240 Video clips - 19 Hours of Video Total

This $250 course will consist of video footage and concepts presented at Michael Ellis' three day seminar at Leerburg in December 2019, which was organized according to the way Michael teaches his classes at his school for dog trainers in California. Concepts are demonstrated by dogs at different ages and levels of training who were pre-selected by Michael based on handler-submitted videos to ensure they would be a good fit for each lecture concept.

Learn the ins and outs of engagement in this micro course. Michael Ellis talks about engagement principles and the importance of sustained engagement in dog training.

This course will cover how to prepare your dog for any type of competition. The course will teach people who train with markers (conditioned reinforcement) how to wean their dog off food rewards and/or toy rewards in preparation for taking their dog into any dog sport competition. This is an extremely important skill to learn because to do it correctly and still maintain motivation and drive is an art form.

Michael's motivational system of training dogs is based on marker training. The foundation for the work in Focused Heeling is covered in our two earlier videos/courses that were done with Michael, The Power of Training Dogs with Food and The Power of Playing Tug with Your Dog. You will benefit from working through these courses before starting focused heeling training. If you are interested in learning how to teach your dog focused heeling whether for competition or as a useful everyday skill this course will give you the information you need to accomplish that goal.

The majority of dog owners only use their leash when taking their dog for a walk. A large number of those people are being pulled down the street each and every time they attempt to walk their dog. No one enjoys this experience, which is why we have produced this course on how to use your leash as a tool to communicate with your dog. Through a process called "leash pressure," we can teach the dog how to politely walk on the leash by implementing the skill we call "Loose Leash Walking."

Luring is the first skill to teach dogs before behavior creation. This course has 54 videos (a total of 3 1/2 hrs) in which Michael Ellis's step by step program can teach anyone to lure like a pro.

This course focuses on the topic of puppy socialization and the skills and information you will need to set your puppy up for success with the first 6 months of your puppy's life.

If you're already using marker training but are struggling with your dog performing behaviors they've already learned, this micro course is for you. You'll learn the importance of reinforcement schedules and how to create durable behaviors.

This course will cover how to select the correct remote collar for your dog, how to determine the levels to use during your training, and how to properly condition your dog to the electric collar. We'll also cover the prerequisites for what your dog should already know prior to layering the remote collar over behaviors. This course should give you a thorough understanding of how to begin your remote collar work in a way that eliminates any superstitious associations that your dog may develop from the remote collar.

This video is an in-depth, step by step study of Michael's system on establishing the foundation of biting skills without a helper or decoy. Trainers only need a friend or family member that will handle a bite wedge, a bite tug or a high value toy to assist them in rewarding correct behavior.

This course covers training puppies that are 8 weeks through adolescence. Adolescence varies from dog to dog. As general rule adolescence ends between 12 months to 16 months of age. From a training standpoint we detail the work up through teaching a young dog to bite leg sleeves. So in reality this course teaches trainers how to train young puppies on up to young dogs that are 12 to 16 months old. At the end of the training in this course the dogs will be ready to go onto a body bite suit or they will be ready to learn advanced training skills and exercises that are needed in the biting dog sports.

Not all dogs like to play tug. Some dogs have never had their play drive developed and some had it squelched by a handler with little experience. Michael addresses solutions to both of these issues. He explains how different sizes, textures, and types of tugs effect drive levels in dogs. He explains how to increase prey drive through proper tug selection and presentation.

56 Videos | 2 hours on The Power of Training Dogs with Food by Michael Ellis. This material in this online course was produced in 2007. While the old course contained good information it was 17 years old and needed to be updated and expanded. The new course was done by Ed Frawley and has 120 videos and is 5 1/2 hours long. This is almost 3 times the amount of information that was in the original course.

This course will cover all of the foundation skills needed to train the send away for competition as well as some common challenges trainers may face and techniques to troubleshoot those challenges.

This course was not designed for pet dog owners. We assume the trainer for this course are more advanced and their dogs have been trained and finished in tug play. In 2023 Ed Frawley produced a detailed step by step 5 hour course for family dog owners titled TEACHING YOUR DOG TO COME by Ed Frawley.

The information in this course will change the way you approach a relationship with your dog.

This micro course focuses on teaching your puppy food chase games to use in pre-emptive management, recall, and rewards. These games are the foundations of training with food.

Combining proven technique with modern technique. We use tried and true methodology and modernize it for a broad audience of practitioners.

This course contains over 4 hours of lecture from Michael Ellis's on leash reactivity. It is important that trainers who are considering this course understand that this course is 4 hours of lecture, it does not contain dog work. If seeing dog work is important to you we would recommend our course we did with Tyler Muto titled LEASH REACTIVITY WITH TYLER MUTO https://university.leerburg.com/Catalog/viewCourse/cid/15

This micro course led by Michael Ellis will cover several topics on building motivation with your dog. You'll learn how to use conditioned reinforcers, when to teach the "Out", and begin mastering operant conditioning including how to modify behavior.

Regardless of your ultimate training goals, everything must start with how we raise our puppies. How do we interact with them at a young age while they learn what is appropriate behavior? How do we teach our young dogs how to live in our home? How do we develop the drives needed to train in specific disciplines? In this course, world-renowned dog trainer, Michael Ellis, will teach you exactly how he does just that.

This course (232 videos - over 20 hours) is an in depth primer on rearing a puppy for success in any discipline. It covers early “critical” socialization, “learning to learn,” shaping behavior, controlling environment to keep problems from emerging, proper play techniques (to maximize motivation), house breaking, and teaching manners without destroying a dogs motivation to work, and general management.

This course covers the beginning stages of Detection Sports training. It is perfect for professional trainers and hobbyists alike.

This second course is a continuation of Michael Ellis’s Principles of Dog Training I. This advanced 6-module program empowers you to refine your skills and tackle more complex training scenarios. This course contains 179 lecture videos and 120 student videos, totaling to 10 hours of content to watch.

Even the most advanced concepts in dog training require a solid foundation, and the Principles of Dog Training with Michael Ellis is going to give you that foundation.  The skills learned throughout this 15-module course are going to carry over into every aspect of your training program and handler relationship. This course has 187 lecture videos and 284 bonus past student videos, totaling to 16 hours of content to watch.

Dock diving is the fastest growing dog sport in North America. This course will feature dogs of all walks of life. We will be introducing brand new dogs to the water, as well as tweaking and troubleshooting dogs that have been completing in the sports for years. Whether you’re new to the sport or looking to see what changes you could make to your training program, this course is a must for anyone involved in the sport of dock diving.

The goal of this training is to teach dog trainers how to turn a reward into an event for their dog. When trainers can learn these skills they are going to be able to manipulate the motivation and drive of their dogs.

In this course, Michael explains in detail how to manage your dog's drive during the jumping process. When handlers put their dogs in too much drive the dogs jump flat and have difficulty in jumping. This course explains how to determine how much drive your dog needs to learn to jump. Some lower drive dogs need to have their drive increased while high drive dogs need their training steps modified to allow them to concentrate on what you are asking them to do.

This course will cover all of the foundational skills needed to train the formal retrieve as well as some common challenges trainers may face and techniques to troubleshoot those challenges. We’ve designed this course to accommodate a wide range of skill levels for both trainers and dogs and no prior experience is necessary to start this work.