Regardless of your ultimate training goals, everything must start with how we raise our puppies. How do we interact with them at a young age while they learn what is appropriate behavior? How do we teach our young dogs how to live in our home? How do we develop the drives needed to train in specific disciplines? In this DVD, world-renowned dog trainer, Michael Ellis, will teach you exactly how he does just that.
The DVD starts off with how to select and pick your next puppy. From there, we will dive straight into bringing your puppy home, management, and socialization. Michael covers everything including how to set up your home, how to prepare your puppy for veterinary visits, and how to successfully live with a working dog in your home. A common misconception in the dog training world is that working dogs cannot live in your home and still perform at the highest level. Michael will dispel that myth with personal experience and examples. You will also learn how to introduce the home to your dog and separate it from the rest of their formal training regimen.
Management and Socialization are probably the two most important aspects of puppy development. By implementing good management techniques, you will create a dog that understands what rules and expectations are expected to be followed. The socialization methods taught in this DVD are going to teach you how to develop a dog who is confident and able to work in any environment under distractions.
By understanding and identifying early developmental periods, you are going to be able to set your puppy up for success by preventing unwanted behavioral issues. This is all done by implementing proper management and socialization routines. However, first you must understand what to look for at specific times within your puppy’s critical developmental periods.
You will learn to begin using engagement techniques with your puppy at a very young age. This is going to allow you to develop an adult dog that wants to be with you and wants what you have. During our engagement work, we will begin the first step in our recall training process. This step is the restrained recall. This simple training exercise has countless benefits to our relationship with our dog and the quality of our formal recall later down the road. By the end of the DVD, Michael will also teach you the next several steps toward training a solid recall command.
In the second half of the DVD, Michael will cover how to begin training behaviors and develop necessary drives. Using operant and classical conditioning, you will learn the basic learning theory behind Michael’s entire training methodology. From there, you will learn how to apply that theory into a marker training system. Michael will teach how to shape 2 basic behaviors using luring. This work will transfer straight into Michael’s core DVD, The Power of Training dogs with Food.
Developing play drive is an import part of our puppy’s development. When developed properly as a puppy, utilizing play as a reward with our adult dogs has huge benefits to the quality of our training. Not only our ability to use it as high value rewards, but also our ability to keep our dog’s attention through extremely difficult distractions. The play chapter in this DVD is extensive. You will learn food play techniques, toy play techniques, and restrained play techniques. You are also going to learn how each of these techniques play on each other to create a finished product of an adult dog who not only loves to play as a reward, but also understands the rules of play and how to play with their handler. You will learn how to transfer food games into tugging games, how to back chain retrieving behavior from tugging behavior, and how to use restraint to build drive and muscle memory.
Our original goal for Michael Ellis’ puppy DVD was to create a shorter, 2-3 hour DVD on simple management techniques. However, once the project got underway, we quickly realized there was far too much that we wanted to cover. We ended up with a 2-disk set containing just shy of 7 hours of training material. This DVD is going to give you the training skills you need to develop your puppy into an active training partner.
DVD Chapters:
How to Pick a Puppy
Bringing the Puppy Home
Management
Socialization
Critical Developmental Periods
Handling Skills
Redirection
Learning Theory
Engagement & Restrained Recalls
Luring
Behavior Creation
Play
Environmental Conditioning
Recall Progression
Aversives with Puppies
Where to go from Here
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Regardless of your ultimate training goals, everything must start with how we raise our puppies. How do we interact with them at a young age while they learn what is appropriate behavior? How do we teach our young dogs how to live in our home? How do we develop the drives needed to train in specific disciplines? In this DVD, world-renowned dog trainer, Michael Ellis, will teach you exactly how he does just that.
The DVD starts off with how to select and pick your next puppy. From there, we will dive straight into bringing your puppy home, management, and socialization. Michael covers everything including how to set up your home, how to prepare your puppy for veterinary visits, and how to successfully live with a working dog in your home. A common misconception in the dog training world is that working dogs cannot live in your home and still perform at the highest level. Michael will dispel that myth with personal experience and examples. You will also learn how to introduce the home to your dog and separate it from the rest of their formal training regimen.
Management and Socialization are probably the two most important aspects of puppy development. By implementing good management techniques, you will create a dog that understands what rules and expectations are expected to be followed. The socialization methods taught in this DVD are going to teach you how to develop a dog who is confident and able to work in any environment under distractions.
By understanding and identifying early developmental periods, you are going to be able to set your puppy up for success by preventing unwanted behavioral issues. This is all done by implementing proper management and socialization routines. However, first you must understand what to look for at specific times within your puppy’s critical developmental periods.
You will learn to begin using engagement techniques with your puppy at a very young age. This is going to allow you to develop an adult dog that wants to be with you and wants what you have. During our engagement work, we will begin the first step in our recall training process. This step is the restrained recall. This simple training exercise has countless benefits to our relationship with our dog and the quality of our formal recall later down the road. By the end of the DVD, Michael will also teach you the next several steps toward training a solid recall command.
In the second half of the DVD, Michael will cover how to begin training behaviors and develop necessary drives. Using operant and classical conditioning, you will learn the basic learning theory behind Michael’s entire training methodology. From there, you will learn how to apply that theory into a marker training system. Michael will teach how to shape 2 basic behaviors using luring. This work will transfer straight into Michael’s core DVD, The Power of Training dogs with Food.
Developing play drive is an import part of our puppy’s development. When developed properly as a puppy, utilizing play as a reward with our adult dogs has huge benefits to the quality of our training. Not only our ability to use it as high value rewards, but also our ability to keep our dog’s attention through extremely difficult distractions. The play chapter in this DVD is extensive. You will learn food play techniques, toy play techniques, and restrained play techniques. You are also going to learn how each of these techniques play on each other to create a finished product of an adult dog who not only loves to play as a reward, but also understands the rules of play and how to play with their handler. You will learn how to transfer food games into tugging games, how to back chain retrieving behavior from tugging behavior, and how to use restraint to build drive and muscle memory.
Our original goal for Michael Ellis’ puppy DVD was to create a shorter, 2-3 hour DVD on simple management techniques. However, once the project got underway, we quickly realized there was far too much that we wanted to cover. We ended up with a 2-disk set containing just shy of 7 hours of training material. This DVD is going to give you the training skills you need to develop your puppy into an active training partner.
Thank you Michel Ellis.... I raised my GS puppy following the this video exactly....and wow! no behavioral problems as can be typical of German Shepherd breed. My puppy has yet to be placed in any formal training, ...but at 1 years old...she is better behaved than the majority of older dogs in my community ---being in vet office, or chilling at coffee shops with group of dogs... Redirection is a must to prevent obsession with squirrels, ...little annoying dogs... etc. in that puppy stays focused on me.... Ellis' "Raising Your Puppy" is a must have tool for starting Puppies on right track!!! prior to any formal training!!!!! Best purchase ever!!!
Written on May 27, 2020
MerlynDHZ
4/5 stars
First of all - I really liked this video and I feel its well worth the cost and time needed to invest in learning the material. I felt there was a good balance between theory and practical exercises to allow the student develop a mastery of the content. At times there was some repetition. But that's not a bad thing, particularly with a new subject.
I very much appreciate that Michael Ellis actually demonstrates the exercises himself. And then the video shows other students doing it. You get to see some common mistakes and how to fix them. I wish there was more of an emphasis on "common mistakes" (because doing something wrong is easy when you're new at it). But this wasn't bad. In several clips, a young puppy will ignore then handler and just run off. This was both comical and beneficial because it sets the right expectations of how puppies behave.
My only gripe about this video (and the reason I didn't give it 5 stars) is that the title of the video is "Raising Your Puppy with Michael Ellis". This video is very focused on the engagement and training aspect. And it does a wonderful job at that. But there is almost no content on management. Very basic skills that one would need to "Raise their Puppy" is missing, ie how to give a bath, when to feed, right right way to feed, going for walks, ferberizing, introducing to different everyday environments, hazards, riding in cars, going for walks .. etc. Little or none of those things are covered, which I believe are important information one would have expected from the title.
This EXCELLENT video would have been better titled "Developing Engagement and Relationship with your Puppy"; because that's that you'll actually be learning. And if that's your interest, then this video will be a happy edition to your dog training library.
Written on April 21, 2020
Alexispaulg
5/5 stars
Really love it just wish it didn't have so many repetitive examples and focused a little more on sport puppy foundation.
Written on April 9, 2020
copa202
5/5 stars
If you care about a good start for you puppy, its a must watch video!
Great job Michael Ellis!
Written on February 12, 2020
MeijaV
5/5 stars
Very complete dvd on how to raise a working puppy. I also highly recommend this dvd if you are raising a pet dog but in that case pay very close attention to the subtle comments of Michael on why and how that is different and pick and choose the parts that do apply to your situation. Michael's skill level and the quality of his explanations are exceptional as always.
Written on August 10, 2019
Nuricp
5/5 stars
I really enjoyed this! It has really helped me with my puppy girl...I'm looking forward to continuing training her using your methods ;) I only missed more about planning a day with your puppy. I sometimes struggle to find a balance between ''rest'' and play&train...But other than that, the whole video was brilliant and kept me engaged for 7h ;) ! thanks so much!!
Written on June 15, 2019
iamliza
5/5 stars
Going to his school in Santa Rosa in a month! I wish I found him earlier! he is just the best! in this video he answered almost all my questions that I had had for the long time!
Written on June 14, 2019
rhgkl
5/5 stars
I've been trying to train people how to handle their puppies for over ten years. Watching Ellis' Raising Your Puppy puts all the things that I teach (plus some new ideas) into a very coherent, intelligent format. I really recommend this for both newbies as well as people like me! Thanks!
Written on May 30, 2019
terrylewis
5/5 stars
Nice to pick up new stuff, and thinking outside the box.
Written on April 1, 2019
Pintawin
4/5 stars
Great content I only have issues with streaming
Written on February 25, 2019
Mukundp
5/5 stars
As a beginner for me this is great course to start puppy training
Written on January 9, 2019
alewyfe
5/5 stars
Wish I'd have had this video before I got my puppy. Would highly recommend to anyone acquiring a new puppy that wants to get them off to a good start and enjoying their training. (You and the puppy!) Nicely produced too. Some of the training vids out there are pretty gawd awful with poor edits and lousy sound. This one is very professional.
Written on July 31, 2018
minayagsd
5/5 stars
Michael Ellis is an outstanding teacher. This DVD is not just for working dogs, i think every dog owner must have it. People bring dog to their home and give them total freedom without rules. Excellent product!
Written on May 11, 2018
lexilaporte5
5/5 stars
well done and very informative
Written on April 20, 2018
adannegger
5/5 stars
Absolutely brilliant. It covers EVERYTHING you need to know to give your pup the best start into his /her training career... no matter what discipline. Useful information for "pet dog" owners as well. The information on Management is fabulous and too often neglected in puppy courses!!
Written on April 13, 2018
deangelr
3/5 stars
I think this DVD is great, and is something all dog owner should watch before they get their puppy!
However, this dvd is more about concepts of dog training, and there is not really any info in here on specific behaviors that you might be interested to learn as a new dog owner.
Another thing this dvd does not lay at all is a timeline for what you can expect to ask of you dog as you go along.. I know that this is not possible for all dogs as a single timeline would never work.. However, I believe some general guidelines would be really helpful.
Finally, my last critique on this dvd is that it does not address aversive actions to the dogs.. I watched this dvd before i got my puppy about a year ago.. No that I have a highly motivate rockin' 1 year old dog, I wish I had some some thing differently than what this dvd suggests.
I have learned now that I cannot allow behaviors to be exhibited by my dog that I do not want to see.. This is made clear in the DVD. However, Michael suggest 'redirections' and increased distance to build the dogs focus on you in order to eliminate the behaviors that you don't to see..
In my humble uneducated opinion, I believe that if you have a very very very high drive and strong willed dog, you must immediately correct all unwanted behaviors starting at a very young age.. IMO, this dvd does a poor job of addressing corrections for people that have dogs like I do.
Written on November 25, 2017
Ericserrano
5/5 stars
Excellent
Basic enough for any beginner
Well done Michael
Written on November 5, 2017
zettish
5/5 stars
What a brilliant, brilliant Video. LOVE IT <3
Michael Ellis is great explaining not only why we should do what we do but also what benefits this will bring us later.
There is a great mix of theory, examples and detailed demonstrations.
I knew of the marker system in advance, yet got a couple of epiphanies during this Video.
This is the best training concept I have come across and this video is a fantastic starting point for a working puppy.
Thank you, Michael!
I wish I was in the States to attend your school, yet thanks to Leerburg at least it is possible to learn across the Atlantic.
I look forward to many more of Michaels videos.
Written on November 2, 2017
djackson22
5/5 stars
I found this video to be incredibly helpful. Michael Ellis is a gifted presenter. Every single thing he covered in this video was well demonstrated, backed with great information about why, when, how, and what to do /not to do when doing these training exercises. I will definitely be purchasing more of his videos.
Written on October 6, 2017
TruAblePup
5/5 stars
I have bought 4 courses/video on demand here on Leerburg. This one is by far the best. It can be referred to continually through training.
Very happy with the purchase!
Written on September 25, 2017
etiennestuder
5/5 stars
We just got another puppy and watching this video was the best way to refresh what I had learnt from Michael while attending his classes in California some years ago. Good mixture of theory and examples. Michael is an amazing speaker and his system is very thoughtful and well reproducible. Highly recommendable!
Written on September 17, 2017
idgie1234
5/5 stars
Excellent
Written on September 14, 2017
FourPawsK9Training
5/5 stars
Loved it! Very informative and practical.
Written on August 27, 2017
crtnygriffith
5/5 stars
Excellent information!
Written on August 7, 2017
davidpasha
5/5 stars
Great!
Written on July 30, 2017
teamrobert
5/5 stars
The video really demonstrated the concepts and techniques that Michael uses to develop puppies into champions. He also goes into detail how these exercises build onto future exercises as the puppy matures.
Also, the care that he shows for the puppies as he develops their play drive shows that you can humanely develop your puppy to a high degree, without harsh treatment.
Written on July 7, 2017
meltheclan
5/5 stars
Michael's depth and breadth of experience is evident throughout this DVD; and coupled with his natural, friendly, humorous teaching style it makes this a thoroughly enjoyable and valuable resource.
Written on June 8, 2017
Randyandconnie
5/5 stars
Excellent
Written on May 19, 2017
robertcaufield
5/5 stars
thanks for insight
Written on May 15, 2017
rottn1
5/5 stars
Awesome video! He explains everything so clearly. Anxious to try his methods with my new pup when I get her!
Written on May 10, 2017
carlos57
5/5 stars
While I don't have my puppy yet, I wanted to get a head start by watching this DVD and becoming familiar with the principles Michael teaches. I found it very valuable and I gained an immense amount of knowledge.
Written on March 18, 2017
Benitorojas25
5/5 stars
Very good video
Written on March 18, 2017
Trilby
5/5 stars
Fantastic!
Written on February 20, 2017
Ashen
5/5 stars
Excellent! Love the detail and explanations.
Written on February 15, 2017
Bartosz
5/5 stars
Another Great video form Michael Ellis
Written on February 11, 2017
jaymay75
5/5 stars
Great stuff
Written on February 2, 2017
cybelutza
5/5 stars
Great information all over
Written on January 30, 2017
meangene
5/5 stars
This makes perfect sense. Michael Knows what he is talking about and is able to communicate these principles extremely well. He keeps you engaged.
Written on January 27, 2017
sharon14870
5/5 stars
Michael always comes through.
Written on January 25, 2017
Naomicarroll2009
5/5 stars
Excellent. Highly recommend
Written on January 25, 2017
BulldogsnSetters
5/5 stars
As usual..Michael Ellis' video here is phenomenal ! ( I LOVE the part of ""puppy tests""! )
I'm only part way into it, and loving every step. They are helpful, and 'step by step' so those of us, not in the competitive sport, can follow it. Thank you Michael and Leerburg. I'm hoping to compete ...in some venue, at some point. Probably only in the Ob aspect..but who knows?!
