This is an 88 minute lecture by Michael Ellis on the foundation of protection training. Michael talks about training from puppyhood through adolescence. He discusses thresholds and drives in dogs and how each dog has to have its own training plan. Michael explains that certain training techniques (IE the hold and carry) were designed for a very specific type of dog and h...

In this 2 hour and 10 minute video, Michael Ellis teaches dog handlers the fundamentals of training the object guard for the various ring sports. The goal of the video is to show dog handlers how to establish a good foundation for this exercises.

The streaming video is also offered on DVD.

The object guard is the most difficult exercise in all dog spor...

Several times a year Michael Ellis runs a 2 day remote collar class at his school for dog trainers near San Francisco in California. This one hour and twenty minute streaming lecture is the first part of Michael's opening lecture on the first day of this class.

For the purposes of streaming we have broken the beginning lectures into several streaming chapters. Th...

Over the years this video has been one of our most popular training videos for new puppy owners. The first version of this video was released in the late 1980's. The video has been expanded and updated several times over the years. Our current version was completed in October 2010. This training video answers all the questions new puppy owners have concerning the care ...

This DVD is 4 hours long. The purpose of this Leerburg training DVD is teach you the art of dog training. It's our goal to show you that dog training is not rocket science it's 100% common sense. There are no "Tricks or Secrets of the Trade." Dog training is is an art that you can learn if your willing to put your mind to it. The best dog trainers know how to build a b...

This DVD is over 4 hours long. The goal of our pack structure training program is to produce a dog that is calm and submissive and a dog that follows the rules of the pack leader. This DVD teaches people how to become a pack leader that their dog respects and loves. Most people are not born pack leaders. In fact far from it. The majority of dog owners (many who have owned...

There are only 4 kinds of training collars: 1- Flat Collars 2- Prong Collars 3- Dominant Dog Collars 4- Remote Collars or Electric Collar In my opinion the remote collar is the most effective dog training tool that has been developed in the past 100 years. Without a doubt our low level stimulation training is 100 times more humane and more effective than us...

This is a handler training video, not a dog training video. It's a video that explains how we raise and socialize our puppies. If you are looking for a video on how to train a working puppy - this is not the video for you. There is a difference between how we raise a working puppy vs. how pet owners raise their dogs. Working puppies are expected to look at their world thr...

The DVD that we sell titled THE POWER OF TRAINING DOGS WITH FOOD is a 3 hour, 45 minute DVD. For the purposes of streaming we have broken that DVD down into 4 chapters. We sell each of these 4 chapters separately. This is chapter one of that DVD. Once a customer has purchased all 4 streaming chapters they will receive a coupon code that allows them to purchase the DVD ...

There are only 4 ways to motivate a dog. Handlers can use food rewards; they can use toy rewards; they can use handler praise; or they can use force to train a dog (which we don't ever recommend). The entire foundation of Michael Ellis's training system is based on marker training where food rewards and toys rewards are used to teach and motivate a dog. Once new dog trai...

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 may come true." Many people don't know how much work it is to raise a high drive dog. The fact is most people are simply not equi...

Mike asks, "Can I start out with the Focused Heeling DVD or do I need the The Power of Training Dogs with Food and The Power of Training Dogs with Tugs DVDs that you did with Leerburg?"

Last week my friend, Michael Ellis, was here at Leerburg. We filmed the next two training DVDs that Michael and I will be doing together. They are Bite Training Puppies and Protection Exercises Handlers Can Train Without a Decoy. While Michael was here we filmed a number of question and answer sessions that customers sent us by emails and on Facebook. The newsletter over the...

The video has detailed step by step training sections. We show exercises that teach helpers footwork for the courage tests and advanced defensive work with dogs. We detail step by step training sequences that all helpers should work through to develop smooth frontal catches. We show the correct way to administer stick hits, both from a technical standpoint and from the judge...

This video clip features one of Michael Ellis's top students training her 12 week old Malinois puppy, Tilly. If you would like to see what's possible using Michael's system I highly recommend watching this video segment. It's inspiring! Part one of two.

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

The photo contest is now closed and here are the winners. Each person won their choice of a Leerburg DVD! See all of the photos from people who have shared their dogs with us. Page 1 | Page 2 |

Engagement is the most important thing you can have with your puppy. Engagement means your puppy wants to be with you and it wants what you have. In this short video you will watch Michael Ellis and a new puppy he just got working with food and toy engagement. April 18, 2011 | 5 Minutes, 13 Seconds

This video is being streamed in HD. You need a high speed, broadband internet connection to view this stream. If you have trouble viewing this video please email ryan@leerburg.com.

It's one thing to train dogs and quite another to train people how to train dogs. In 2009, Michael Ellis started to collaborate with Leerburg to make videos for dog training. He is one of the best sport dog trainer and instructor in the world. This video has 7 parts featuring Ellis giving a lecture.