Leerburg Dog Training Blog

Around this time last year, I coined a term, and a system I called Conversational Leash Work™. The idea behind this approach to leash handling is to utilize the leash to have an entire conversation with the dog, to guide her through her choices and give feedback about those choices both good and bad in […]

When we train with food rewards, we will meet people who tell us how foolish we are for training with FOOD TREATS. We will be told that it is only a matter of time before we ask our dog to do something and we don’t have food with us to reward the dog with and […]

Weight is always something you should be keeping an eye on because it can lead to other health issues. Older dogs are especially susceptible to abnormal weight gain. Weight gain is also more likely to be the sign of another problem in older dogs. The weight can put other stresses on their aging bodies. Here are […]

Dogs do things every day to tell us something. They run to the door when they are ready to go outside. They give us a ball when they want to play. We can usually pick up on what they are trying to tell us by observing their moves. But one thing that is harder to […]