Angier K9 is a family-owned, play-based Board & Train serving Angier, Raleigh and the Triangle, with three full owner lessons.
Read Dory’s case: the program, stage by stage →
Meet Dory
Training topics
- Down
- Heel
- Come
This collection organizes available training footage and source-linked explanations. Profile details identify their source where available. Follow a timestamp to view the original moment in context.
The finished client story
Confidence, connection, and the next good walk.
Dory’s Angier K9 story follows growing confidence and an owner learning to guide her. Exploration, public practice, and a hands-on lesson connect the training with the walks they can enjoy together.
What these sessions show
Why do I need training if the trainer does it?
When I have like old muscle memory and habits, it's really hard to break.
When is it safe to let my dog off the leash?
So, like what I do a lot is I don't have it in my car right now, but I have like this giant long line.
Where should I train my dog?
We're kind of like just in the middle of like in a chiller part of Home Depot right now.
What happens in a first dog training session?
The record
16 sessions, 5.4 hours of footage, 11,918 words of transcript.
- Dory — Learning Heels and Recalls! 2026-05-13 · 21:14
- Dory — Downs at the Park, Plus Recalls! 2026-05-07 · 23:30
- Dory Learning Shtuff At The Park! 2026-04-22 · 27:00
- Dory Learning On A Walk! 2026-04-18 · 13:47
- Dory — Recalls and Sit Durations! 2026-04-14 · 29:01
- Dory — Focus Training and Recalls! 2026-04-13 · 27:19
- Dory — Focus Training and Cuddles! 2026-04-13 · 29:01
- Dory — Recall Work! 2026-04-04 · 5:49
Recognize your own dog in this?
Most people who call us have already been told their dog is a lost cause, or that they should manage it and hope. We train dogs in Angier, Raleigh and across the Triangle, and we take the serious aggression and reactivity cases that other programs turn down.
How it works: tell us what your dog is actually doing. We tell you honestly whether we can help, including when the answer is no. If we can, you leave with a plan and a start date.
What you get back is a dog whose world gets bigger instead of smaller.
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19 videos and 28 Shorts. Listed newest publication first.
Training videos
Videos are listed by their published YouTube titles.
Angier K9 | Dory | The Owner Learns to Maintain the Result
Angier K9 | Dory | From Shutdown to Off-Leash Work in Home Depot
Topics: Pick the place for what it contains - life is the training ground; Build the handler's timing while it is easy.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Dory—Off Leash a learning at Home Depot
Topics: Pick the place for what it contains - life is the training ground.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Dory — Learning Heels and Recalls!
Angier K9 | Dory — Downs at the Park, Plus Recalls!
Angier K9 | Dory — Private Lesson #1!
Topics: Honest limits, and reliability is not permission; Build the handler's timing while it is easy; 'Let's go' is not 'Come' - and the recall has an ending.
concept tagsAngier K9 | Dory — Downs and Recalls!
Angier K9 | Dory — Heel Work and Recalls!
Angier K9 | Dory — Recalls and Heel Work!
Angier K9 | Dory - More Walkies & Learning!
Angier K9 | Dory Learning Shtuff At The Park! ☺️
Angier K9 | Dory — Place Duration & Home Context Training!
Topics: Assess before you ask.
concept tagsDory Learning On A Walk!
Angier K9 | Dory — Recalls and Sit Durations!
Angier K9 | Dory — Focus Training and Cuddles!
Angier K9 | Dory — Focus Training and Recalls!
Angier K9 | Dory — Focus Training and Recalls!
Angier K9 | Dory — Focus Training and Heels!
Angier K9 | Dory — Recall Work!
Shorts
She Was ‘Ready to Bolt’—Then Her Owner Took the Leash | Dory | Angier K9
Dory—Heading Back after Training | Angier K9
Dory Learning Shtuff On Her Walk! Part 2 | Angier K9
Part 3 Dory Learning On A Walk! | Angier K9
Part 2 Dory Learning On A Walk! | Angier K9
Part 4 Dory Learning On A Walk! | Angier K9
Part 5 Dory Learning On A Walk! | Angier K9
Part 1 Dory Learning On A Walk! | Angier K9
Part 3! Dory is a Rockstar coming out of her nervous shell! | Angier K9
Part 9! Dory is a Rockstar coming out of her nervous shell! | Angier K9
Part 5! Dory is a Rockstar coming out of her nervous shell! | Angier K9
Part 6! Dory BE LEAARNINGG! 🔥 | Angier K9
Part 9! Dory BE LEAARNINGG! 🔥 | Angier K9
Part 1! Dory BE LEAARNINGG! 🔥 | Angier K9
Part 8! Dory is a Rockstar coming out of her nervous shell! | Angier K9
Part 10! Dory is a Rockstar coming out of her nervous shell! | Angier K9
Part 3! Dory BE LEAARNINGG! 🔥 | Angier K9
Part 2! Dory BE LEAARNINGG! 🔥 | Angier K9
Part 7! Dory is a Rockstar coming out of her nervous shell! | Angier K9
Part 1! Dory is a Rockstar coming out of her nervous shell! | Angier K9
Part 5! Dory BE LEAARNINGG! 🔥 | Angier K9
Part 4! Dory is a Rockstar coming out of her nervous shell! | Angier K9
Part 6! Dory is a Rockstar coming out of her nervous shell! | Angier K9
Part 10! Dory BE LEAARNINGG! 🔥 | Angier K9
Part 8! Dory BE LEAARNINGG! 🔥 | Angier K9
Part 7! Dory BE LEAARNINGG! 🔥 | Angier K9
Part 4! Dory BE LEAARNINGG! 🔥 | Angier K9
Part 2! Dory is a Rockstar coming out of her nervous shell! | Angier K9