About Michael Ellis

By Ed Frawley

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I admire and respect Michael Ellis as a person, a teacher, a mentor, a dog trainer, and a decoy. I consider Michael a friend. In my opinion, he is the best sport dog trainer/instructor in the world. It's one thing to train dogs and quite another to train people how to train dogs.

Michael is never arrogant, vain, rude, or forceful. He is a humble, patient, kind, thoughtful teacher who can communicate and invoke trust in just about everyone (and every dog) that he meets. It's a very refreshing trait that is seldom seen in people who give training seminars.

In 2008, Michael and Leerburg started to do training DVDs together.

Michael is an internationally renowned dog trainer and teacher with nearly forty years of experience in competitive dog sports and companion dog training. Michael started his career as a teacher of dog trainers in 1996, when he began giving seminars and clinics to training clubs and organizations around the world. Over the next thirteen years he taught extensively to a very diverse group of professionals and hobbyists, from competitive sport trainers, police departments, and the US military, to search and rescue groups, service dog agencies, and pet dog trainers.

During this period Michael taught over three hundred seminars in the US, Canada, and South America, that comprises more than one thousand days of lecture and practical work, not to mention many hours of private training and coaching. Michael's clear, concise, and patient style made him one of the most popular coaches of trainers in the country, and he did much to popularize the use of reward based techniques in the world of protection sports.

In 2008, Michael started collaboration with Leerburg Enterprises and Ed Frawley to produce training videos and online classes. These resources have helped the growth of many thousands of trainers and aspiring trainers around the world.

In addition to teaching, Michael has competed in, and done decoy/helper work, for multiple club and national level events in both IPO(IGP) and the ring sports (Mondioring and French ring). He was one of the first Mondioring decoys certified in the US, and one of the first members of USMRA. He has coached national champions in several disciplines, and many national and international competitors, but he is perhaps most proud of the now thousands of club level and beginning trainers that he has helped to improve their communication, knowledge, and physical skills.

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Ed Frawley

Ed Frawley is the founder of Leerburg. He has been training dogs since the 1950s. For 30 years, Ed bred working bloodline German Shepherds and has produced over 350 litters. During this time, Ed began recording dog training videos and soon grew an interest in police service dogs. His narcotic dogs have been involved in over 1,000 narcotics searches resulting in hundreds of arrests in the state of Wisconsin. Ed now solely focuses on producing dog training courses with renowned dog trainers nationwide. If you want to learn more about Ed, read about his history here.

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