This short video was shot while filming our 3rd DVD on decoy work with Mark Keating. Unfortunately it was a windy day and the audio did not come out the best. We decided that although the audio was not good enough to make it into the DVD it was s...

Michael explains why many police K9 handlers make mistakes when they choke their dog off the bite.

Question from Belinda: I've seen the Focused Heeling DVD and it brought up a question I had regarding the use of a harness for a competition pup in the early months and then adding in the use of a collar later on especially in light of leash press...

Cindy is potty training Stella, our 9 week old border terrier puppy. Anyone who has ever house trained a puppy will get a good laugh out of this video. In it, we see Cindy taking Stella out for a potty break. The goal of potty training is to te...

Cindy working engagement exercises with our 8 week old puppy, Endy. You will see the beginning of Michael Ellis' program on training puppies. Endy is learning marker training. Cindy works on touch pads, luring Endy to get her used to manipulate he...

This video talks about a "negative mark" in the marker system of dog training. The video shows Cindy (from Leerburg) working Rush with markers. You will see a dog that understands a negative mark. There are no correction in this training. You will...

This is the 3rd in a series of training the restrained recall. This video deals with the importance of selecting a HIGH VALUE REWARD and figuring out how long your training session should be.

Scott is a student of Michael Ellis and Michael's system of dog training. He has been attending Michael's seminars for a number of years. Havok is a puppy from Michael's breeding. We are using Scott and Havok in our new video on puppy bite work.

This video was taken from our 2019 Michael Ellis Workshop that was held at Leerburg in December. The entire workshop will be available as on online course at Leerburg Online University in 2020. The course will include 157 videos (over 18 hours).

One of the first things students at the Michael Ellis School For Dog Trainers learn is engagement. Engagement simply means, my dog wants to be with me and wants what I have. The first step to developing an engaged dog is to reward the dog for eye ...

This DVD is 4 hours long. The purpose of this Leerburg training DVD is teach you the art of dog training. It's our goal to show you that dog training is not rocket science it's 100% common sense. There are no "Tricks or Secrets of the Trade." ...

From Jackie in California: I've been watching the free Michael Ellis videos on your website and I'm now in the process of watching The Power of Training Dogs with Food video on your Video on Demand. I have a 12 week old puppy and I'm starting enga...