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 ...

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Leerburg recently released a short, free video with Mark Keating explaining how we introduce touch pads to our young dogs. In this follow up video, Mark will explain how we use the touch pad as a foundation to our "stay" command. The beginning of ...

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One of our most common email questions is "Can you give me a timeline on when I should be training my dog and for what?" The answer is "NO" and this short video explains some of the reasons why.

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Part 1 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 ...

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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 ...

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What is Engagement? Why is it the first behavior we should teach every new dog, be it an 8 week old puppy or an 8 year old rescue dog? These are questions new dog owners needs to understand. In its simplest form, engagement means your dog i...

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Question from Patricia: Playing tug with your dog seems to be such an important part of your training system at all levels. I suffer from inoperable shoulder problems and cannot play tug with my dog. Please let me know what else I can do.

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Have a look at this video of Ed & Cindy's Puppy, Endy, at 9.5 Weeks I can't tell you how often I have heard people say they would like their next puppy to be a high drive dog. My comment is usually "Be careful what you wish for because it ma...

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What do you do if your puppy has been attacked by another dog and has begun to show signs of aggression and fear towards other dogs? Ed Frawley discusses how this can be corrected and how, by using pack structure and trust, you can slowly build up...

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Once a week, Hunter Canine offers lure coursing at their training facility in Cave Creek Arizona. Dogs of every breed love lure coursing and it's a great way to get quality exercise for your dog.

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In this short video, Jeff Frawley demonstrates how we introduce duration combined with distance on the Kuranda bed to begin training our stays. This video is taken from a new course Leerbug is working on titled, An Introduction to Dog Training. Th...

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This 4 minute video is of Michael Ellis explaining the theory of when to layer in corrections for "Looking Away" in the training process for competition heeling. Leerburg has produced a 4 hour training DVD with Michael titled Focused HeeIing with ...

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