Last week, Leerburg hosted a police K9 tracking seminar with Kevin Sheldahl. The seminar is currently being converted into an online training course that will be available soon through the Leerburg Online University.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW CORSE Welcome to An Introduction to Dog Training with Jeff Frawley! Jeff has been completely immersed in dog training and the dog sport community, as well as police service dog community since the day he was born. He has work...

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...

Earlier this week, Leerburg vice president, Jeff Frawley, took some time out of his day to work with our local K9 handlers. This video shows a few of the highlights of that training. We are very fortunate to have a great group of handlers and dog...

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

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

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 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!

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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

In this video Michael Ellis is working with dog PI. In this video Michael is demonstrating what Michael calls "FIND THE LEFT LEG" - this work comes rioght out of the DVD that Michael and Ed Frawley did titled FOCUSED HEELING WITH MICHAEL ELLIS. ...

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...

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

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 8 minute lecture is taken directly from the last Chapter of Michael Ellis’ new DVD, Raising Your Puppy - Developing an Active Training Partner. While aversives are not used in the training throughout the DVD, we felt it necessary to cover ...

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 ...

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...

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...

Ed Frawley discusses how to start from the beginning of Michael Ellis' training system with a dog that has had other training in the past.

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...

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...

This video was taken directly from Michael Ellis’ puppy development class at his school for dog trainers in Northern California. In the video, Michael is working on restrained recalls with a young Malinois puppy. A small mishap with the recall ...

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...

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...

Those of you who have been to the Michael Ellis' School for dog trainers already know how easily Michael can get on a tangent when it comes to dog training topics or conversation. In this episode of in the classroom with Michael Ellis, a question ...

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...

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,...

Michael Ellis explains what type of biting toy he uses on his puppies and young dogs. MIchael explains what kind of toy to use to train your dog to OUT. The video was filmed in a puppy classat Michaels school in CA.