This video was taken from our 2019 Michael Ellis Workshop that was held at Leerburg in December. In this clip, Michael discusses his view on using punishment markers with puppies. The entire workshop includes 174 videos (over 18 hours of video).

This video was taken from our 2019 Michael Ellis Workshop that was held at Leerburg in December. In this clip, Michael discusses his view on why you should check your dog's mood before you start training. The entire workshop includes 174 videos...

This video was taken from Tami Mcleod's online course: Drive Development for Competition Obedience. In this clip, Tami Mcleod discusses your dog's thinking state of mind while training. Tami Mcleod will be at Leerburg in April of 2020 for he...

This video was taken from our 2019 Michael Ellis Workshop that was held at Leerburg in December. In this clip, Michael Ellis talks on police K9 OUTS. The entire workshop includes 174 videos (over 18 hours of video).

This video was taken from our 2019 Michael Ellis Workshop that was held at Leerburg in December. In this clip, Michael Ellis talks on whether or not you may or may not be a balanced dog trainer. The entire workshop includes 174 videos (over 18 ...

This video was taken from our 2019 Michael Ellis Workshop that was held at Leerburg in December. In this clip, Michael Ellis talks on the different styles of play. The entire workshop includes 174 videos (over 18 hours of video).

This video was taken from our 2019 Michael Ellis Workshop that was held at Leerburg in December. In this clip, Michael Ellis talks on safety issues in play with your dog. The entire workshop includes 174 videos (over 18 hours of video).

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...

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...

This video was taken from our 2019 Michael Ellis Workshop that was held at Leerburg in December. In this clip, Michael Ellis talks about when you should transition from food to toy rewards in training. The entire workshop includes 174 videos (o...

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...

This video was taken from our 2019 Michael Ellis Workshop that was held at Leerburg in December. In this clip, Michael discusses his view on how you can use your voice as a tool in training. The entire workshop includes 174 videos (over 18 hour...

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

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

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...

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 video was taken from our 2019 Michael Ellis Workshop that was held at Leerburg in December. In this clip, Michael discusses his view on when you should release a dog with and without a reward in training. The entire workshop includes 174 v...

This video was taken from our 2019 Michael Ellis Workshop that was held at Leerburg in December. In this clip, Michael Ellis talks on dogs that bite the string on a ball on a string during play instead of the ball. The entire workshop includes ...

This video was taken from our 2019 Michael Ellis Workshop that was held at Leerburg in December. In this clip, Michael discusses his view on the value of play with your dog. The entire workshop includes 174 videos (over 18 hours of video).

Socialization is providing your young dog/puppy with positive new experiences in a variety of new experiences. In this video, Michael Ellis explains the basic guidelines to follow when setting up a socialization plan for your puppy. Part 1 of 5. ...

This video was taken from our 2019 Michael Ellis Workshop that was held at Leerburg in December. In this clip, Michael discusses his view on using a clicker vs using your voice in training. The entire workshop includes 714 videos (over 18 hours...

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...

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...

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

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...

This video was taken from our 2019 Michael Ellis Workshop that was held at Leerburg in December. In this clip, Michael discusses his view on why you shouldn't violate your dog's expectations during training. The entire workshop includes 174 vid...

Ed Frawley talks about the controversial topic of "the need for corrections in dog training."

This video was taken from our 2019 Michael Ellis Workshop that was held at Leerburg in December. The entire workshop will be available as on online course at Leerburg Online University in 2020. The course will include 157 videos (over 18 hours).

The key is that we are relying on the socially gregarious nature of dogs. When they know that they have low stress options for ending unwanted social interactions, not only can they abandon the more high-stress (and inappropriate) behaviors, but t...

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...

This video was taken from our 2019 Michael Ellis Workshop that was held at Leerburg in December. In this clip, Michael discusses his view on redirecting puppies from unwanted behaviors. The entire workshop includes 174 videos (over 18 hours of ...

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 ...

Whiskey is a German Shepherd and our foster dog from Saving Shepherds of MN who is here working with Ryan to advance his training. Over the next few weeks, we will be posting updates of Whiskey and focusing on specific areas of training that may h...

Ed Frawley discusses how to train the send the send away as well as the retrieve at the same time. These techniques come from Michael Ellis' system of dog training. At the end of this video Cindy Rhodes and Rush demonstrate this.

Walter Martin was the breeder of Wienerau Kennels in Germany. He was one of the greatest German Shepherd show line breeders of all times. Back in 1985 I filmed this lecture Walter gave while in Colorado doing a breed survey. This video is being...

JJ Belcher at Sublime Canine has been training dogs for over 17 years and teaching rattlesnake avoidance for 10 years in Tuscon as well as many other places. It's important to know how to avoid rattlesnakes, being their venom is designed to kill s...