Leerburg's 289 Dog Training Articles (List)
In The Home
Living With Your Dog
- Troubleshooting Housetraining Problems with Your Dog
- How to Housebreak Your Puppy
- Preventing Dog Bites in Children
- Introducing a New Dog into a Home with Other Dogs
- Introducing Dogs or Puppies into Homes with Cats
- Can I Introduce My Baby to an Aggressive Dog?
- Introducing Dogs and Babies
- How to Have Your New Puppy Play with Kids
- I Have a New Puppy. What Do I Need?
- 5 Tips on Dealing with High Energy Dogs
- Leerburg's Rescue Program
- I Just Adopted a Dog from the Shelter. What Do I Need?
Pack Structure
- The Groundwork to Establishing Pack Structure with Adult Dogs
- The Groundwork to Becoming Your Puppy's Pack Leader
- Pack Behavior in Dogs
- Introducing a New Dog into a Home with Other Dogs
- Introducing Dogs or Puppies into Homes with Cats
- My Dog is Dog Aggressive: What Can I Do About It?
- Dog Parks: Why They Are a Bad Idea
Dogs & Kids
- How to Manage Children Around Dogs
- Dog Growls and What They Mean For Your Child
- Introducing Dogs and Babies
- Preventing Dog Bites in Children
- Can I Introduce My Baby to an Aggressive Dog?
- How to Have Your New Puppy Play with Kids
- Dog Bite and Dog Attack Photos (Warning: Contains Graphic Photos)
- Dog Bite and Dog Attack Photos - Page 2 (Warning: Contains Graphic Photos)
- Dog Bite and Dog Attack Photos - Page 3 (Warning: Contains Graphic Photos)
- Rotts Kill 11-Year-Old Boy: The Sabine Davidson Murder Trial
Obedience
Obedience & Marker Training
- Leerburg's Recall Course
- In Reward-Based Training, is it Aversive to say 'NO' to a Dog?
- The Power of Training Dogs with Markers
- Using Treats in Your Dog Training
- When Do I Stop Using Food Rewards?
- Sustained Engagement is Not Easy
- Setting Reinforcement Schedules with Your Dog
- Petco and PetSmart All-Positive Dog Training Classes are a Scam
- Important Terminology You Should Know When Training Basic Dog Obedience
- How Guide Dogs Know Where To Go
- A Primer on Guide Dog Etiquette
- Q&A with an Experienced Guide Dog Handler
- A History of Guide Dogs
- Equipment Used in Basic Dog Obedience
- Should I Buy a Puppy for Personal Protection?
- Learned Helplessness vs. All-Positive Training: Opposite Ends of the Dog Training Spectrum
- The Rules of Play
- Environment Will Influence Your Dog's Behavior
- Training the Non-Biting Dog to Bark at the Door
- The Value of Markers in Training
- Ed Frawley's Philosophy of Dog Training
- The Theory of Motivation in Dog Training
- The Problem with All-Positive Training
Remote Collar Work
- The Evolution of Working Levels in Remote Collar Training
- We Need to Admit a Mistake
- The Evolution of Training Methods Used to Control Dog Aggression with Electric Collars
- Ed Frawley on Remove Collars vs. Animal Rights Extremists
Aggression
Dominance and Aggression
- My Red Heeler Can't Be Around My Beagles Without Trying to Kill Them
- The Groundwork to Establishing Pack Structure with Adult Dogs
- Dealing with the Dominant Dog
- How to Deal with the Overly Aggressive Dog
- My Dog is Dog Aggressive: What Can I Do About It?
- How to Break Up a Dog Fight Without Getting Hurt
- Understanding Fight Drive or Competitive Aggression: What is it?
- Dog Fights and Leerburg's Dominant Dog Collars Don't Go Together
- 'Your Video on Breaking Up Dog Fights Saved My Life'
- Dog Parks: Why They Are a Bad Idea
- When Should You Call the Police About Your Neighbor's Aggressive Dogs
- Why You Shouldn't Own a Personal Protection Dog (Warning: Contains Graphic Photos)
- The Evolution of Training Methods Used to Control Dog Aggression with Electric Collars
- Should I Send My Dog to Boot Camp?
- What Would I Do If Attacked By a Dog?
- Pack Behavior in Dogs
- Raising Two Pups at a Time: Why It's a Bad Idea
- Dog Bite and Dog Attack Photos (Warning: Contains Graphic Photos)
- Dog Bite and Dog Attack Photos - Page 2 (Warning: Contains Graphic Photos)
- Dog Bite and Dog Attack Photos - Page 3 (Warning: Contains Graphic Photos)
- Rotts Kill 11-Year-Old Boy: The Sabine Davidson Murder Trial
- The Use of Breaker Bars in Dog Fights
Behavioral Problems
- My Rhodesian Ridgeback is Very Reactive
- My Dog Guards His Food Bowl
- My Dog Eats Rocks - What to Do?
- Q&A's on Behavior Problems (Anxiety, Fear Aggression, Etc.)
- How to Stop Your Dog From Breaking Out of the Crate
- Pack Behavior in Dogs
- Raising Two Pups at a Time: Why It's a Bad Idea
- Troubleshooting Housetraining Problems with Your Dog
- Dog Bite and Dog Attack Photos (Warning: Contains Graphic Photos)
- Dog Bite and Dog Attack Photos - Page 2 (Warning: Contains Graphic Photos)
- Dog Bite and Dog Attack Photos - Page 3 (Warning: Contains Graphic Photos)
- How to Break Up a Dog Fight Without Getting Hurt
- Dealing with the Dominant Dog
- How to Deal with the Overly Aggressive Dog
- My Dog is Dog Aggressive: What Can I Do About It?
- Rotts Kill 11-Year-Old Boy: The Sabine Davidson Murder Trial
Dog Bites
- Dog Bite and Dog Attack Photos (Warning: Contains Graphic Photos)
- Dog Bite and Dog Attack Photos - Page 2 (Warning: Contains Graphic Photos)
- Dog Bite and Dog Attack Photos - Page 3 (Warning: Contains Graphic Photos)
- How to Break Up a Dog Fight Without Getting Hurt
- Why You Shouldn't Own a Personal Protection Dog (Warning: Contains Graphic Photos)
- What Would I Do If Attacked By a Dog?
- Rotts Kill 11-Year-Old Boy: The Sabine Davidson Murder Trial
Puppy Articles
Puppy Training
- How to Housebreak Your Puppy
- The Groundwork to Becoming Your Puppy's Pack Leader
- How to Socialize Your New Puppy
- Training Puppies Not to Bite
- The Art of Redirecting Your Puppy
- New Puppy Essentials
- I Have a New Puppy. What Do I Need?
- Who Pets Your Puppy?
- Raising Two Pups at a Time: Why It's a Bad Idea
- Diarrhea in Puppies: What Causes It and What To Do With It
- Troubleshooting Housetraining Problems with Your Dog
- A Guide To Selecting a Breeder and a Puppy
- Bernhard Flinks Puppy Test Evaluation for Police or Sport Dogs
- Bernhard Flinks Puppy Selection Scoresheet
- Vaccinosis: Do Your Research Before You Vaccinate
- Should I Neuter My Dog?
Breeding & Whelping
- Bottle Feeding Puppies: Homemade Puppy Formula Recipe
- Save a Puppy's Life
- Treating a Sick Newborn Puppy
- Rags in Whelping Boxes are Puppy Killers
- When Will My Female Come Into Season?
- Reading Vaginal Smears to Determine When to Breed
- Using Blood Progesterone Levels to Determine the Day to Breed
- A Guide To Selecting a Breeder and a Puppy
- What I Look For In a Brood Bitch After Breeding Over 300 Litters
- Long-Haired German Shepherds
- German Shepherd Colors
- Balance Problems With the American Show German Shepherd
- Build Your Own Bloodline Through a Foster Home Program
- Developing a Set of Breeding Goals
- German Bloodline Dogs vs. American Bloodline Dogs
- A Conversation with Karl Fuller About His HGH German Shepherds
- A Well-Organized Leerburg Whelping Room
- A Tour of the Leerburg Kennel Facility and Tips on Building Your Own Kennel
- Whelping Chart
Where to Start
- I Have a New Puppy. What Do I Need?
- I Just Adopted a Dog from the Shelter. What Do I Need?
- I Have a New Police Service Dog. What Do I Need?
Working Dog Articles
Police Service Dogs
- Why We Don't Need a Metal Bar on the Front of Leerburg's Leather Police Muzzle
- So You Think You Want To Be A Police Dog Handler?
- The K-9 Tactical Release
- My Dog Won't Out
- Understanding Fight Drive or Competitive Aggression: What is it?
- Vocabulary Among Dog Trainers: A Nearly Un-navigable Terrain
- Use of Force with a Patrol K-9 and the Importance of Verbal Release
- Suit Work for Police Dogs
- What Should You Expect from a Bonafide Police Dog Instructor?
- I Have a New Police Service Dog. What Do I Need?
- Training the Working Dog, Being a K-9 Handler
- The Importance of Finding a Legitimate K-9 Instructor for Training Your Police Service Dog
- Police K9 Decoy Work and New Course
- What to Expect in a Quality Basic K-9 Handler Course
- The Essentials of a Canine Program
- Tracking Problems: Police Tracking Dog Overshoots Corners
- On Compulsion and Inducements: The Why for Each in Police Dog Training
- Behind closed kennels: The secret life of a K-9 handler
- A K-9 Handler Selection Process
- The Case for Compulsion in K-9 Training and Deployment
- Jail Dogs: Training Law-Enforcement Canines for Detention Detail
- Lessons Learned on a Rural Manhunt
- The German Shepherd as a Police Service Dog
- Selection Testing for the Police Service Dog
- Police Service Dogs: The Bark and Hold
- The Relationship Between the Helper and Dog in the Initial Stages of the Bark & Hold
- Problem Solving in Training the Police Bark & Hold
- Training the Call Back for Police K9 Work
- In Memory of Our Narcotics Dog: Gabby Has a Dream
- Why Police Departments Drop Their K9 Programs
- Accidental Bites and Poor Handling in K-9 Training
- The Use of the Stick in Police Dog Training: Sport Trainers vs. Service Dog Trainers
- The Importance of Fight Drive in Building Searches
- Will My Protection Trained Dog Be Safe With My Family?
- Can I Train My Own Dog in Bite Work? Understanding the Drives of Protection Training
- How Thresholds, Nerves, and Interaction in Drives Affect Protection Training
- Fight Drive in Dogs
- A List of Drives in Protection Work
- How To Size Your Dog's Muzzle
- How to Fit a Prong Collar
Search & Rescue Dogs
- S&R Dogs Through the Eyes of a Retired RCMP Dog Handler
- Tracking Articles on S&R Tracks
- S&R - Working Dogs and Dead Bodies
Tracking Dogs
- Evidence Along the Track - Practical Tracking for the LEO (Part 2)
- A Logical Approach - Practical Tracking for the LEO (Part 1)
- Tracking Problems: Police Tracking Dog Overshoots Corners
- Training Police Tracking Dogs - Tracking Through Drive vs. Foot Step Tracking
- Tracking Through Drive - America vs. Canada
- Service Dog Tracking Problems
- Training 90-Degree Corners in Sport Tracking
- Lessons Learned on a Rural Manhunt
- S&R Dogs Through the Eyes of a Retired RCMP Dog Handler
- The Tracking Line is a Means of Communication Between You and Your Dog—Not Just a Rope
- Physical Fitness for Tracking Dog Handlers
- Tracking Articles on S&R Tracks
- The Tracking Wall and How to Get Over It
- Hard Surface Tracking With the Rotterdam Police
- Training Scent Identification Work with Dogs in Holland
- Blood Tracking
- Bloodhounds: The Myth and Fiction about Their Tracking Abilities
- Bloodhounds & Baloney
Detection Dogs
- What is a DOUBLE BLIND Search in Detector Training, Tracking, and S&R?
- Dangers of Detecting Fentanyl and Explosives in K9 Training
- Detection Dog Training: Controversy?
- The Timeline of Behaviors for a K9 and Handler in a Detector Canine Sniff
- Training Detector Dogs for Law Enforcement: The Pizza Method or the One-Odor Method?
- Bomb Dog Training Aid Evaluation: ScentLogix™
- Commentary & Response to Kevin Sheldahl's ScentLogix™ Evaluation
- Drug Interdiction on the Highways of Western Wisconsin
- In Memory of Our Narcotics Dog: Gabby Has a Dream
- Training Scent Identification Work with Dogs in Holland
- What is Nosework?
Dog Sports Articles
Ring Sports
- Breaking Down the 'Go Out' Exercise
- The Difference Between a 'Trial Decoy' and a 'Training Decoy' in Biting Dog Sports or Police Service Work
- My Dog Won't Out
- What is Mondioring?
- Recap of the 2016 Mondioring Nationals
- My First Mondioring Trial
- The Exercises and Scores in the Belgian Ring Sport
- Why You Shouldn't Train Defense Drive Before Prey Drive
- Can I Train My Own Dog in Bite Work? Understanding the Drives of Protection Training
- How Thresholds, Nerves, and Interaction in Drives Affect Protection Training
- Fight Drive in Dogs
- A List of Drives in Protection Work
Schutzhund/IPO
- American Schutzhund: The Three Phases
- American Schutzhund: Continuing to Grow and Continuing Forward!
- American Schutzhund: Something Old, Something New, Something American!
- The Difference Between a 'Trial Decoy' and a 'Training Decoy' in Biting Dog Sports or Police Service Work
- Breaking Down the 'Go Out' Exercise
- My Dog Won't Out
- Terms Used in Protection Dog Training
- What is Schutzhund?
- The Difference Between Schutzhund and KNPV
- Why You Shouldn't Train Defense Drive Before Prey Drive
- Can I Train My Own Dog in Bite Work? Understanding the Drives of Protection Training
- How Thresholds, Nerves, and Interaction in Drives Affect Protection Training
- Fight Drive in Dogs
- A List of Drives in Protection Work
- Understanding Your German 'SV' Pedigrees
- List of German, French, Czech, & Hungarian Working Dog Commands
KNPV
- The Difference Between a 'Trial Decoy' and a 'Training Decoy' in Biting Dog Sports or Police Service Work
- The Difference Between Schutzhund and KNPV
- The Stick Attack (Stokstellen)
- The KNPV: A Dutchman's View
- Training the 'Small Article Search' in KNPV
- Training the 'Guard the Article' in KNPV
- Training the 'Guard the Large Article' Exercise in KNPV
- Food Refusal in KNPV
- Can I Train My Own Dog in Bite Work? Understanding the Drives of Protection Training
- Terms Used in Protection Dog Training
- How Thresholds, Nerves, and Interaction in Drives Affect Protection Training
- Fight Drive in Dogs
- A List of Drives in Protection Work
Scent Work / Nosework
Other Dog Sports
- Introducing the Hold Exercise in the Retrieve
- Breaking Down the 'Go Out' Exercise
- More on the State of the Biting Dog Sports and the Working Dog
- Thoughts About the Current State of Biting Dog Sports and Working Dogs
- Training Detector Dogs for Law Enforcement: The Pizza Method or the One-Odor Method?
- How I Went into East Germany in 1988 (Before the Wall Came Down) to Film Dog Events
- Will My Protection Trained Dog Be Safe With My Family?
- Agility Dog Training with Peter Lewis
- American Controversy over German Sheep Herding
- A Conversation with Karl Fuller About His HGH German Shepherds
Miscellaneous Articles
Food & Nutrition
- Feeding a Raw Diet
- All-Natural Diets for Dogs
- All-Natural Kibble Alternatives if You Can't Feed a Raw Diet
- Foods That Are Toxic to Dogs
- How Allergies Affect Dogs and Other Pets
- Poison-Proofing Your Dog
Health
- When To Fire Your Dog's Vet
- Should I Spay My Female Dog?
- Many Vets Don't Deserve Your Respect or Your Business
- Holistic Vets By State
- Feeding a Raw Diet
- Save a Puppy's Life
- The Importance of Good Positioning on Canine Hip X-Rays
- What is Panosteitis?
- Vaccinosis: Do Your Research Before You Vaccinate
- Neutering Male Dogs: Should You or Shouldn't You
- How Allergies Affect Dogs and Other Pets
- Cleaning Your Dog's Ears
- Foods That Are Toxic to Dogs
- Plants That Are Toxic to Dogs
- Taping German Shepherd Ears
- Setaria, The Cereal Dog Killer
- Poison-Proofing Your Dog
- Leerburg's Skunk Cocktail - How to De-skunk Your Dog
- Death of a Dream
- New Tools in the War Against Tick Borne Disease
- Canine Ear Hematomas
Pet Loss & Grief
- Death of a Dream
- How Do You Decide that Today is the Day to Put Your Best Friend to Sleep?
- The Rainbow Bridge
- The Power of the Dog
Equipment
- Equipment Used in Basic Dog Obedience
- Why You Should Use a Backup Collar When Training with a Prong Collar
- How to Fit a Prong Collar
- How To Size Your Dog's Muzzle
- Dogs That Break out of Crates
- The Evolution of Training Methods Used to Control Dog Aggression with Electric Collars
- How to Select a Muzzle for Your Dog
- Muzzle Warning (Warning: Graphic Photos)
- Should I Use a Prong Collar on My Dog?
- Are Invisible Fences Effective?
Dog Kennels
- A Tour of the Leerburg Kennel Facility and Tips on Building Your Own Kennel
- My Outside Puppy Runs: Good and Bad Points
- Spruce Up That Backyard
- Doghouse Dimensions for Dogs of Various Sizes
- Dogs That Break out of Crates
- A Guide To Selecting a Breeder and a Puppy
Leerburg Articles
- Recap of Michael Ellis 2021 3-Day Seminar
- The Death of Dog Training DVDs
- Leerburg's Evolution into Online Dog Training
- How I Went into East Germany in 1988 (Before the Wall Came Down) to Film Dog Events
- Stereotypes and Bigotry Have No Place in Our Business
- How I Started Leerburg
- About Michael Ellis
- Social Media & Dog Training: Wading Through the Swamp of Information
- The Notes Feature on Our Online Streaming Dog Training DVDs
- The History of Ed Frawley and Leerburg
