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.
‘Flip’ and her new boyfriend ‘Lance’ posing together : )
‘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!
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.
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.
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!
Lianne Hassen, Ashton Fitz-Gerald and Dave Skoletsky bring their dogs through the crowd at Rolex 2008 Kentucky for a tough challenge. Distract ‘Tank’, ‘Pharoah’ or ‘Beck’ and win a ‘Sit Means Sit’ Dog Training prize.
If you’ve seen the movie Old School with Will Ferrel, you may recognize the chant the crowd is doing in this video of ‘Frank the Tank’, LOL.
Protection Training at it’s best!!!
Fred & Lianne Hassen, Ashton Fitz-Gerald, Dave Skoletsky, Luciano Aguilar and Mike Arturi took part in this one of a kind video representing ‘Sit Means Sit’ Corporate Sponsor at the Rolex 2008 Kentucky.
‘Tank’ and I had a wonderful time in Denver while doing demonstrations at the Pet Expo. There was a National Dock Dogs Competition and I decided to enter on the Sunday. ‘Tank’ was a maniac, he really enjoyed the sport and did very well because of the experience and training we’ve done in our swimming program.
First, we competed in the Speed Retrieve and he took second place. Then I jumped him in the Dock Dogs furthest distance jump contest, to which he took first place in the senior division and moved into the National Semi-Pro Finals. After resting for a bit, he jumped 19.1 feet in the Semi-Pro Finals and took second place.
I bought him a new duck which you’ll see in the photo, it is easy to throw and ‘Tank’ really enjoys it.
FIRST TIME COMPETITORS IN THE FINALS
‘Tank’ and I trying our luck at the BIG AIR competition. We took 1st Place in the Senior Level and then 2nd Place in the Finals.
SPEED RETRIEVE | 2ND PLACE
Rikki’s winning times 6.47 and 6.34 Grin
2nd Lianna & Tank 6.50 and 6.84, really nice folks that were there with ‘Sit Means Sit’ dog training from Las Vegas
3rd Rich & Jasper 6.56 and 6.81 those two are so much to watch and think about it Jasper is over 7 years old Roll Eyes
4th Steve & Sota 6.69 and 7.25, this little golden is for sure the top in his breed with tons of fire Grin
5th April & Otter 7.35 and 7.43 if you’ve never seen these two on the dock, best friends is a understatement Grin
6th April & Duck 8.38 and 9.03, he’s so cute he thinks he can walk on water
7th Brant & Rose 8.72 and 8.50
8th Toni & Stuff 15.50 and 15.03, you won’t believe this when you see the video. Stuff was a lapdog that took to jumping off the dock and speed retrieve like a pro. Lots of heart in this little guy.
Thanks to all of the Dock Dogs staff!!!
‘Sit Means Sit’ Dog Trainers from Denver Colorado, Colorado Springs Colorado, Steamboat Springs Colorado, Frisco Texas, Phoenix Arizona and Las Vegas Nevada came together for the Pet Expo held in Denver Colorado. We performed in obedience, agility, protection training, trick training and dock dog diving. Many talented trainers and their dogs from the various ‘Sit Means Sit’ locations are seen in the below video: ‘Beck’ & Dave Skoletsky, ‘Stuff’ & Toni Drugmand, ‘Tank’ & Lianne Hassen, ‘Bo’ & Fred Hassen, ‘Stella’ & Anthony Bracciante, ‘Bravo’ & Dana Thelander, ‘Reba’ & Cindy Aeberli, ‘Riley’ & Allen Stephens
