This is the second in the series of streaming videos on how we raise our puppies here at Leerburg. We use ExPens for a large part of our house training process. In the first video, we talked about why we use ExPens. In this video, we explain how w...

It's one thing to train dogs and quite another to train people how to train dogs. In 2009, Michael Ellis started to collaborate with Leerburg to make videos for dog training. He is one of the best sport dog trainer and instructor in the world. Thi...

Engagement is the most important thing you can have with your puppy. Engagement means your puppy wants to be with you and it wants what you have. In this short video you will watch Michael Ellis and a new puppy he just got working with food and to...

My puppy doesn't seem to have much food or toy drive. I have seen both of her parents and they both have excellent prey drive. What can I do about this?

For many dogs, the doorbell is a trigger for many unwanted behaviors. Barking, rushing the door and jumping are just a few examples. In this short video, Ryan demonstrates how to begin to teach your dog to go to their bed at the sound of the doorb...

We feel the touch pad is one of the most useful, if not the most useful behavior we can teach our dogs. For many of us, formal training begins with the touch pad. It has many practical aspects that are easy to transition into real life, as well as...

Watch the first two minutes of Training the Recall with Michael Ellis. In this short video Michael will explain what will be covered in the DVD as well as what your training expectations should be. This DVD will be released soon.

A short lecture on Escape Avoidance training as it relates to remote collars vs prong or choke collar.

This short training video shows a fun game to introduce your puppy or adult dog to impulse control without using any force. I have included 2 of our young dogs (just under a year of age) and our 9 year old Corgy being exposed to the shell game ...

This short video explains why Cindy and I love and use the Wing-a-Ball as a reward in our training. You will learn when you can add a ball on a sting in your training program and you will learn when not to use a ball on a string in your training. ...

Mark Keating is a skilled ring decoy who is helping train my son, Jeff, who is an E6 in the Army, how to become a decoy. Mark breeds working Malinois, Presas and Poodles. I recommend you watch this video of Mark's 16 week old Poodle doing clicker ...

The very first behavior you learn in our Intermediate Dog Obedience online course and DVD is the “Look”. This basically means when you ask your dog to look, he/she stops what it is doing and looks up into your face. This clip is taken from ...