Thanks to Marnie Peterson for this great testimonial!

As of September 2008, our dogs Sadie & Dutchess had:
• Severe aggression toward other dogs/animals and each other. 
• Killed a small dog and several chickens
• Aggression toward strangers, started to have aggression toward our friends
• Couldn’t take them anywhere in public
• They were severely unstable & unpredictable
• Monstrous around food
• Sadie attacked and bit Luke on the first night of training

After “Sit means Sit” dog training (three lessons and four weeks of 15 min a day home training)
As of October 13, 2008:
• “Come” when called, “Sit” and stay when asked
• Sit in their “place” for up to 30 minutes & go down when asked
• Learning to “leave” food alone
• Stop when told “off.”
• Take to the park every day for a walk/run around other dogs of all sizes
• No aggression toward other dogs or animals
• No aggression toward humans (except those that walk outside our fence.)
• Stay within our yard & leave the chickens alone
• We can take them in the car anywhere
• They are the best pets we could ever have!

If I had known it would have been this pleasant I would have called Luke from Sit Means Sit when they were puppies.  I have no concerns. Thank you so much Luke.  At first I thought you were crazy thinking you could train my dogs and I in such a short time, but you did what you said you would do.  Amazing. You are a great Christian man with strong values.  I know you and your family and “pack” will do well. It was great working with you. God bless you, 
Marnie Peterson

Before his training, Tip was a very loving, friendly puppy who was out of control. He would run up to visitors, barking and waggin’ that “tail o’destruction”, jump up on their chests and lick their faces and just generally be a nuisance instead of a joy. And that was with my friends and family who LIKE dogs. My Mother has severe arthritis, and though she adores dogs, she was afraid Tip would knock her down, just because he is so strong.
When Tip and I started our training with Luke in early December, Tip was 10 months old and 90 lbs. I sent Luke a picture of Tip with the garbage can lid on his head. Tip used to poke his head down in the trash, then when he’d pull his head out, the lid would come off the can and he’d wear it like some kind of trashy lei! Not anymore. Now, he knows the command “Tip, OFF!”.
In just 2 lessons, Luke was able to teach Tip the “Sit”, “Come”, “Wait”, and “Off” commands. In the next lesson we learned, “place”, “heel” and “stay” and we worked on “hush” on our own.
I am looking forward to training my husband’s Yellow Lab with Sit Means Sit as well. That’s how satisfied we are with this training.
I hope you decide to train your dog with Sit Means Sit because I think you’ll be very satisfied with the results. Tip is much nicer to be around now that he has manners and control. It’s the difference between being around a well-mannered child and a brat who is constantly tugging on their Mother or Daddy’s sleeve demanding attention, or a snack or a drink, or throwing a tantrum, or running through the room screaming, or running in front of your shopping cart at the grocery store…you’ve encountered a child like one of these, I’m sure.

Truly,

Holly Guest

This is a testimonial by Adam Katz. He is a successful dog trainer and owner of dogproblems.com. In this letter he talks about the quality of our dog training methods. Thanks Adam.

DOG TRAINERS TOO COOL FOR SCHOOL

Last weekend, I was invited to attend Fred Hassen’s “Sit Means Sit” yearly alumni seminar. I got to meet some great dog trainers.
Some who were absolutely outstanding include: Dave Skoletsky, Toni Drummond, Alfredo Rivera, Lianne Hassen, Luciano Aguilar and many, many others. (I’m probably butchering their names, too!)

I’ve been around a lot of dog people and a lot of dog clubs in my
time, and I have to say that this is a great bunch of trainers,
from around the country. They are friendly and open. And most importantly, they seem to leave their ego at the door and instead let their dog training do the talking.

I saw dogs doing very complicated training exercises.

You know… it’s one thing to see a good AKC obedience trainer who works with a dog that knows the obedience pattern and what’s coming next. But it’s quite another thing to see somebody invent an exercise that the trainer has never seen before, and then watch almost magically as that dog trainer gets her dog to do the behavior in a matter of seconds. And really advanced stuff, too–like getting a dog to retrieve a toy from a bucket of water, at a distance of 20 feet… while other dogs were standing around!!

It was an exercise that one dog trainer thought up, and challenged the others, to do. Trust me when I say that it’s not simply dropping a toy into a bucket of water and telling the dog to go pick it up. The exercise involved: A directed send-away, a fetch command, a return/recall command, and the dog having enough trust in the owner to stick his head into a bucket of dirty water and retrieve a toy.

Probably not what the average pet owner will ever need to teach their dog to do– but impressive, nonetheless.

I saw many other incredibly high levels of training. And I’ll be
sharing more, in weeks to come.

If you’re looking into hiring a local dog trainer to help with your
dog, I think it would be wise to contact a Sit Means Sit dog
trainer in your area and have them at least come out and give you a demonstration. I can guarantee you’ll be impressed.

For more information, see:
http://www.sitmeanssit.com

(By the way… I have no financial interest in recommending Sit
Means Sit. Fred Hassen, the owner, bought me a couple of dinners, and that’s not nearly enough to buy my recommendation).

A Mercedes would be, though.

Enjoy your dog,
- Adam Katz
Dogproblems.com

Tip is a boxer mix owned by Holly and Johnny Guest. He is a great dog, but he is quite large and can be quite stubborn. Holly contacted me for obediance training for Tip. This is a pic of Tip acting innocent with the trash can lid around his neck. Wonder how that got there?
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Many people will get a new puppy for Christmas and one of the first things they run into is house training. We recently began the house training process ourselves after getting two new puppies. As a dog trainer people often ask about house breaking. Our pups have reminded me of the work and time that it takes to accomplish having a well trained dog.
The first day we had the pups we were so busy having fun, taking pictures, laughing, and playing, that I almost forgot about the job at hand. It wasn’t long before I had a stinky little reminder of the responsibility and the consistancy it takes to completely house train a new puppy. House breaking is all about a management system. Once you know how to structure your new puppy the outcome is predictable. Like all dog training the real secrets to training your puppy to go outside are timing and consistancy.

Luke

Sit Means Sit Dog Training in Fort Worth, Texas.