Angier K9 · Training video library
The armor is the measure
24 videos indexed under this topic. Topic tags help you find relevant sessions; they do not mean the entire recording teaches this one idea.
What you wear tells you where the case is - a full suit, then a sleeve, then gloves, then nothing - but what sets the level in the first place is what the dog could do if he decided to, and what decides how hard he can be worked is whether he turns on the person holding the leash.
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Reaper's Training Session | Full Session | 2026-09-11 | 15:47
Topics: A life that gets smaller, and the bargain; The correction that did not work; Assess before you ask.
concept tagsReaper Evaluation & Pick Up Day | Full Session | 2026-07-21 | 19:34
Topics: Reliability is what you have not tested; The armor is the measure.
concept tagsCoco's Training Session | Full Session | 2026-09-09 | 13:26
Topics: Assess before you ask; The armor is the measure.
concept tagsReaper Training Session | Full Session | 2026-09-01 | 15:04
Topics: The armor is the measure; Hidden help.
concept tagsBun Saw the Other Dog—Then Made This Choice
Topics: Hidden help; The four windows, and calm liberty; Social pressure.
concept tagsShadow Listened to the Trainer—Would She Listen to Her Owners?
Topics: 'Let's go' is not 'Come' - and the recall has an ending; The leash is a prop; Honest limits, and reliability is not permission.
concept tagsArchie & Lola 2nd In-Program Lesson
The second owner lesson of Archie and Lola's board-and-train, run as a ninety-minute shaded loop at a park neither owner had been to, with two trainers, two owners and both dogs.
Session summaryReaper Wolf Training Session Part 1
Topics: Start with freedom; The armor is the measure.
concept tagsSamson Go-Home Lesson Part 1
Topics: Pick the place for what it contains - life is the training ground; The armor is the measure; Hidden help.
concept tagsDeuce In-Program Lesson #1 Part 2
The second half of Deuce's first owner lesson.
Session summaryDeuce Training Session
The best methodological session in Deuce's batch, and the only one that shows two handlers thinking out loud together.
Session summaryZeus - Behavioral Case Update
Topics: The armor is the measure; Reading the dog; Honest limits, and reliability is not permission.
concept tagsLouie Training Session Part 1
Topics: Stop before you shut him down; The armor is the measure; Pressure, release, reward.
concept tagsLouie Training Session Part 2
Four minutes of down work in public, and one genuinely interesting observation.
Session summaryLouie, Home Context Training
A home-context session in which a visiting senior trainer audits where Louie has got to and pushes him one step further: off leash, in a house, on place and down.
Session summaryMax — Go Home Lesson ft Angier K9
Topics: Reading the dog; Start with freedom; Assess before you ask.
concept tagsSampson — Heel Work and Recalls!
Topics: Hidden help; Assess before you ask; Two events, not one - and what the handler does in between.
concept tagsBernie — Off Leash!
Topics: Honest limits, and reliability is not permission; Control is not obedience; Hidden help.
concept tagsBernie — Go Home Lesson #2!
Topics: Hidden help; Control is not obedience; Show what not to do, allow everything else.
concept tagsBo — Crate Work, Boarding Kennel Style!
Topics: The dog tells you the reward; The armor is the measure; Reading the dog.
concept tagsSavage In Program Session
Topics: The dog tells you the reward; Show what not to do, allow everything else; The armor is the measure.
concept tagsMore Crate Work with Bo from a couple weeks ago
A short, efficient crate repetition with Connor, and the most explicit statement of the case anywhere in Bo's sessions: crate aggression and resource guarding, with the underlying problem named as Bo not wanting to give to pressure from someone who isn't the primary trainer.
Session summaryPenny Making Friends!
Topics: The dog tells you the reward; Pick the place for what it contains - life is the training ground; The armor is the measure.
concept tagsHattie — Heels and Recalls!
Topics: The dog tells you the reward; The three stress reducers; The armor is the measure.
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