Here is a recent video of the Sit Means Sit dog training performance at the Colorado Ski and Snowboard Expo held at the Denver Convention Center. Enjoy!!!

Check out this video of “The Main Event”

The Main Event is a three day meeting of all the Sit Means Sit locations.

I’d like to thank the 96 people that attended the Sit Means Sit Main Event this year. It was highlighted with guest speakers, Dock Diving, and a lot of dog training workshops, including retrieval work, protection, agility, and enhancing your Sit Means Sit demonstration.

It was a pleasure having everyone in Denver and great to finally put names with faces.

Here is a group photo of TEAM SIT MEANS SIT.

Thanks,

Dave

Here is a video of Sit Means Sit dogs at the lake on Labor Day.

Recently, Sit Means Sit performed a demonstration for the children at Kiddie Academy in Broomfield, Colorado. The kids were great and really enjoyed all of the dog tricks. We want to thank all the children for their interest and asking great questions about our dogs. Stella, Chase, Willow, Phanuff, and Beck also thank the kids for all the pets they received!

Fred, Luciano, Ashton, Lenzy, and I had the opportunity to work with the folks at Master K-9 a few weeks ago. Kenyon Evers hosted a phenomenal seminar that consisted of about 25 police K-9 handlers. There were a lot of quality dogs and handlers here and I can honestly say that this was one of my favorite seminars.

Here you’ll see a video of the 3-day seminar.

I’d like to thank the following Sit Means Sit dog trainers for making the 2008 Colorado Pet Expo a success:

Lianne and Fred Hassen
Toni Drugmand
Dana Thelander
Anthony Bracciante
Cindy Aeberli
Allen Stevens.

We performed on Saturday and Sunday, and both shows went great. Here is a video of some highlights from the weekend.

Here is a video of the students currently attending the Denver school: Allen Stephens (Frisco, TX), Romeo Giovani (Austin, TX) and Cindy Aeverli (Colorado Springs, CO). You will also see the Sit Means Sit staff of John Langdon, David Smith, Anthony Bracciante, and Dave Skoletsky.

Please enjoy this video of recent Sit Means Sit graduate, Donna Kosc. Izzy was an owner relinquished dog that Donna found on Craigs List. Congratulations to Donna for her dedication in giving Izzy a great home with phenomenal Sit Means Sit Training.

A perspective client came to us last week and the first words out of their mouth was, “we are not sold on shock collar training.” They were skeptical. They came to “Sit Means Sit” as a last ditch effort to control their dog. They have attended dog training courses prior to our visit to fulfill a court-order, and had trouble maintaining the training.

As with all of our perspective clients, we performed a demonstration with our dogs to show them we are qualified to train dogs. More importantly, we did a demonstration with their dog to show them we can make a difference, and for that matter very quickly. Now we had their attention and I explained to them that I do not view remote collar training as a last option.

Dog training is a choice. You can choose to use food, leashes, collars, head halters, choke chains, pinch collars, can of pennies, throw-chains, clickers, remote collars….. All the training aids listed are tools to get your dogs attention. In my eyes, they are not positive or negative, they are neutral. I do not view food training for good dogs and pinch collar training for bad dogs. You do what works to get your dog to focus on you.

The reason I choose remote collars is because I can get my dog to focus on me even at distances. Before I learned the “Sit Means Sit” remote training approach, I was a food and leash trainer. I was very good, but I still had problems with some dogs when they were at a distance and they chose not to listen to a command. Just because a dog knows a command does not mean they will perform it. If a distraction, like a rabbit, is more interesting than our command, your dog will be disobedient. Remote collar training gives me the advantage to control my dog’s impulses and natural instincts even from 50 yards away.

For me, the bottom line is I love my dogs and I want to give them as much freedom as possible. The “Sit Means Sit” remote dog training method gives me the ability to take my dog’s off leash in any situation, and I believe my dog’s live a more fulfilling life because of that.

The video below will show you the demonstration performed with our new client. They were so impressed, they also signed up their “good” dog!