Rocko: finding his game
An outdoor tug session and a trainer adapting to the dog in front of him.
ROCKO & KODAK · EXPANDED FAMILY FILM · 3:01
Room for Each Other
Rocko and Kodak’s family describes the guidance and progress that mattered to them. This expanded 3:01 film brings their first and second owner lessons, the joint go-home lesson and attributed written follow-up together. Line handling, supervision, Toby’s crate and the limits of the family’s later reports remain part of the story.
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Angier K9 is a family-owned, play-based Board & Train serving Angier, Raleigh and the Triangle, with three full owner lessons.
What the family saw, lesson by lesson
At the first owner lesson, the family describes progress they could already see during the program. At the second, Kodak, Rocko and Toby share one room in supervised practice, with Toby in his crate. At the go-home lesson, the family describes Kodak jumping onto a lap with Rocko close by while the trainer was outside, and the moment passing with no redirection needed; a later redirection in the same recording stays part of the story.
Their written follow-up says walking Rocko in heel is “so much fun” and that the dogs have mostly been great listeners. Work has limited their time together, and the time they have had has gone well; the messages also mention Kodak’s barking and one Rocko redirection. Earlier lesson footage illustrates these messages rather than recording the later events.
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First owner lesson: gratitude and direction
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First owner lesson: encounter context
First owner lesson: concerns and pride in Kodak
Second owner lesson: shared-room setting and Toby’s crate
Second owner lesson: the delighted reaction
Go-home: finite lap interaction account
Later redirection in the same recording
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0:00 · Family speech
i'm so proud of him and grateful for you guys
0:05 · On-screen context card
Room for Each Other — Rocko & Kodak's Family Story
0:09 · Family speech
it's over our heads and we have no idea what we're doing and we don't want to make things worse so like this is just having this direction and seeing such progress in such a short time
0:19 · Lesson conversation: trainer and family
when i told him ah it was not for anything involving that dog he just pulled people okay Yeah, because he was interested in the dog, because he was walking towards it, and then he got to the end of the leash and he kind of like kept pulling on it, so I just said, uh -uh, and he came off. And he came off. Okay. But it wasn't anything to do with the dog, because he didn't do anything to the dog.
0:35 · Lesson conversation: trainer and family
I was really impressed with that alone. Good. Yeah. Usually we would have got the squeal and everything. Yeah, he would have been, I would have been dragged across the field. A year ago, we would have been across the field. He would have yanked you over there? Uh -huh. Probably, yeah.
0:49 · Family speech
I think you covered all of my concerns and all of the things, questions.
0:56 · Family speech
I'm just so excited with the progress already. Like, I'm just, yeah. I'm so proud of you.
1:02 · Lesson conversation: trainer and family
Kodak, who's in the house. We got Toby in the house. We got Rocko in the house. Rocko in the house. [unclear] We got Rocko in the house. All three boys in the same room.
1:13 · Family speech
Yeah. Like over, I mean anything. Like if we were driving down the road and he would see another dog, he would start squealing.
1:22 · Family speech
I'm speechless. This, this is, this is way better.
1:27 · On-screen context card
Supervised shared-room practice. The family kept learning how to manage their dogs together.
1:33 · Family speech
and so i was worried seeing how they would do together with me in the middle
1:39 · Family speech
And then Kodak came to this side and he jumped up on my lap while Rocko was like right here. And he did lean into me harder, but also was able to just walk it off. So no redirecting needed.
1:55 · Family speech
yes yeah that's what we needed
1:58 · Written owner follow-up
walking with Rocko in heel is so much fun;
2:09 · Written owner follow-up
its so nice being outside with them with confidence that they will make good boy choices!
2:23 · Written owner follow-up
Work hasn't allowed for much together time but what they have had has gone good.
2:35 · Written owner follow-up
Kodak was buzzed for his uncontrollable barking and Rocko to be redirected once but mostly they've been great listeners!
2:49 · Written owner follow-up
Thank You for helping My Good Boys learn to LOVE being Good Boys!
Earlier website edition · 2:19
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Rocko & Kodak · A family film · 2 minutes, 19 seconds
Room for Each Other.
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Two dogs, one shared home. Their story brings together individual training, family lessons, and the ordinary moments their owner later described at home.
What connects these scenes?
Rocko’s tug game and Kodak’s cue-and-reward sequence show different parts of learning through play. The family conversations bring that work back to its purpose: the life they want to share with their dogs.
“I'm just so excited with the progress already.”
Rocko and Kodak’s family, speaking during a lesson.
How the film was made
Selected training and family-lesson footage is combined with attributed written follow-up. Earlier training footage illustrates the written messages; it is not footage of the events described in those messages. The family’s reports reflect their experiences at those points, with owner involvement and continuing practice part of the story.
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Kodak: cue, response, reward
A verbal cue, a down, and the return to play.
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A family describes shared space
An owner account from a home conversation, with the surrounding context preserved.
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Read the film transcript
0:00 · Their family, during a lesson
I'm just so excited with the progress already. Like, I'm just, yeah. I'm so proud of you.
0:05 · Earlier / the family’s hope
So we're trying to just teach him that other friends are nice. And it's okay to be friends, and it's safe.
0:14 · Rocko / finding his game
yeah. Got it, got it, got it, oh, oh, he's too strong. Oh, [unclear]. I mean, Rocko, good job, Rocko. Good job, you won. Good job. All right. I think tug's a little bit better. I think I can get more out of him with tug than I can with ball or with flirt pole.
0:34 · Kodak / learning through play
Down. Okay, cha-cha-cha. And that, my my friends, that was a verbal-only down. Yeah, verbal-only down.
0:48 · The family returns for a lesson
Have you guys played fetch? Yeah, but he doesn't bring it back to us. He does now. Does he? Really? Really?
0:55 · September 18 / the family’s home report
And then Kodak came to this side and he jumped up on my lap while Rocko was like right here. And he did lean into me harder, but also was able to just walk it off. So no redirecting needed.
1:12 · Later in the same conversation
Yeah. They're kind of looking at each other, but they're also kind of like, even just like right there, like they're probably avoiding each other a little bit. But that's okay. They're trying to respect each other's boundaries. Yes. Yeah, that's what we needed. Yeah. Okay.
1:27 · Written follow-up / their owner
walking with Rocko in heel is so much fun;
1:38 · Written follow-up / their owner
its so nice being outside with them with confidence that they will make good boy choices!
1:50 · Written follow-up / their owner
Work hasn't allowed for much together time but what they have had has gone good.
2:00 · Written follow-up / their owner
Thank You for helping My Good Boys learn to LOVE being Good Boys!