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How a Border Collie Herds Towards You

How a Border Collie Herds Towards You

I'm Jim Leske, animal trainer with Expert Village. Today we're talking about herding and a specific command. This specific command is called to me. There's a number of ways that you can start training for this particular behavior. In this case Tess is...

How to Train a Dog to Lie Down

How to Train a Dog to Lie Down

Hi, I'm Jim Leske, animal trainer with Expert Village. Today we're talking about some basic commands and this particular one is down. In the down, we always use this when we are from starting in the sit position and so Bear is already sitting so good sit...

How a Border Collie Herds Away

How a Border Collie Herds Away

I'm Jim Leske, animal trainer with Expert Village. Today we're talking about herding. This specific command is called away me which you will be using to either get the flock out into the field in the morning as an example or if the command, let's say if...

How to Exercise a Herding Collie

How to Exercise a Herding Collie

I'm Jim Leske and this is my good friend Tess here and today we're talking about herding and border collies specifically with Expert Village. Remember herding dogs especially need plenty of exercise. One of the biggest myths I always hear is that I have...

How to Care for a Dog With Blood in Their Stool or Vomit

How to Care for a Dog With Blood in Their Stool or Vomit

Hi, I'm Jim Leske, animal trainer and behaviorist for Expert Village. Today we want to talk about something that every pet owner hopes that they never encounter, and that is blood in your dog or cat or any pet's stool, for that matter, or even in their...

Breeding Tips for Border Collies

Breeding Tips for Border Collies

Good morning, I'm Jim Leske. I'm with Expert Village and I'm the expert animal trainer. This is Tess and today we are talking about Border Collies. This topic is going to cover a little bit more about the specifics of the breed. Tess is a rescue. She's...

Service Dog Training to Sit & Stay on Command

Service Dog Training to Sit & Stay on Command

Hi, I'm Jim Leske, animal trainer and behaviorist for Expert Village. Today we're working with Bear. Remember earlier in basic training we worked on a basic sit and stay? In advanced training, we will want to do a really long sit and stay. And I'm...

How to Train a Dog to Heel

How to Train a Dog to Heel

Hi, I'm Jim Leske, animal trainer for Expert Village. Today we're talking about basic dog training tips and now we're going to work on the heel. Heel has a very long tradition and it's traditionally done just like on horses, everything is done on your...

What to Do When Animals Are in Disasters

What to Do When Animals Are in Disasters

Hi, I'm Jim Leske, animal trainer for Expert Village. Today I want to talk to you about animals in disasters. As an example, we recently had to deal with the devastating wildfires here in Southern California. One of the things that I want to talk about...

How a Border Collie Herds to the Right

How a Border Collie Herds to the Right

Hi. I'm Jim Leske, animal trainer, with Expert Village.com. Today we are talking about herding and border collies specifically. This is Tess. One of the commands in herding is "to the right." And today, Bear is going to help us out by being our impromptu...

How a Border Collie Herds to the Left

How a Border Collie Herds to the Left

I'm Jim Leske, animal trainer with expertvillage.com. Today we're talking about herding, specifically the next move in herding is herding to the left. Training is about building patterns under mime so today we are going to be using Bear as our goat today...

Service Dog Training to Come When Called

Service Dog Training to Come When Called

Hi. I am Jim Leske, Animal Trainer Behaviorist for Expert Village. We are here today at our local dog park and we are working at some advanced training with our dogs. Remember we always get there slowly. Remember the rule of thumb is - we start off with...

How to Transport Service Dogs

How to Transport Service Dogs

Hi I'm Jim Leske, animal trainer/behaviorist with Expert Village. We're here today to talk about our last topic and that is, transporting animals. Remember if you're flying away, your dog is going to get shipped as cargo. Whenever freight gets bounced...

How a Collie Uses Physical Stimulation in Herding

How a Collie Uses Physical Stimulation in Herding

I'm Jim Leske, animal trainer with Expert Village. Today we're talking about border collies and herding. This is Tess. Border collies need a lot of physical stimulation. The reason that she is calm and relaxed is because she gets a lot of physical...

Information from a Dog Trainer

Information from a Dog Trainer

Good morning my name is Jim Leske, I am with Expert Village, nice area of expertise is animal training. I've been working with dogs, cats and exotic animals for about ten years, I've trained everything from tigers, elephant and cordials, parrots and hogs...

How to Train a Dog to Come When Sitting

How to Train a Dog to Come When Sitting

I'm Jim Leske, animal trainer for Expert Village. Today we're talking about basic training commands for dogs and today we're going to work a little bit on, now that you've mastered the sit, we're going to work on increasing your dog's attention span by...

How to Train a Dog to Obey Commands

How to Train a Dog to Obey Commands

Hello I'm Jim Leske with Expert Village and today we're talking about dog training specifically and some of the basic commands that go with that. I've been training animals professionally for about ten years, both at zoos and sanctuaries, as well as for...

The Basics of Dog Health & Wellness

The Basics of Dog Health & Wellness

Hi, I'm Jim Leske, animal trainer with Expert Village. Over my animal career, I've worked as an animal trainer, veterinary assistant, riding instructor, and a zookeeper as well. Spending quality time with your animal is very important, not only for their...

Service Dog Training to Learn How to React to Distractions

Service Dog Training to Learn How to React to Distractions

Hi. I'm Jim Leske, Animal Trainer Behaviorist for Expert Village. Today we are working with our dogs a little bit more advanced training. Remember we got here very very gradually. Today’s session is about Reaction to Distractions. When you deal...

Myths About Dogs

Myths About Dogs

Hi, I'm Jim Leske, animal trainer and behaviorist for Expert Village. Have you ever heard the expression you can't teach an old dog new tricks? I'm here to tell you differently. Take my good friend, Bear, here. When he was rescued, I can't tell you how...

Brushing the Teeth of a Dog for Basic Health

Brushing the Teeth of a Dog for Basic Health

Hi, I'm Jim Leske, animal trainer and behaviorist for Expert Village. We're here today to talk about brushing your dog's teeth. Many owners tell us it's a huge challenge, or they won't even attempt to try to brush their dog's teeth. The easiest way to...

Vitamins & Minerals for Your Dog

Vitamins & Minerals for Your Dog

Hi, I'm Jim Leske, and this is my good friend, Tess. Together we're animal trainers and behaviorists for Expert Village. Tess has been a very loyal friend, but she's getting up there in years, and modern day veterinary medicine is helping her greatly...

Dangers of Leaving a Dog Alone

Dangers of Leaving a Dog Alone

Hi, I'm Jim Leske, animal trainer and behaviorist for Expert Village. Another myth that we want to address is that people often leave dogs in back yards or kennels by themselves. They don't do well. They're social animals; they're born to be social...

Service Dog Training to Learn Supervised Separation

Service Dog Training to Learn Supervised Separation

Hi, I'm Jim Leske Animal Trainer Behaviorist with Expert Village. We're here today working on some advance training for some dogs that are, these guys are already, um, hospital therapy dogs is what were working on today. And we want to show you a little...

Service Dog Training to Accept Strangers

Service Dog Training to Accept Strangers

Hi, I’m Jim Leske an Animal Behaviorist & Trainer for Expert Village. Today we are talking about some of the training involved with making dog's therapy and or service dog's. This is my friend Tess, she is a K9 good cit son as well as a...

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