Impulse control means the dog needs to learn to control its urge or impulse to do something, like run over to get its ball or the urge to pick up a piece of meat we lay down in front of them. Teaching impulse control using markers is an excell...

Key Points: - Make sure your dog is not crowding your space. - They should be slightly behind you and in a sit. - If your dog is in a very intense state of mind, wait until they settle. The dog's state of mind is one of the most import...

This video is taken from our online course, Leash Reactivity with Tyler Muto. It is important to remember that the primary reinforcer we are going to be working with is space. However, it can at times be beneficial to utilize food as an additio...

An important aspect of marker training is making a game of this work. They need to sound happy when they as their dog if they're ready and when they mark. This helps keep the dog interested and engaged in training. This video is taken from our ...

In this short video, Josh Moran will give you a few fun tricks to get your dog to want to go in and out of his or her crate. This is a very useful and necessary skill for all dog owners.

In this video Tyler Muto is going to demonstrate going through a doorway with Sonny. When we approach the door we want to give the dog slight leash pressure to get him to sit before opening the door. You don’t need to be concerned with the d...

In the marker training system, the mark is only part of the program. We take advantage of the reward-delivery after the mark to build on our communication with our dogs. We use reward delivery to tell a dog when a training session starts and w...

Pick your friend's high value food reward; most people like M&M's. Then, think about what you have learned, think about rate of reward, and think about reward placement. In this video, Leerburg employees tried to train one another. They are fun...

This video is taken from our online course, Leash Reactivity with Tyler Muto. Manufacturing cut offs is easier than you may think, and you can get creative as you attempt to figure the best way to prompt your dog. I often will to one of the fol...

Conditioning any dog to get their nails trimmed is a simple thing to do if we use markers and have a little patience. When dogs are not properly conditioned to trimming nails, they often hate the experience. It becomes a seriously troubling ex...

The new UKC sport of Nosework has a few slight differences from the original sport. One of those differences is the addition of 2 extra scents which is why Leerburg created a separate kit solely for the UKC events.

One of the most powerful tools that every dog trainer has is their voice. Trainers who learn to use their voice in a positive way make better dog trainers and have dogs that learn quicker. This is especially true in marker training. Your voice hel...

Training session with Cindy & Rush at a Michael Ellis seminar held at Leerburg in 2009. Exercises shown in this video are the mondioring retrieve of some random items and the send away. Rush is about 18 months old in this video.

This video is taken from our online course, Leash Reactivity with Tyler Muto. In this video Tyler Muto is going to explain Emotional Thresholds in dog behavior and training. Think of the emotional threshold as the line in the sand that sepa...

Michael Ellis’ philosophy on dog training is something that all dog trainers, and owners for that matter, should listen to. This video was filmed at a seminar held by Leerburg a few years ago. We like to periodically feature it in our newslette...

Conditioning a dog to a muzzle can be a difficult task. The methods I show in this DVD will work for police service dogs or the family pet. We do it with markers - so if you are not familiar with marker training I suggest that you visit the articl...

Jeff discusses how to properly fit a prong collar. Check out Leerburg's selection of prong collars HERE!

Jeff explains how to properly measure your dog for muzzles, so you can determine the proper size muzzle for your dog.

This is the first in a short series of videos with Michael Ellis, talking at a puppy class in his school in California, about fear periods in dogs and how to counter condition dogs that become nervous over people, places and things in his environm...

This video explains how we approach a dog fight. The most important part of this video is to remember how physical fights can be and if you are not physically strong enough to do what Ed talks about - DON'T TRY, because you will get hurt. When dog...

If you are planning on attending our Michael Ellis event in December and want to apply for a working spot, time is running out! Michael requires a survey and short video submission to determine who will be working in the seminar and the deadline ...

Make a quick, healthy meal for your dog that is also great for digestive health! Supplements and food used: Steve's Real Food Freeze Dried Nuggets Herbsmith Microflora Plus Diggin Your Dog FiRM UP! Honest Kitchen Bone Broth CarnaF...

Jeff explains how to properly measure your dog for the Dominant Dog Collar, so you can determine the proper size collar for your dog.

The beauty of the word "yes" in marker training is that you do not have to be ready to go with a high value food reward all the time. By incorporating some simple food chasing drills, you have the ability to mark a specific behavior at an exact po...

One of the most important commands that you can teach your dog is to spit out something when it picks it up (the 'yuck' command). Training the yuck command to your dog can help you avoid dangerous situations. This command is useful both indoors an...

In this video, we demonstrate how to teach your puppy to easily accept a collar. There are dangers with keeping a collar on your dog while it's in a crate or ex-pen and teaching them to willingly accept the collar being put on and removed makes t...

In this video, Tyler Muto shows different variations of how to solidify your heel command using more serious corrections and troubleshooting. Keep in mind that it's the dog as an individual that decides where we go with this training; not every do...

Learning to manipulate your dog's rear by way of the head can be a valuable skill; one worth the time spent mastering it. By teaching the dog to be manipulated in this fashion, we can very subtly, precisely, and effectively control our dog's body ...

It's smart to proof all of our motivators in the Terminal Bridge Discrimination Game. And because toy often outweighs the value of food for prey-driven sport dogs, it's a necessary step to prepare us for value transfer with toys. Learning to ma...

Many dog owners do not have the time to invest in a formal training regimen, so instead they look to a professional trainer to solve all their problems. Unfortunately, the issues often lie in the owners' lack of time to invest in training. Many pe...

Dog trainers and handlers will learn more in this 3 minute video about the correct way to socialize their puppy than they would if they read 3 books on the subject. Michael Ellis explains how he socializes his puppies to new people, places, and th...

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

Have a look at this video of Ed & Cindy's Puppy, Endy, at 9.5 Weeks I can't tell you how often I have heard people say they would like their next puppy to be a high drive dog. My comment is usually "Be careful what you wish for because it ma...

In this short video clip you will see Cindy in a training session with Michael Ellis. They are working on the procedure the handler must learn for the retrieve exercise for the Mondioring Sport. If you are looking for a really fun dog sport we ...

This short video explains the difference between managing your dog vs obedience training your dog vs socializing your dog. We get many emails every day from new dog owners who have behavioral problems with their dogs. These owners believe that obe...

This video was part of Michael Ellis' lecture on dog aggression, which took place during his course on Protection Theory and Practice, at his school in California. In part one of this lecture, Michael talks about defensive aggression, frustration ...