it is the rescue dog. The household Reba is very probably her: on the September walk a handler has heard that Reba is an escape artist.
On film
Reba's over here.
Hi Reba. Hi Thor. Hi Samson. Hi Max. Hi Simba. Hi Cosmo. Hi Fiona.
Hi Thor, hi Reba, hi Max, hi Sampson
And him and Reba be like barking at each other. Well, he barks more at Reba than she barks back.
And then Reba just comes out of her safe area.
The refresher assessmentTurning point
Uploaded 2026-08-26; called day one of her refresher. The plan for it is heard earlier, on an undated street walk with Rocko.
Before it, on a street walk with Rocko, a handler says a dog whose name is heard as 'Reaver', very probably Reba, might be going home to Rocco and needs a refresher before she goes. A potential home depends on her getting along with its dogs, so she is brought back for a refresher. The trainer reintroduces the e-collar on come and sit to remind her what it means. He says dogs who feel it again after a long gap often remember everything at once, and that she remembered. His verdict still goes the other way: this will be more than a refresher, closer to a clean slate, because her training was not maintained. With real work he expects her to be good in a week.
On film
Yeah, we do need to do a re-pressure with Reaver. She might be going home, she might be going home to Rocco.
If so, we need to do a refresher with her before she goes.
but the dogs can't bark so much um this is day one of her refresher she is potentially has found her forever home and it only they can only take her if she gets along with all the other dogs
So, it's been a while since she had training, so we're just going to use the e-collar to remind her.
so the first normally what happens is when dogs feel it again for the first time in a long time they're like oh it's like everything comes flooding back into their mind and they remember
see when Reba was October of last year that was almost 10 months ago yeah this is gonna be more than a refresher this is definitely gonna be more than a refresher it's probably gonna be like a uh welcome back let's start over again
I'm gonna have to it should be pretty easy though in a week she'll be good
The placement plan: a third dog for Kodak and Rocko's family
Uploads of 2026-08-30; owner lesson of 2026-09-04.
The trainer says the company started its own rescue and has placed one dog. He hopes to place Reba with Rocco and Kodak's owners, who met her and liked her, and to integrate all three dogs, with Reba added after Rocko and Kodak have been brought together. At the owner lesson, the owners ask about Reba and are told she is being worked on. The placement did not happen. Kelton, the owner, says Reba could not go to Rocko and Kodak's home, so the company kept her, and she is now one of its staff dogs.
On film
a third dog that we might integrate that through our rescue that we we started ourselves called
of rocco and kodak and then we'll need to then add reba into the mix
great pretty well yeah yeah you have to ask do you know anything about reba working on that okay
An evening walk with Zuri-chan: a tune-up, not a restart
Filmed the evening of 20 September 2026, by the title's stamp; uploaded 21 September.
Two handlers, not named on the audio, take Reba out on an evening walk with Zuri-chan, another of the company's staff dogs. One of them says it is the first time in a really long time they have taken her out like this. The plan is to let her enjoy herself, find out what she has kept, and stop her pulling: a tune-up. She pulls hard, and comes when called by name and 'come'. Midway, a handler realises she was probably taught her recall on 'here' rather than 'come', and says she will be retrained on 'come'. She sits, but only after several cues; the handlers say she knows sit and is out of practice because nobody asks her for it. By the end they judge her to be doing a lot better, with training in her, needing a refresh rather than a fresh start. One of them says they think Reba is going to be their second dog.
On film
Yeah I'm just gonna let her enjoy herself for the most part but I'm gonna see if she knows anything right now if she's retained any commands out here and then make it where she's not pulling. Just like tune up a couple of things you know.
I think this is the first time in a really long time that we've actually taken her out.
She was probably trained with ear. oh yeah she was because we started switching it back in december but i'm going to retrain her on with com
she knows it but she's probably like nah she doesn't get asked to sit that often so she's just out of practice
Oh, she just, she's not as bad as like a dog that hasn't been trained yet. No. She has some training in her. She knows stuff. She just needs to. Refresh. Yeah, she needs to be refreshed.
i think reba's gonna be our second doggy
Skills
Recall and sit, re-established with the e-collar
How it was taught
Low-level stimulation paired with come and sit. The trainer gives the level with a comparison between collar models: by his account, 30 on the collar he used is about 20 to 25 on a standard Mini Educator, so the same stimulation reads as a higher number on his collar. He says she remembered as soon as she felt it at 30. On the September walk no tool or correction is named: her name and the cue are repeated, then she is praised and released with 'okay'.
On film
mini educator so a 30 falls under a like 40 on a um on no wait a 30 here falls at a 20 25 on a regular like the mini educator the yellow ones
um so she felt that good girl she felt it and i think she knows she knows she knows what that is
um what it means so hopefully now she'll actually listen to me now she don't want to get away
Reba come Reba sit she remembered as soon as she felt that one on 30 she was like oh
um a couple of lessons she'll get back on track she's like i don't know what you want from me
Reba, come. Reba, come. Not you, girl. Come. Ain't nobody talking to me. Good girl, Reber.
let's see if reba knows sit reba reba sit
she knows it but she's probably like nah she doesn't get asked to sit that often so she's just out of practice
Reba, sit. Yes, you princess.
The recall word: 'here' or 'come'
How it was taught
The plan is to retrain the recall on 'come'.
On film
She was probably trained with ear. oh yeah she was because we started switching it back in december but i'm going to retrain her on with com
reva come come not you girl let's go come come on reva come come on girl
Walking on the line without pulling
How it was taught
A long line (a 16-foot, then a 26-foot fetched from the car), freedom to sniff and enjoy the outing, and the plan to 'make it where she's not pulling'. No correction or tool is named.
On film
is she strong as a mug why are you so strong reaver
Reber don't know nothing about her limit currently.
She's doing a lot better. I think we just need to take her out for walks a little bit. No, I just got to take her out a few times.
She calmed down. She doesn't want to go run anymore.
The release word 'okay'
How it was taught
Used as the release on the walk ('okay, go').
On film
okay go go go go she knows what okay is though look at her running she would have run anyway
How the method adapted
One stated adaptation in August: a returning dog is not assumed to remember. She is re-assessed on day one and restarted as needed. On the September walk her handlers treat her as a dog to refresh rather than restart, and four more adaptations are stated.
A refresher treated as a restart.
Ten months without maintenance. The trainer's test shows most of her training gone.
On film
I wanted to come out here and um and test Reba and just see what she remembers what she knows
Freedom first, then find out what she kept, then fix the pulling.
The September walk is planned as a tune-up for a dog who has not been out much: let her enjoy herself 'for the most part', check which commands she has retained, and stop the pulling.
On film
Yeah I'm just gonna let her enjoy herself for the most part but I'm gonna see if she knows anything right now if she's retained any commands out here and then make it where she's not pulling. Just like tune up a couple of things you know.
One word for the recall.
A handler realises she was probably taught 'here' while 'come' is now used, and says she will be retrained on 'come' rather than left with two words.
On film
She was probably trained with ear. oh yeah she was because we started switching it back in december but i'm going to retrain her on with com
Zuri-chan as the standard.
The household's trained dog walks beside her and is named as the level to bring her up to.
On film
If we can get her to be good like Zooty, then she'll be good.
A refresh through use: a few outings with sit, down and heel.
By the end of the walk her handlers judge that she has training in her and is out of practice, so the remedy they name is taking her out a few times and asking for sit, down and heel, not starting over. The August refresher said the opposite; the two verdicts are about three and a half weeks apart.
On film
She's doing a lot better. I think we just need to take her out for walks a little bit. No, I just got to take her out a few times.
And then I'll just like do sit and down and heel and stuff like that.
Oh, she just, she's not as bad as like a dog that hasn't been trained yet. No. She has some training in her. She knows stuff. She just needs to. Refresh. Yeah, she needs to be refreshed.
Outcomes
What the trainers reported
She will be good within about a week of real work.
The refresher trainer, 2026-08-26 upload
On film
I'm gonna have to it should be pretty easy though in a week she'll be good
The prospective family met her and liked her.
The trainer, Kodak session uploaded 2026-08-30
On film
we'll successfully place a second dog with Rocco and Kodak's owners. They seemed to really like her when they met her. Kodak, come! Her name is Reba.
She improves within the September walk and needs a refresh, not a restart.
Her handlers on the September walk (not named)
On film
She's doing a lot better. I think we just need to take her out for walks a little bit. No, I just got to take her out a few times.
Oh, she just, she's not as bad as like a dog that hasn't been trained yet. No. She has some training in her. She knows stuff. She just needs to. Refresh. Yeah, she needs to be refreshed.
Reba's already improving pretty quickly.
She is expected to stay as the household's second dog.
A handler on the September walk, as an expectation ('i think')
On film
i think reba's gonna be our second doggy
What the footage shows
One day-one refresher: she comes and sits once reminded with the collar, and otherwise shows little retained training.
One evening walk in September: she pulls hard on the line, comes when called by name and 'come', sits after several cues, and walks alongside Zuri-chan, whom her handlers call her friend. Audio only; not visually checked.