Michael Ellis discusses why he does not incorporate correction tools, such as shake cans, into his training. While there may be a place for them in some aspects of training they can cause more harm than good when it comes to sport dog training.

Educator collars work exactly like a physical therapists TENS Unit. When therapists glues TENS pads on your body and then sends a current through the pads the current causes the muscles to contract. How much they contract depends on the level of c...

I have always said that remote collars are one of the greatest dog training tools ever invented, but they are also one of the most misunderstood dog training tools every invented. It is important to us that what we say about training with remot...

Question about correcting a 6 month old puppy answered by Ed Frawley.

Michael Ellis discusses the complexity of different degrees of aversives and their effects on behavior. He also discusses how training has progressed from pure escape and avoidance to purely reward based, and now finally understanding how the two ...

Take a look at what will be covered in Leerburg's newest DVD with Michael Ellis by watching this sneak peak of the first 2 minutes of the DVD. In this 2 minute clip, Michael Ellis will explain what will be covered in the DVD as well as how it will...

Question from Spencer: How do you go about teaching your puppy the meaning of NO. I'm raising a Border Collie and she can be very persistent in doing what she wants to. I'm raising her as close as possible to your methods and what I have seen Cind...

In this Q&A session Michael discusses training problems with the jumps.

In today's video, we will break into the middle of a training session in which Michael is helping our friend, Pat, with her young German Shepherd. Michael is helping Pat train positions (sit, down and stand) when her dog starts to misbehave - j...

This 4 minute video is of Michael Ellis explaining the theory of when to layer in corrections for "Looking Away" in the training process for competition heeling. Leerburg has produced a 4 hour training DVD with Michael titled Focused HeeIing with ...

A short lecture on Escape Avoidance training as it relates to remote collars vs prong or choke collar.

In this short video, Michael Ellis explains when to pressure a dog for a lack of focus. The video was filmed by Cindy at his school for dog trainers in California.

While there is a very popular National Geographic TV show in which the behaviorist is constantly alpha rolling dominant dogs, this is a very bad idea for any dog owner to try on his dog. Simply put, it is dangerous and an excellent way to get bit ...