Leerburg Dog Training Podcast

In this episode, Michael Ellis discusses the concept of indirect socialization with the help of neutral dogs and people. This is an important tool for any dog trainer's toolbelt. Have a training or equipment question? Reach out to Cindy via our Ask Cindy Portal on our website. She answers emails daily and will be able to give you specific advice and recommendations. - https://leerburg.com/newconta...

In this episode, Michael Ellis discuss the initial concepts of how to start socializing your dog to new people, places, things, and other dogs. Have a training or equipment question? Reach out to Cindy via our Ask Cindy Portal on our website. She answers emails daily and will be able to give you specific advice and recommendations. - https://leerburg.com/newcontact.php Additional Resources: Michae...

In this episode, Ed Frawley and Michael Ellis discusses the important ongoing process of puppy socialization. Socialization is the process of neutralizing your puppy to new people, places, and things to develop expectations of behavior in social settings. This is done through engagement and relationship building with your puppy to teach them that you are the most interesting thing in any given sit...

In this episode, Ed Frawley briefly discusses how to redirect puppy biting when you bring a new puppy into the house. Have a training or equipment question? Reach out to Cindy via our Ask Cindy Portal on our website. She answers emails daily and will be able to give you specific advice and recommendations. - https://leerburg.com/newcontact.php

In this episode, Ed Frawley discusses how he and Cindy manage bringing a new dog into their home. Through careful planning and use of the techniques discussed we hope to maximize your ability to safely integrate a new dog into your home and existing pack. Have a training or equipment question? Reach out to Cindy via our Ask Cindy Portal on our website. She answers emails daily and will be able to...

New Online Course - Michael Ellis on Developing a Relationship with Your Dog: https://university.leerburg.com/Catalog/viewCourse/cid/159 The course content came from Friday, day one in the Michael Ellis seminar held at Leerburg in September 2021. We would like to mention that it was filmed in a very large tent on a day that saw terrible weather (windy and rain). This did not affect the overall qua...

In this episode, Michael Ellis describes the different types of tugs to consider and when to use those different tugs. As your dog develops, both in skill and maturation, the type of tug you use will change and adapt over time. Here is his rundown on what you should consider when buying your dog a tug. Have a training or equipment question? Reach out to Cindy via our Ask Cindy Portal on our websit...

In this episode, Michael Ellis discusses how teaching a hunting dog to play tug is a bit different than other sport and working dogs. In this clip from the 2021 seminar at Leerburg, Michael explains how he teaches the formal retrieve as an obedience task unlike the play retrieve which is used as a reward system. Have a training or equipment question? Reach out to Cindy via our Ask Cindy Portal on...

In this episode, Michael Ellis covers some of the key terms and concepts used in dog training, and specifically his system of communication. Here Michael covers 18 of his most used terms specifically related to training dogs with food. Understanding these terms is the foundation of understanding the concepts behind dog training. Have a training or equipment question? Reach out to Cindy via our Ask...

In this episode Michael Ellis covers some of the major dos and don'ts of bringing a new puppy into a multi-dog household. Have a training or equipment question? Reach out to Cindy via our Ask Cindy Portal on our website. She answers emails daily and will be able to give you specific advice and recommendations. - https://leerburg.com/newcontact.php

In this episode Michael Ellis covers some things you should do and have ready for when you bring your new puppy home. By preparing your home you are setting yourself and your puppy up for mananagement, training, and socialization success. Have a training or equipment question? Reach out to Cindy via our Ask Cindy Portal on our website. She answers emails daily and will be able to give you specific...

Our Leerburg Latigo Leather is truly a work of art and one we are proud of. Together we work with an Amish Family who processes all of our leather into the products you know and love so much from us. From our leashes and collars to our harnesses and some of our tugs our leather products have been handcrafted with precision and care. Have a training or equipment question? Reach out to Cindy via our...

In this podcast, Ed Frawley discusses the definitions and differences of management, obedience, and socialization in owning a dog. These three parts to owning a dog can shape your relationship with your dog and have a profound effect on their behavior and habits they develop, as they get older and mature. Have a training or equipment question? Reach out to Cindy via our Ask Cindy Portal on our web...

In this podcast, Ed Frawley discusses some important things to consider before going into a training session with your dog. The most important part of a training session and successful training plan is establishing engagement. Ed gives some ideas on how to achieve engagement with your dog and some ideas of what to do if you are struggling to get engagement out of your dog. Have a training or equip...

In this podcast, Michael Ellis explains what generalization is and how it affects dog training. Many people assume that if you teach a dog a command that they will know that command for life and will obey no matter where you are but that isn't always true. Have a training or equipment question? Reach out to Cindy via our Ask Cindy Portal on our website. She answers emails daily and will be able to...

In this podcast, Ed Frawley and Kevin Sheldahl sit down and discuss the role of police and especially police dogs in the public media and what effects that has on police departments and local legislation. Together Kevin and Ed discuss how recent public scrutiny is affecting departments all across the country and things that both K9 Officers and Administrators should keep in mind if we want to keep...

In this podcast, Michael Ellis explains the basic first steps to training your dog the object guard for sport competition. Training the object guard is one of the harder skills to teach as your dog has to make decisions for themselves on when to bite and not take cues from the decoy or the handler. This excerpt came out of The Foundation of Object Guard Training with Michael Ellis Links: The Found...

In this podcast, Ed Frawley and Kevin Sheldahl sit down and discuss their upcoming course on scent detection selection testing and foundations for police k9 service dogs. As scent detection becomes more popular in the sport world Kevin explains the differences of controlled sport settings and on the job requirements of detector dogs in a professional setting. By taking advantage of the dog's natur...

In this podcast, Michael Ellis explains what a reward event is and how it differs from simply rewarding your dog with food or a treat. Knowing how to build and execute a reward event can change the way your dog engages and interacts during training. This method is used as an advanced motivation technique and can be used in many training scenarios.

In this podcast, Ed Frawley and Kevin Sheldahl sit down and discuss the 6-week Police Service Dog Handler school that Kevin has operated for decades through his business K9 Services. Together they discuss how the school started and the process candidates go through with their training and work with K9 Service Dogs. Kevin has worked with many departments in a variety of states that include Wisconsi...

In this podcast, Michael Ellis gives what he calls his introduction lecture to dog training. In this lecture Michael Ellis explains how dogs learn through various forms of conditioning. Backed by behavioral science, Ellis explains how this information is applied to his training philosophy.

In this podcast, Ed Frawley sits down with long time friend and colleague, Kevin Sheldahl to discuss Leerburg's new online course Muzzle Fighting for Police Service Dogs. This is an updated version of the same course Leerburg produced in 2005 with Kevin. In this episode, Ed and Kevin will be discussing what they have learned in the last 15 years about how their approach and use of the muzzle fight...

Have you always wanted to attend the Michael Ellis School but couldn’t make it out to California? Have you wondered what it would be like to be a student at Michael’s school? December 2019, you will have your chance to try out the MES experience with Leerburg in northwest Wisconsin! In this podcast Ed Frawley talks with Michael about the seminar and Michael's school.

This podcast highlights Ed Frawley's main issues with "All-Positive" training.

This podcast is about the evolution of training methods used to control and/or eliminate dog aggression with remote collars. I bought my first electric collar in 1979. It was a Tri Tronics Pro 100 that cost $1,000.00. Today that collar is the model-T ford of e-collars. Just as remote collars have drastically improved over the years, so too have the methods used to apply them to our dog training. W...