Cindy's dog Rush is recovering from a leg injury, so she decided to take Raine, our 6 year old female Malinois, back to agility classes. This video is the first time Raine has done agility in 3 years. Who says dogs don't have a great memory? Ma...

This training video is about engagement in adult dogs. It is intended to show new dog owners what an adult dog looks like when it wants to work with the owner and, just as importantly, what a dog should look like when you're ready to start trainin...

In this video we will see Cindy, Rush and our friend Jeremy Norton training rush in handler defense for Mondioring One. If your not familiar with Mondio it is the most difficult and most fun of all the biting dog sports in America. The dogs lo...

Last week, Kevin Bain stopped by Leerburg to do some Decoy work with Cindy Rhodes young Malinois, Favor. Favor learned a ton, and we had a great time over 2 days of training. Kevin is a very talented decoy and trainer who is doing some very impr...

This week I finished another in the series of dog training DVDs I am doing with Michael Ellis. This one is titled Training the Jumps with Michael Ellis. I thought it fitting for this newsletter to include a short video of Michael training his dog ...

Rush has been out of training for over a year now. He and Cindy have focused their energy on rehabilitation from a leg injury. Now that his leg has healed, they are back at it. In this video you will see the 3rd time Rush has done the little woods...

This short video is of our friend, Jeremy Norton, teaching a new decoy how to target a dog to a specific part of his upper body as a dog jumps an obstacle, in this case an agility tunnel. This video demonstrates why decoys in the Mondioring sport ...

Watch the first 2 1/2 minutes of the DVD. In this short intro, Mark Keating discusses what will be covered in the DVD and why it is just as important for handlers to know this information as it is for decoys.

Back in April, Michael Ellis was here at Leerburg to film a couple of new protection training DVDs. We filmed one of the foundation of protection training for puppies and adolescent dogs and another on protection exercises trainers can do without ...

A short video about how Cindy and Rush have worked up to their 6 mile bike rides. This video is being streamed in HD. You need a high speed, broadband internet connection to view this stream. If you have trouble viewing this video please email...

Question from Brian: I have a 3 year old German Shepherd. He is my first Schutzhund dog and we are trying for our SchH II next weekend. My problem is that my dog has developed a munchy grip on the sleeve. He's not biting hard or pulling on the sle...

Five weeks ago, our newsletter video featured Endy when she was 8 weeks old showing engagement. For the past four weeks, Cindy has worked with Endy on a daily basis training behaviors and engagement with food. This work is the foundation of Michae...