Michael Ellis on How Do You Know Leash Reactivity Training is Working?

In this clip, Michael Ellis explains what he looks for when assessing the progress of leash reactivity training. Things to consider when asking yourself is the training working include how quickly and enthusiastically is the dog redirecting and focusing on engagement, what are the signs of stress in your dog, is the dog carrying that stress into the redirection, and more.

This clip came from Michael Ellis's new course Leash Reactivity. This course is available as an online self-study course.CLICK HERE to sign up!

When people have specific training questions we recommend that they go to our website and post those questions in the ASK CINDY on the front page of leerburg.com. Cindy has been training dogs since she was a teenager and has competed in several dog sports at a regional and national level. She was also a vet tech and owned a boarding/training and grooming business for many years as well as breeding working Dobermans and Belgian Malinois under the kennel name Kaiserhaus. Questions posted to ASK CINDY are answered almost every day. They are also recorded in our systems if a dog owner has additional questions Cindy will review the previous Q&As and this helps her give better feedback and assistance. Ask Cindy!