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The Mechanics of Working a Dog in a Bite Suit with Mark Keating

$65.99

The Mechanics of Working a Dog in a Bite Suit with Mark Keating

This is the first of our 2-DVD series with Mark Keating on decoy work. The first DVD, "The Mechanics of Working a Dog in a Suit," is currently available for pre-ordering, and will be completed within the week. The second DVD will be available soon. This series of training DVDs has two purposes: The first is to teach decoys correct and safe training concepts in a bite suit. The second, just as important purpose, is to teach dog handlers exactly what, why, and how a decoy should work a do

2 hr, 19 min

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The Foundation of Nosework with Andrew Ramsey

$37.99

The Foundation of Nosework with Andrew Ramsey

This DVD covers a foundation for nosework with your dog taught by trainer Andrew Ramsey. Nosework is a new dog sport where individuals can train their household pet to detect legal odors. It is 100% motivational training and has absolutely no corrections at any level of work. Training segments for this DVD: -What's Needed to Get Started -Training Lab -Three Nosework Terms -Handler/Trainer Relationship -First Steps of Training -Toy Reward vs. Food Reward -De-sensitizing Your Dog to Tr

3 hr, 33 min

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$38.99

Focused Heeling with Michael Ellis

This is our third in the Michael Ellis series of training DVDs. We feel it's the best one yet. The training information in this video is revolutionary in the world of dog training. Michael's motivational system of training dogs is based in marker training. You can visit the FREE streaming video section of our web site and listen to Michael's 7 part lecture on his method of dog training. The foundation for the work in this focused heeling DVD is covered in the 9 1/2 hours of instruction fea

3 hr, 53 min

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Basic Catches in the Bite Suit with Mark Keating

$44.99

Basic Catches in the Bite Suit with Mark Keating

In the 3rd DVD in our series with Mark Keating, you will learn how to take the targeting skills from the 2nd DVD and apply them into catching dogs. Catching dogs on a suit is the ultimate goal of anyone learning to do decoy work. The skills taught in this DVD will give you insight into how to properly absorb the impact of a dog being sent off leash from a distance. In the DVD, we will cover upper and lower body, as well as front and back catches. This DVD picks up right where the 2nd DVD left of

2 hr, 26 min

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Basic Bite Suit Presentations and Targeting with Mark Keating

$65.99

Basic Bite Suit Presentations and Targeting with Mark Keating

Basic Suit Presentations and Targeting with Mark Keating is the 2nd DVD in our series on decoy work. This DVD picks up right where the first DVD, The Mechanics of Working a Dog in a Bite Suit, left off. After watching the first DVD, you should have a basic understanding of what to do while the dog is biting you. Now that you understand the mechanics of working the dog, you need to know how to present the dog with the right picture so they will bite where you want them to. In this DVD you will le

1 hr, 24 min

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Nosework - Obedience to Odors and Focused Response

$36.99

Nosework - Obedience to Odors and Focused Response

This will be the second training DVD that Leerburg has done on nosework with Andrew Ramsey. Our first DVD covered the foundation of Nosework training. If you don't have that DVD, you can go to our web page for The Foundation of Nosework and see a very detailed outline of what the training video covered. The goal of this training video is to cover Andrew Ramsey's methods for teaching obedience to odor and a focused response. Both of these are very important skills that every detector dog s

1 hr, 26 min

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$38.99

Finishing Work with Michael Ellis

Finishing Work: Reducing the Frequency of Rewards and the Use of Punishment with Michael Ellis DVD This DVD will cover how to prepare your dog for a competition. People have asked, "What kind of competition?" The answer is every type of dog sport competition. This new DVD will teach people who train with markers (conditioned reinforcement) how to wean their dog off food rewards and/or toy rewards in preparation for taking their dog into any dog sport competition. This is an extremely importan

2 hr, 33 min

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Training the Retrieve with Michael Ellis (2010)

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Training the Retrieve with Michael Ellis (2010)

Our new DVD with Michael Ellis was finished on June 18th of 2010. It is at our DVD duplicator and expected to ship in the middle of July. We had hoped to ship it sooner but our June seminar and Mondio Trail at leerburg took more of our time than expected. The DVD is 3 hours long and It is by far the most comprehensive step-by-step training DVD on teaching a dog to retrieve that we have ever seen. It will replace both of our previous retrieval training DVDs. If you are a student of marker t

2 hr, 58 min

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$29.99

Training the Jumps with Michael Ellis

The production of this DVD was finished in December of 2010. It's by far the best step-by-step training video on how to teach your dog to jump that we have ever seen. Michael Ellis' system of dog training has its foundation in marker training (operant conditioning). When Michael teaches the jumps, it is all done through motivational methods, there are no corrections. The foundation for all of Michael's training is covered in The Power of Training Dogs with Food and The Power of Playing Tug wi

2 hr, 55 min

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Training the Send Away with Michael Ellis

$39.99

Training the Send Away with Michael Ellis

The editing on this DVD was finished by Ed Frawley on January 14th, 2011. It is 2 hours and 50 minutes long. The DVD opens with an excellent lecture on the concept and training steps for the send away by Michael Ellis. This lecture was filmed at Michael's school on advanced obedience in California. There is a chapter on working with puppies and a chapter on when to use touch pads vs a toy. There will also be a chapter on training the whistle back (for the ring sports). There is an excellent s

2 hr, 49 min

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Teaching Protection Skills without a Decoy with Michael Ellis

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Teaching Protection Skills without a Decoy with Michael Ellis

Teaching Protection Skills without a decoy is a 2 hour and 55 minute video that has been in the works for about 2 years. For the last 10 years, Michael has given seminars 45 weekends a year. Many of the training groups and clubs that Michael taught did not have access to a regular decoy. Over the years Michael developed this training program that allowed his training groups to practice biting skills while he was gone. Many of the members of these groups have gone on to get Schutzhund and

2 hr, 54 min

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The Foundation of Object Guard Training with Michael Ellis

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The Foundation of Object Guard Training with Michael Ellis

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 sports. In a competition the dog is left alone with an object while the handler moves out of site. When the decoy approaches the dog guarding t

2 hr, 10 min

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$24.99

Protection Training the Beginning

This was one of the very first training DVDs that I did back in the early 1980's. The video was produced from video of a Bernhardt Mannel training seminar. Bernhard was a SV teaching judge. He was one of the first training/instructors to come to this country and teach the prey method of protection dog sports. He was in his early 60's at the time and has sin ce passed away. Bernhard did not speak English and it was difficult to find translators that understood the terminology of the dog spor

1 hr, 50 min

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Bernhard Flinks Protection Seminar At Leerburg

$19.99

Bernhard Flinks Protection Seminar At Leerburg

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Michael Ellis Mondio Ring Seminar (2010)

$29.99

Michael Ellis Mondio Ring Seminar (2010)

Leerburg sponsored a Mondio Ring seminar with Michael Ellis, a Mondio Ring Decoy certification test, and a Mondio Ring trial here at our kennel in 2010. This training video is almost 7 hours long and shows 10 dog teams working with Michael Ellis for the week before the competition to fine-tune their dogs. Michael does an excellent job helping and explaining to the handlers what they need to know and do to tweak their dog's training so they can get the most possible points during their performan

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Michael Ellis Protection Sport Dog Seminar (2009)

$109.99

Michael Ellis Protection Sport Dog Seminar (2009)

Michael Ellis Protection Dog Seminar 14 hours This newly released course has been put together from archived footage filmed during a 2009 Leerburg Michael Ellis seminar held in Menomonie, Wisconsin. This course contains 14 hours of lecture and dog work, the vast majority of which has never been seen before. There are discussions of a variety of protection sports, their differences and the skills necessary for each one. Throughout the seminar, Michael works with multiple handler/dog teams o

14 hr, 0 min

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$29.99

Building Motivation with Michael Ellis

This micro course led by Michael Ellis will cover several topics on building motivation with your dog. You'll learn how to use conditioned reinforcers, when to teach the "Out", and begin mastering operant conditioning including how to modify behavior. If you have already purchased December 2019 Michael Ellis Three Day Workshop, you do not need this course. There are 20 clips totaling to 35 minutes of content to watch. Outline: Introduction Conditioned Reinforcers Building Value in

45 min

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Relationship Building and Ring Entrance Skills with Janice Gunn

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Relationship Building and Ring Entrance Skills with Janice Gunn

This video was filmed live at TNT Training Center in Abbotsford, BC, in March 2013. Janice demonstrates how to build a strong relationship and why this is important for the competition dog. There are many pieces to building a successful relationship and she will share with you what has worked for her. Competition is a team sport between you and your dog; learn what it takes to put those pieces together for a happy and successful journey. You will see Janice put these pieces together with her own

1 hr, 45 min

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The Foundation of Sport Detection with Ericka Duggan

$71.99

The Foundation of Sport Detection with Ericka Duggan

There are a number of new dog sports in America in which dogs are trained to detect non-narcotic odors. These sports have become extremely popular. The training for all nose work requires access to a scent work training lab. If you do not have access to an existing training area, you will need to put one together for yourself. This is not expensive and can be done in the corner of your garage or basement. If you are brand new to scent work it is important that you know this before purchasing thi

6 hr, 56 min

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Problem Solving in the Foundation of Sport Detection

$35.99

Problem Solving in the Foundation of Sport Detection

Ericka Duggan is the head trainer at the Michael Ellis School for Dog Trainers in California and she teaches two separate courses on sport scent detection. Here are the questions covered in this stream: Do you keep your gear outside the area where you potty the dog? How do the dogs know what they’re looking for prior to coming in? What age do we start training? Depending on the dogs food drive, could it be a 30 second session? Do we need to worry about residual odor? Do you not in

4 hr, 23 min

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Developing Your Gun Dog Puppy Using Marker Training with Jim Closson

$54.99

Developing Your Gun Dog Puppy Using Marker Training with Jim Closson

This DVD is designed to help you build a strong foundation for your new gun dog puppy. We believe that building an active, eager, bold, and confident training partner is the first step towards having a great hunting dog. The material is laid out in a simple step-by-step, easy to understand progression. The more you focus on your foundation work now before moving onto more challenging processes, the better off you will be. The program is organized to allow you and your puppy to begin the de

4 hr, 58 min

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$49.99

Heeler's Toolbox III

The Heeler's Toolbox is a series of training videos with a comprehensive curriculum focusing on beginner, intermediate, and advanced obedience skills and techniques essential to any competitive obedience team. This series focuses heavily on both how to teach powerful, precise, and elegant heeling work and why the itemized skills and concepts are a benefit to any serious competitive partnership. The Heeler's Toolbox / Advanced is a five hour streaming video that details the evolution of our fo

5 hr, 5 min

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$53.99

Developing a Problem Solving Puppy

The primary goal for this DVD is to give you the tools to develop the perfect balance between drive and impulse control in your performance dog. Along the way, you will also create a pup that is an active participant in the learning process, i.e: A Problem Solving Puppy! A problem solving puppy looks forward to training, finds you to be the best game in town, and when he/she fails, doesn't deflate, but instead is motivated to solve the problem! Laugh and have fun with your pup while training wit

3 hr, 23 min

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Drive Development for Competition Obedience with Tami McLeod

$53.99

Drive Development for Competition Obedience with Tami McLeod

This video will talk about how to approach dogs with different and varying degrees of drives and temperaments. This is an entry level video designed to teach you the quintessential concepts to maximize your dog's drive for the obedience work, and the initial steps critical for advancement. This video concept is comprised of three main components called "The Three Pillars". The first pillar is teaching to think, the second is building drive association on the field, and the third is conditioni

3 hr, 4 min

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Preparing Your Dog for the Helper with Bernhard Flinks

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Preparing Your Dog for the Helper with Bernhard Flinks

This video was produced in the late 1990's with Bernhard Flinks from Germany. Back then the methods shown in this video were new to most dog trainers. Since then training methods have come a long way. This pay per view video with Bernhard is being offered for its' historical significance. The methods shown work for a very specific type of dog.

4 hr, 1 min

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$5.99

Training the Jumps

This per view video is being offered for its' historical significance. The methods shown work for a very specific type of dog. This video deals with Schutzhund and AKC jump training. We have combined the best training techniques from Schutzhund in Germany, Agility in England and AKC obedience here in America. This video contains training techniques that were filmed in Europe, England, and the United States. The Jumps covered are the bar jump, the high jump, the broad jump, and the inclined wa

1 hr, 32 min

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$65.00

Muzzle Fighting for Police Service Dogs

This training video deals with "Muzzle Fighting" for Police Service Dogs. Working in muzzle is one of the least understood exercises in bite work. In 1985, I produced my first Police Service dog video. In it we covered 10 minutes of muzzle work. Since then we have learned a lot about this training. This new video is 1 Hour and 20 Minutes long and takes the viewer step by step through muzzle fighting. The reason we chose the term "muzzle fighting" is because there is a real difference between

1 hr, 30 min

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$59.99

Building Drive & Focus

This DVD was produced back in 1999 with Bernhard Flinks. Bernhard is a German Police K9 handler. In the past 10 years training concepts and methods have changed. In my opinion marker training (read my free ebook on markers) has taken over the world of dog training and this video does not involve markers. I continue to offer the DVD because it does have merit as a different form of dog training. The majority of the work in this DVD uses a ball-on-string as a reward. Ten years after produ

1 hr, 59 min

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$25.99

Training a Competition Tracking Dog

This tracking dog DVD was filmed over a 3 year period in Germany & America. It is one of the most comprehensive studies ever done on sport tracking (foot step tracking). The tracking video has had rave reviews from a number of different dog training magazines, including Front & Finish. The AKC even requested a copy for their Judge's library. This video uses all motivational methods to teach a dog to track. While we discuss the difference between motivational tracking and forced tracking, w

1 hr, 36 min

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$8.99

Training Personal Protection Dogs

This video assumes a dog has already gone through bite development. This means you and your dog know and understand the material in our bite development tapes and DVDs. This tape provides the information needed to convert a Schutzhund dog or a dog with basic bite training into a Personal Protection Dog. The first portion covers German and English commands used in bite training; followed by discussions on safe equipment and dog handling during bite work; then basic tests for Personal Prote

1 hr, 36 min

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Handler Training for a Schutzhund I Trial

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Handler Training for a Schutzhund I Trial

The purpose of this video is to teach trainers how to handle a dog in a Schutzhund I trial and get the maximum number of points possible. Many times handler errors, and not dog errors result in points being lost at a competition. Many times it is handler errors that make the difference between the high scoring dog and the number two placed dog. There are times a dog fails a competition when it could have passed if the handler had only done something a little differently. This video is dedicat

1 hr, 47 min

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Learning How to Lay a Training Track for Police Tracking Dogs and Search & Rescue Dogs

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Learning How to Lay a Training Track for Police Tracking Dogs and Search & Rescue Dogs

The hardest part about training a police tracking dog is finding track layers. Every time you ask a new person to lay tracks you have to go through the same ritual. You explain all of the basics and all of the terminology for what needs to be done. This video is designed to train your track layer. We cover how to walk a straight leg, double laying tracks, kicking corners, marking high to low vegetation, marking road crossings, marking fence crossings, and where to lay articles, along with

55 min

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Training Techniques for the French Ring Sport

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Training Techniques for the French Ring Sport

The French Ring Sport is an exciting working dog sport that has come from France. Through it we are exposed to the cutting edge of bite work training. The French Ring Sport is one of the most demanding working dog sports there is. The French helpers are the most INTENSE in the world. If a dog can work against a good French helper he can work against any helper, any place, anytime. The French have developed leg biting into an art form. We show how they break leg bites into incremental parts

1 hr, 46 min

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Training the Schutzhund Trial Helper

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 judges viewpoint. Throughout the tape we stress that good helper techniques result in safer work for the dog. Poor helpers h

1 hr, 58 min

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$18.99

Training the New Schutzhund Helper

This video is intended for the person that has never done agitation or helper work before. If you have a friend, relative or club member that wants to learn how to take bites, this tape is the place to start. It is not a dog training tape, it is a people training tape. It begins with selecting the type of dogs to use on new helpers. There is also a short section on the equipment that is needed for this training. The video begins by teaching the new helper how to take escape bites. The esca

1 hr, 5 min

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Tracking Dog Training for Police and Search & Rescue

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Tracking Dog Training for Police and Search & Rescue

There are 2 types of tracking, "foot step tracking" and "tracking thru drive." Foot step tracking is taught with food and a ball. It is designed for sport dogs. Tracking thru drive is designed for service dogs. Here the dog is taught to follow the track at a dead run and there is always a man at the end of every track. Tracking thru drive is the only way to train a police service dog. If you are a K-9 officer who trains his service dog with food & a ball you already know that you only catch 3

2 hr, 5 min

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$48.99

Urban & Suburban Tracking

This 2 hour video was also done with the RCMP. In it we train a dog to track in a suburban and urban environment. In Level 1 Tracking (Video 205) we taught the dog to track in the country. The reason all police dogs must first learn to track in the country is because the country is relatively distraction free. We actually teach the dog to track in the country and then use a large part of the Level II & III teaching the dog to deal with the distractions of the city. In this video the dogs lear

2 hr, 5 min

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$19.99

The First Steps of Defense

Defensive dog training is the most misunderstood area of protection training. This is evident by going to any Schutzhund trial or looking at half of the Police Service dogs in this country. This training video is intended to help new (and old) trainers alike. Many experienced trainers get caught up in traditional sport dog training, which is weak in the defensive areas of training. This video will help all trainers recognize and get a dog started in the training of its defensive drive. The go

1 hr, 46 min

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Training Building Search for Police Service Dogs

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Training Building Search for Police Service Dogs

One of the most dangerous tasks that any K9 handler faces is a felony building search. Training a police service dog to search buildings is also one of the most difficult jobs that every K9 handler faces. This police K9 training DVD was done with the help of Kevin Sheldahl. Kevin is an International Police Dog Judge for WPO, DPO and PSP. He is also a full time K9 handler and head of K9 training for a large Sheriff’s Department in the South West. The goal of our video is to show new polic

2 hr, 1 min

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Tactical Training with Police Service Dogs

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Tactical Training with Police Service Dogs

Police canine training programs need to simulate actual street situations. In this 1 hour and 33 minute video, we set up a number of common scenarios that have actually happened with Canine Teams. We show what happens when the average Police Service Dog is placed in these situations. We recommend several changes to training programs that will compensate for past mistakes. You will see how these changes result in a safer situation for the officers and their dogs. When a Canine Handler responds

1 hr, 41 min

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$24.99

Hard Surface Tracking

This video deals with hard surface tracking (HST). In this video, you are going be able to see what can be accomplished with the right dog and the right training. The dogs in this video were filmed at the Nunspeet and Rotterdam Police Dog Schools in Holland. The instructors in these two schools are some of the best trainers in the world at hard surface tracking. Handlers that have never trained or never seen a good hard surface tracking dog are going to see some excellent tracking dogs in thi

1 hr, 12 min

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$19.99

Police Service Dog Training

This video assumes you understand the basics of bite training. If you have never trained a protection dog - we recommend you first purchase our video "The First Steps of Bite Training" or "Training Personal Protection Dogs." Many police departments waste thousands of dollars in officer training time with dogs that should never have been selected as a patrol dog. Our tape on training a police service dog shows how to test a dog to determine if it has the necessary drive to do police work. Some do

1 hr, 40 min

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$8.99

Schutzhund the Dog Sport

This video is intended to educate the viewer on what the sport of Schutzhund is all about. You will learn how the sport was formed and why Schutzhund is the reason German bloodline dogs are so much better than American dogs. There is a section detailing the origins and the history of Schutzhund and a section explaining the various Schutzhund titles. Much of this video was filmed in Germany. The image quality of this streaming video is nowhere near the quality it was when it was originally filme

1 hr, 3 min

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$49.99

The First Steps of Bite Training

In 1983 I produced my first bite training video titled "Protection Training the Beginning with Bernhard Mannel." In the 13 years that followed I learned so much more about protection training that I was forced to update that old video and pass this new information on to my customers. This is being done through this new training tape "The First Steps of Bite Training."

1 hr, 55 min

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Michael Ellis Theory on the Foundation of Protection Training Dogs

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Michael Ellis' Theory on the Foundation of Protection Training Dogs

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 how these techniques should not be used on a dog with a different temperament. Michael explains why he trains dogs for a

1 hr, 28 min

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$12.99

Training the Retrieve -Bernhard Flinks

Training the motivational retrieve has evolved over the past 20 years. This video was produced in the late 1990's with Bernhard Flinks from Germany. Back then the methods shown in this video were new to most dog trainers. The kind of dogs suited to the motivational retrieve are those dogs that do well on Bernhard's drive building work. These are dogs that have good prey drive. A dog must have prey drive if it is to MAKE THE DEAL with the handler. I have to say that not all dogs can be trai

1 hr, 40 min

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$17.99

Mondioring

The Mondioring sport translates into "WORLD RING." It is a combination of the French Ring Sport, the Belgian Ring Sport, the KNPV, and Schutzhund. It originated as a result of a desire for a dog sport that all the people of Europe could compete in. The sport is difficult for Schutzhund dogs, and KNPV dogs. The reason is that the Belgian Ring is much more intense and the French helpers are the finest in the world. His video was filmed in Tourni, Belgium. Tourni is on the French border near Lil

1 hr, 29 min

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