In today's video, we will break into the middle of a training session in which Michael is helping our friend, Pat, with her young German Shepherd. Michael is helping Pat train positions (sit, down and stand) when her dog starts to misbehave - j...

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...

This is video of our friend, Roni Hoff, training her competition GSD Tobi in the spring of 2008. At the time Toby was a Sch 2 and in 2009 he will get his Sch 3 and compete in the Schutzhund Nationals. Toby is an excellent dog, but then you can...

The majority of dog owners only use their leash when taking their dog for a walk. A large number of those people are being pulled down the street each and every time they attempt to walk their dog. No one enjoys this experience, which is why we ha...

Several times a year Michael Ellis gives an advanced obedience class at his school for dog trainers in California. This short video is of Michael helping one of his students learn how to train her small, food motivated dog to heel. It's an excelle...

PART 2 The image quality of this streaming video is nowhere near the quality it was when it was originally filmed. It is also nowhere near the quality of our current Leerburg training DVDs. Many of the older dog shows and competitions were ...

PART 2 This video was filmed by the SV video company (Rei Vision). Rei Vision has not video taped many of the sheep herding trials because of the expense of producing a professional video such as this. Karl Fuller won this competition with 9...

New trainers who want to train their dog motivationally need to learn how to change their dog's state of mind so that the dog wants to be with them and the dog must want what the handler has. This is called getting engagement in their dog. When a ...

This is the latest in Leerburg's series of training videos done with Michael Ellis. It is a training video that follows Michael's curriculum for his course on Motivation and Play at his school for dog trainers in California. If you're interest...

When I am sure my puppy knows a command, and he does it 99 times, but refuses to do it the 100th time, do I give a negative marker (of NO) or do I just repeat the command and lure him into a sit? This puppy knows exactly what a sit is, but sometim...

This video is a short lecture by Michael Ellis, at a Leerburg seminar, explaining why it is so important to reward your dog correctly while training the dog to heel.

Training a perfect down from a sit without the dog creeping is not as simple as it may sound. Michael Ellis has evolved his training over the years and found a very effective, systematic way to train the positions. Through Michael's system, you wi...