Michael Ellis discusses the difference between a dog that knows what you're asking but not complying and a dog that does not know what is being asked. He also discusses how he would handle both situations.

A short lecture on Escape Avoidance training as it relates to remote collars vs prong or choke collar.

A controlled environment what we call the careful shaping of home and social experiences in order to create behavioral habits which are necessary for a balanced social existence both in the home, and away. Controlling your environment is going to...

In this video, Michael Ellis demonstrates how to introduce your dog to the touch pads. The touch pads are a very useful training tool, so it is important to make sure that you are teaching the touch pad command correctly. This video is taken di...

Our online course, Obedience and Behavior Foundations, is coming soon to Leerburg DVD! This DVD is designed to allow a dog and handler to develop all the skills they need to have a solid foundation of obedience and to prepare them for off-leash wo...

This video was part of Michael Ellis' lecture on dog aggression, which took place during his course on Protection Theory and Practice, at his school in California. In part one of this lecture, Michael talks about defensive aggression, frustration ...

In this video Michael Ellis is working with dog PI. In this video Michael is demonstrating what Michael calls "FIND THE LEFT LEG" - this work comes rioght out of the DVD that Michael and Ed Frawley did titled FOCUSED HEELING WITH MICHAEL ELLIS. ...

I have a segment in my DVD titled THE POWER OF TRAINING DOGS WITH MARKERS – in which I explain how beneficial it is to make a game out of training a human with markers. This short video is the first portion of that video section –...

Question from Sam: I have a cute, fuzzy, small breed puppy that people can't keep themselves away from. Even when I ask them not to pet her, they still smile and oooh and aaah at my puppy. This puppy is already absolutely nuts and wild around peop...

It's one thing to train dogs and quite another to train people how to train dogs. In 2009, Michael Ellis started to collaborate with Leerburg to make videos for dog training. He is one of the best sport dog trainer and instructor in the world. Thi...

In this video, Michael Ellis explains different ways to keep your dog engaged while playing tug. Building up their frustration and engagement will keep them interested in the game. This video was taken from our training DVD, The Power of Playin...

For several years now, Leerburg has been gathering ideas and creating the outline for a DVD titled Leerburg Relationship Games. The concept has finally gone from paper to film. Last week we began the production on the DVD. The video above is a sne...