Michael, in partnership with trainer Lisa Maze, has bred Malinois under the kennel name Loups du Soleil for more than twenty-five years. 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. He was one of the first Mondioring decoys certified in the US, and one of the first members of USMRA. 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). These resources have helped the growth of many thousands of trainers and aspiring trainers around the world. In 2008, Michael started collaboration with Leerburg Enterprises and Ed Frawley to produce training videos and online classes. Many MES graduates have gone on to be highly sought-after professional trainers, and respected members of the training community at large. In the ten years since the opening of the school he has helped more than one thousand individual students, the majority of whom have taken multiple classes, on their journeys to become better trainers. In 2009, Michael stopped traveling full time in order to open the Michael Ellis School for Dog Trainers. 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. 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.ĭuring 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 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. Michael is an internationally renowned dog trainer and teacher with nearly forty years of experience in competitive dog sports and companion dog training. If you need convincing, go attend one of his seminars or get one of his DVDs. In my opinion, Michael's school is the best dog training school in the country. It is also organized so others can attend week-long segments as their personal time allows. Michael's school is designed for students who want to make dog training their career. Not soon after, Michael opened the Michael Ellis School for Dog Trainers in San Francisco, California. In 2009, Michael and I started to do training DVDs together. It's a very refreshing trait that is seldom seen in people who give training seminars. He is a humble, patient, kind, thoughtful teacher who can communicate and invoke trust in just about everyone (and every dog) that he meets. Michael is never arrogant, vain, rude, or forceful. It's one thing to train dogs and quite another to train people how to train dogs. In my opinion, he is the best sport dog trainer/instructor in the world. I admire and respect Michael Ellis as a person, a teacher, a mentor, a dog trainer, and a decoy.
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