Locked: You must purchase this stream to view it Teaching Protection Skills without a Decoy with Michael Ellis
5 stars (6 reviews)
2 hr, 54 min
June 20, 2011
Teaching Protection Skills without a decoy is a 2 hour and 55 minute video that has been in the works for about 2 years. For the last 10 years, Michael has given seminars 45 weekends a year. Many of the training groups and clubs that Michael taught did not have access to a regular decoy. Over the years Michael developed this training program that allowed his training groups to practice biting skills while he was gone. Many of the members of these groups have gone on to get Schutzhund and Ring Sport titles. His system has been used on police service dogs, personal protection dogs and even Agility dogs. Many top Agility trainers are learning the value of teaching their dogs advanced tug skills. This video is an in-depth, step by step study of Michael's system on establishing the foundation of biting skills without a helper or decoy. Trainers only need a friend or family member that will handle a bite wedge, a bite tug or a high value toy to assist them in rewarding correct behavior. The value of the training methods we show are that the dogs learn correct behavior and capping skills at a lower drive level. In the training steps, Michael explains how to start the training for each skill. He also explains when to add drive and stressors for these various protection skills. When these things are done correctly the work with decoys goes much faster and with fewer mistakes. This is the 6th video in our series of training videos that we have done with Michael Ellis. We assume that the people who want to learn the work in this video know and understand marker training (The Power of Training Dogs with Markers and The Power of Training Dogs with Food). We also must assume that the trainers who wish to do this work know and understand the concepts we teach in our video titled The Power of Playing Tug with Your Dog. The work in these 3 previous videos encompasses 13.5 hours of work. It would be impossible to include all that in this video.
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Teaching Protection Skills without a Decoy with Michael Ellis

Uploaded on June 20, 2011 • 2 hr, 54 min
Teaching Protection Skills without a decoy is a 2 hour and 55 minute video that has been in the works for about 2 years.

For the last 10 years, Michael has given seminars 45 weekends a year. Many of the training groups and clubs that Michael taught did not have access to a regular decoy. Over the years Michael developed this training program that allowed his training groups to practice biting skills while he was gone.

Many of the members of these groups have gone on to get Schutzhund and Ring Sport titles. His system has been used on police service dogs, personal protection dogs and even Agility dogs. Many top Agility trainers are learning the value of teaching their dogs advanced tug skills.

This video is an in-depth, step by step study of Michael's system on establishing the foundation of biting skills without a helper or decoy. Trainers only need a friend or family member that will handle a bite wedge, a bite tug or a high value toy to assist them in rewarding correct behavior.

The value of the training methods we show are that the dogs learn correct behavior and capping skills at a lower drive level. In the training steps, Michael explains how to start the training for each skill. He also explains when to add drive and stressors for these various protection skills. When these things are done correctly the work with decoys goes much faster and with fewer mistakes.

This is the 6th video in our series of training videos that we have done with Michael Ellis. We assume that the people who want to learn the work in this video know and understand marker training (The Power of Training Dogs with Markers and The Power of Training Dogs with Food). We also must assume that the trainers who wish to do this work know and understand the concepts we teach in our video titled The Power of Playing Tug with Your Dog. The work in these 3 previous videos encompasses 13.5 hours of work. It would be impossible to include all that in this video.

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wblydenburgh
December 8, 2023
Great information. I love the teaching style. It's worth the purchase.
Ddogtrain
June 17, 2023
The info is great and Michael Ellis is incredibly communicative and clear.
My only disappointment with this is that in the introduction, Michael says some nose work will be covered, but it's not true. I would suggest either taking that expectation out of the index or add it to the video, but creating the expectation and not fulfilling it... :(
joe2166
September 7, 2021
Ok with the video, some good information. My issue is the title. I assumed that it was training one could do by themselves not with a "helper".personally Not satisfied for the price.
BRoza00
January 20, 2017
Great DVD for those who do not have a decoy that has experience.
Farzad
July 21, 2016
Great stuff as usual. I personally prefer to train alone, and this video gives you all the right tools to build an amazing foundation (and above) without the need for a helper or decoy. You can do most of the excercises even without the help of a friend and totally all by yourself (back tie or obedience for bark & hold, equipment on the ground for contact heeling, etc.)
Money well spent.
RMJ13
January 30, 2015
It has so much great info in it. Love it. It's a must to get.
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