Lianne Hassen's Dog Training Blog

LAS VEGAS DOCKDOGS PRACTICE | LIANNE HASSEN & ‘TANK’

admin — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:12:18 +0000

My Favorite Photos of ‘Tank’ at our latest Las Vegas DockDogs practice.
Photos taken by Lisa Weber of Captain Big Bark and Company Photography.

‘SIT MEANS SIT’ PROUDLY SPONSORS ‘TEAM TRACTOR’

admin — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:56:19 +0000

Congratulations to Lisa Weber and her yellow labrador retriever, Tractor (TEAM TRACTOR) for being invited to the Dock Dogs World Championships to compete in EV (Extreme Verticle).

‘Sit Means Sit’ proudly sponsors TEAM TRACTOR as they are so impressed with Tractor’s Extreme Vertical jump of 6′ 10″ which earned them the invite to the DockDogs World Championships.

Lisa Weber and ‘Tractor’, (TEAM TRACTOR) are proud members of the Las Vegas DockDogs Club.

Here is the video of the winning EV jump in Dubuque, earlier this year, that earned Tractor and Lisa their invite to the DockDogs World Championships. The most impressive factor being that this was Tractor’s first time trying EV (Extreme Vertical). Good Boy Tractor!!!

INTRODUCING ‘LAS VEGAS DOCK DOGS’

admin — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 05:40:49 +0000

Visit the Las Vegas Dock Dogs Club website: www.LasVegasDockDogs.com

Las Vegas DockDogs is a nationally sanctioned affiliate DockDogs Club. Having a DockDogs Club in Las Vegas only makes sense with the high temperatures that Las Vegas Nevada has. The sport of Dock Diving is quickly taking over at local events and venues where dogs are allowed.

In this video, some of our club members enjoy a day at the Lake working on their dogs entering the water with a high launch. The water at the lake is very refreshing and a nice escape from the Las Vegas heat.

We had about 11 or so dogs jumping into the water this day and the location was perfect so all of the dogs could cool off, practice their jumps and have fun at the same time.

Las Vegas Dock Dogs Club | Having Fun at the Lake

My Favorite Photos of ‘Tank’ & ‘Flip’
Two of my favorite photos taken by Lisa Weber of Captain Big Bark and Company Photography. ‘Tank’ and ‘Flip’ jumping at the same time (don’t worry, he didn’t land on her)

Slideshow of ‘Tank’ and ‘Flip’
Photos by Lisa Weber of Captain Big Bark and Company Photography

ANOTHER PERFECT SCORE | AKC RALLY EXCELLENT B

admin — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 06:34:00 +0000

Lianne Hassen and ‘Tank’ her labrador retriever achieve another perfect score (100 points) in AKC Rally Excellent B.

DOGS PLAYING BY THE POOL

admin — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 21:47:44 +0000

Here is my slideshow of ‘Tank’, ‘Flip’ and ‘Trell’ having a great time playing by the pool all day!

‘SIT MEANS SIT’ TRAINED DOGS

admin — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:00:32 +0000

Marvin Steeg’s German Shepherd ‘Lance’, Lianne Hassen’s dogs ‘Flip’ (Jack Russell Mix) & ‘Tank’ (Black Labrador Retriever), Mike Ferguson’s Pit Bull ‘Smooch’ and Kathy Springman’s Yorkshire Terrier ‘Halo’ posing in with the ‘Sit Means Sit’ Dog Training sign.

‘Sit Means Sit’ Trained Dogs, originally uploaded by Lianne Hassen.

‘Flip’ and her new boyfriend ‘Lance’ posing together : )

‘Flip’ & ‘Lance’, originally uploaded by Lianne Hassen.

ANIMAL ACTOR | ‘FLIP’

admin — Fri, 23 May 2008 05:09:11 +0000

‘Flip’ was chosen for a Nationwide ad in Las Vegas, Nevada. This included 2 days on-set for their photo shoot.

The first day was only a couple of hours posing with a family while their car was repaired by a Pit Crew in a driveway. ‘Flip’ knew the little girl that she was posing with from a prior ad she was in for a local community out here in Las Vegas which was nice.

The second day was much more intensive (8 hours) as we were scheduled on a road out near Lake Mead, which in the summer in Las Vegas, can be HOT. Luckily, there was an awesome RV for us to relax in and stay cool while we were on break. ‘Flip’ had to sit with the family again, but this time their was a helicopter hovering overhead shooting the photos of them. This was particularly difficult because I (Lianne) had to position myself at a great distance from ‘Flip’ so I wasn’t in the shot. In order to make things go smoothly, I gave the family the instructions on how to keep ‘Flip’ in a sit position. They did awesome!

In addition to the helicopter shot, we also had to do a shot with ‘Flip’ sticking her head out of the car window while the Pit Crew worked on the car. It was basically over an hour of ‘Flip’ having to hold her “Spread em” command out of the car window. The only complication was that the car had child safety windows, so it was difficult for ‘Flip’ to get good extension out of the car window, but we managed because she had such a good “Spread em” command.

All of the posing/acting that ‘Flip’ did was without her collar on. She was, as always, very reliable!

ANIMAL ACTOR | ‘FLIP’, originally uploaded by Lianne Hassen.

Q & A WITH ‘SIT MEANS SIT’ AT ROLEX KENTUCKY

admin — Wed, 21 May 2008 15:48:01 +0000

People tend to notice how happy our dogs are first and foremost. All of the cute tricks and high level of attention usually sparks peoples interest for a while. Then they notice the little black box on our dogs collar and that is when we usually hear the question “will the dog listen without the collar on?”. The answer is YES, infact, my dog ‘Tank’ has earned all of his titles without any equipment on and he is very reliable. You’ll see in this video that Ashton Fitz-Gerald and myself take the collars off of both ‘Pharoah’ and ‘Tank’ to demonstrate how well our dogs listen with the collar off.

LAKE MEAD | DOCK DOGS

admin — Tue, 13 May 2008 00:12:47 +0000

We found a marina down at Lake Mead where they had a nice dock to practice our Dock Dogs!

Here are some shots of ‘Tank’ getting some BIG AIR at Lake Mead, Las Vegas, Nevada.

‘TANK’ LAUNCHING, originally uploaded by Lianne Hassen.

DOCK DOGS- LAKE MEAD, originally uploaded by Lianne Hassen.

BIG AIR- LAKE MEAD, originally uploaded by Lianne Hassen.

HITTING THE WATER, originally uploaded by Lianne Hassen.

‘CALVIN’ THE NATURAL SEIZURE RESPONSE DOG

admin — Mon, 12 May 2008 21:29:52 +0000

Years ago, I rescued a little white fluff-ball named ‘Calvin’. He was a terrific dog and very well trained and we enjoyed working with him and fostering him. I gave ‘Calvin’ to a young girl, Brittany, and quickly, they became the best of friends.

Today, I received this incredible note from Brittany. It just goes to show that the journey for ‘Calvin’ may just be beginning.

BRITTANY WROTE:
So last night, Calvin was freaking out for about an hour and a half jumping on me, standing on me, and then jumping off the bed and running to the door. I let him out three times in the span of an hour and he didn’t have to go to the washroom. I went to sleep and left my door open and Calvin sat in the hall basically waiting for me to come with him. Finally I called him into the room and held him til I fell asleep. Anyways an hour later Alyssa’s dad had a seizure (he’s never had a seizure before) and I was wondering if like you thought that Calvin had sensed it, has he been trained to do things like that? It was so crazy.

FOR MORE INFO ON WHAT A SEIZURE RESPONSE DOG IS CLICK HERE!