Our online course, Obedience and Behavior Foundations, is coming soon to Leerburg DVD! This DVD is designed to allow a dog and handler to develop all the skills they need to have a solid foundation of obedience and to prepare them for off-leash wo...

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...

Ed Frawley discusses two different ways to break up a dog fight whether you're alone or with someone.

Regardless of your ultimate training goals, everything must start with how we raise our puppies. How do we interact with them at a young age while they learn what is appropriate behavior? How do we teach our young dogs how to live in our home? Ho...

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

Ed Frawley talks about the controversial topic of "the need for corrections in dog training."

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...

Michael Ellis discusses how to hold and deliver food in training. This method is used in order to allow your dog to push into the food and develop motivation without risking accidental bites of your fingers. The information in this short video is ...

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 the Dominant Dog Collar, so you can determine the proper size collar for your dog.

Mark Keating discusses a slightly outside of the box play technique for trainers preparing for biting sports. During suit work, there comes a time when your dog may have to bite a passive subject. This can be difficult for a dog who has never seen...

JJ Belcher at Sublime Canine has been training dogs for over 17 years and teaching rattlesnake avoidance for 10 years in Tuscon as well as many other places. It's important to know how to avoid rattlesnakes, being their venom is designed to kill s...

Last month, Leerburg attended the Mutt Strut and Tabby Trot fundraiser for the Dunn County Humane Society! We had lots of fun meeting new people and their dogs, giving demos, and telling others what Leerburg is all about!

Ed Frawley discusses how to properly introduce 2 adult dogs into your family and home. By utilizing pack structure, you can avoid a dog fight. Read more about Introducing a New Dog into a Home with Other Dogs here.

We would like to thank everyone that came out to our Open House on July 15! We had a great turn out and were able to donate to our local humane society and police K9 organization. If you missed your chance to come out, the Leerburg store front ...

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...

On September 8th, Cindy Rhodes and her 5 year old Belgian Malinois, Rush, competed in a Mondioring trial in Harris MN, scoring an impressive 286 points out of 300 for their level 2 title. This was the first leg of Rush's Mondioring 2. Before compe...

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...

Heeler's Toolbox I interactive online class with Forrest Micke starts January 30, 2017. This short video is taken directly from the class. Forrest is one of the most dynamic dog trainers we have ever had the pleasure of working with, and of co...

To ring in the New Year we wanted to share something from a long time ago. This video was taken from one of Leerburg's original basic obedience videos produced by Ed Frawley back in the mid-1980s. While Video Quality has improved exponentially,...

Ed Frawley discusses some of the new prong collar leashes and changes that we have made based on feedback from Leerburg customers.

Custom Canine is a nonprofit organization of volunteer professionals and individuals who embrace the endeavor of creating and supporting lasting partnerships between highly skilled service dogs and the community of mankind with diverse disabilitie...

In this video, I will explain how I came to design what I think is the most functional dog training leash anyone has come up with in the last 50 years, which is about how long I have been training dogs. I have been told that all I do is live, b...

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...

If you use a prong collar in your dog training we highly recommend that you watch this short video. You will see why we always recommend using a backup dominant dog collar.

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 ...

We have begun to stream various Video on Demand lessons with Michael Ellis. These lessons are the opening lectures for the various courses Michael teaches at his school for dog trainers in California. These lectures lay out the training theory...

In this episode of Leerburg TV, we work with Mark Keating as he shows proper tug playing techniques. Tug play is important for high levels of drive and is an extremely valuable game. Mark gives us tips on how to create drive in your dog while play...

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

In this episode of In The Classroom With Michael Ellis, Michael fields a question on how to manage dogs around barn cats and livestock. Michael offers a series of management and redirection techniques to desensitize our dogs to other animal that c...

Throughout the course of this DVD, Michael Ellis covers the basis of food rewards as a motivational training method. This video is applicable to any dog type and age, and highlights important engagement techniques including a brief review of the m...

Michae Ellis explains how he handles dogs that jump up on their handler. He badically discusses dogs that misbehave.

Andrew Ramsey takes a break from filming our series of DVDs on nosework to explain exactly what nosework is and why it is a fun activity to do with your dog.

Michael Ellis teaches a trainer how to train the AKC - STAND FOR EXAM in this short video. Michael uses MARKERS to train this exercises.

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...

Custom Canine is a nonprofit organization of volunteer professionals and individuals who embrace the endeavor of creating and supporting lasting partnerships between highly skilled service dogs and the community of mankind with diverse disabilitie...