Conditioning any dog to get their nails trimmed is a simple thing to do if we use markers and have a little patience. When dogs are not properly conditioned to trimming nails, they often hate the experience. It becomes a seriously troubling ex...

In the marker training system, the mark is only part of the program. We take advantage of the reward-delivery after the mark to build on our communication with our dogs. We use reward delivery to tell a dog when a training session starts and w...

Impulse control means the dog needs to learn to control its urge or impulse to do something, like run over to get its ball or the urge to pick up a piece of meat we lay down in front of them. Teaching impulse control using markers is an excell...

In this short video, Josh Moran will give you a few fun tricks to get your dog to want to go in and out of his or her crate. This is a very useful and necessary skill for all dog owners.

In this video, Dusty Trieschman shares her tips and tricks on how to make a sign holder for Rally Obedience out of garden fencing. This video was taken directly out of our online course, Introduction to Rally Obedience with Dusty Trieschman.

The new UKC sport of Nosework has a few slight differences from the original sport. One of those differences is the addition of 2 extra scents which is why Leerburg created a separate kit solely for the UKC events.

In this 7 minute video, Michael Ellis will discuss his thoughts on how to increase the speed of a dog performing an obedience exercise. He will discuss the myths of all the different ways others try and accomplish a faster sit or a faster down. ...

Training session with Cindy & Rush at a Michael Ellis seminar held at Leerburg in 2009. Exercises shown in this video are the mondioring retrieve of some random items and the send away. Rush is about 18 months old in this video.

In this video, we demonstrate how to teach your puppy to easily accept a collar. There are dangers with keeping a collar on your dog while it's in a crate or ex-pen and teaching them to willingly accept the collar being put on and removed makes t...

It's smart to proof all of our motivators in the Terminal Bridge Discrimination Game. And because toy often outweighs the value of food for prey-driven sport dogs, it's a necessary step to prepare us for value transfer with toys. Learning to ma...

Pick your friend's high value food reward; most people like M&M's. Then, think about what you have learned, think about rate of reward, and think about reward placement. In this video, Leerburg employees tried to train one another. They are fun...

Teaching our dogs to accept being handled is such an important thing for them to learn. It makes going to the vet or groomer a simple task rather than a stressful fight. We use the exact same marker concepts to check the dogs teeth, look in his...

Michael Ellis’ philosophy on dog training is something that all dog trainers, and owners for that matter, should listen to. This video was filmed at a seminar held by Leerburg a few years ago. We like to periodically feature it in our newslette...

The beauty of the word "yes" in marker training is that you do not have to be ready to go with a high value food reward all the time. By incorporating some simple food chasing drills, you have the ability to mark a specific behavior at an exact po...

We would like to ask you for your help in determining the next training videos we produce. In your Leerburg account there is a section called "Your Interests" that takes about one minute to fill out. Once you fill out the form you will be entered ...

Conditioning a dog to a muzzle can be a difficult task. The methods I show in this DVD will work for police service dogs or the family pet. We do it with markers - so if you are not familiar with marker training I suggest that you visit the articl...

Dusty Trieschman is an instructor at the Michael Ellis School for Dog Trainers. In this video, she demonstrates how to teach a basic heel position. Using a wall during heeling training will help guide your dog in the correct position. This vide...

This is the first in a short series of videos with Michael Ellis, talking at a puppy class in his school in California, about fear periods in dogs and how to counter condition dogs that become nervous over people, places and things in his environm...

This video explains how we approach a dog fight. The most important part of this video is to remember how physical fights can be and if you are not physically strong enough to do what Ed talks about - DON'T TRY, because you will get hurt. When dog...

Jeff discusses how to properly fit a prong collar. Check out Leerburg's selection of prong collars HERE!

Make a quick, healthy meal for your dog that is also great for digestive health! Supplements and food used: Steve's Real Food Freeze Dried Nuggets Herbsmith Microflora Plus Diggin Your Dog FiRM UP! Honest Kitchen Bone Broth CarnaF...

Jeff explains how to properly measure your dog for muzzles, so you can determine the proper size muzzle for your dog.

One of the most important commands that you can teach your dog is to spit out something when it picks it up (the 'yuck' command). Training the yuck command to your dog can help you avoid dangerous situations. This command is useful both indoors an...

This video shows how puppies establish rank within their litter. Rank within a litter changes almost on a daily basis. When the litter in this video is given a meat bone you will see a level of puppy aggression that will probably surprise a lot of...

Many dog owners do not have the time to invest in a formal training regimen, so instead they look to a professional trainer to solve all their problems. Unfortunately, the issues often lie in the owners' lack of time to invest in training. Many pe...

Jeff explains how to properly measure your dog for the Dominant Dog Collar, so you can determine the proper size collar for your dog.

Learning to manipulate your dog's rear by way of the head can be a valuable skill; one worth the time spent mastering it. By teaching the dog to be manipulated in this fashion, we can very subtly, precisely, and effectively control our dog's body ...

One of the most powerful tools that every dog trainer has is their voice. Trainers who learn to use their voice in a positive way make better dog trainers and have dogs that learn quicker. This is especially true in marker training. Your voice hel...

Dog trainers and handlers will learn more in this 3 minute video about the correct way to socialize their puppy than they would if they read 3 books on the subject. Michael Ellis explains how he socializes his puppies to new people, places, and th...

Michael Ellis answers a question from a student on the difference between the wait command and the stay command. He explains that there are subtle differences, but that they are basically the same thing.

In this video, Tyler Muto shows different variations of how to solidify your heel command using more serious corrections and troubleshooting. Keep in mind that it's the dog as an individual that decides where we go with this training; not every do...

Ed Frawley discusses how our Videos On Demand is a better way to watch Leerburg training videos. The streaming versions of our DVDs allow access to a few features that are unavailable on DVD. The number one reason to watch the streaming videos ...

This is the second in a series of short lectures taken from Michael Ellis' puppy class at his school in California. This lecture deals with how to counter condition sharp, shy puppies. This lecture will be continued in future newsletters.

Cindy and I use Ex-Pens when we raise our puppies in our home. This is the first in a short series of newsletter videos explaining how and why we use Ex-Pens (over dog) crates during the day to teach our dogs to be calm and quiet in our home here ...

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

Ed Frawley helps a Leerburg customer with some advice on how to get their rescue dog to get over fear issues with the dog crate.