While your dog goes through the process of learning about the leash, there are mild amounts of stress. We want our young dogs to learn how to cope with small amounts of stress, so they know how do deal with stress when they grow older. In this vid...

In this short video, Michael Ellis discusses the differences between spatial pressure and social pressure. He also discusses how and why he uses social pressure sparingly in order to have it as a backup in emergency situations, such as a potential...

Question from Spencer: How do you go about teaching your puppy the meaning of NO. I'm raising a Border Collie and she can be very persistent in doing what she wants to. I'm raising her as close as possible to your methods and what I have seen Cind...

Michael Ellis teaches a trainer how to train the AKC - STAND FOR EXAM in this short video. Michael uses MARKERS to train this exercises.

Cindy & Rush training Mondioring protection at a Michael Ellis seminar. Rush is learning the search/escort and defense of handler. Rush is 2 years old in this video. Part one of two.

The Principles of Dog Training II is a continuation of Michael Ellis first online course. The course picks up directly where the first course left off. In order to enroll in this course, you must have taken The Principles of Dog Training I, or Obe...

My puppy doesn't seem to have much food or toy drive. I have seen both of her parents and they both have excellent prey drive. What can I do about this?

The latest training DVD that I produced with Michael Ellis is titled The Foundation of Puppy Bite Work with Michael Ellis. In this DVD, Michael talks about how the only dogs he will train are dogs that are genetically predisposed to protection tra...

This is a short video of a training session on jumps with Cindy and Rush. Rush is 16 months old in this video clip. It was flimed at one of the Michael Ellis seminars. You will have an opportunity to watch how Cindy approaches the session with ...

This video was taken from our 2019 Michael Ellis Workshop that was held at Leerburg in December. In this clip, Michael Ellis talks on commands you may use in your home with your dog. The entire workshop includes 174 videos (over 18 hours of vid...

Throughout Michael Ellis' course there are many questions that arise. Some of those questions relate directly to the topic at hand, while others are completely off topic. We have filmed several of those off topic questions on everything from breed...

Question from Kevin: My 8 month old German Shepherd pays more attention to my other dogs when I'm trying to play with it. He has great food and prey drive but whether I have food or his favorite toy, he likes to play with the other dogs instead. W...