ANGIER K9 FILMSRocko: finding his game
An outdoor tug session and a trainer adapting to the dog in front of him.
Rocko & Kodak · A family film · 2 minutes, 19 seconds
Room for Each Other.
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.
Read the family’s complete story on Angier K9 →
Go back to the source.
Kodak: cue, response, reward
A verbal cue, a down, and the return to play.
A family describes shared space
An owner account from a home conversation, with the surrounding context preserved.
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!