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Hello Christina,
Just want to thank you for the amazing help you gave me with Bella. I was at the point of looking for a new owner for her till you came along. She was ignoring everything I said and chewing the heck out of everything – including me.
I was amazed when you first walked in my door. She was jumping up despite my commands and it finally hit me that you were doing your job without doing a thing. Bella soon went away without the attention and fuss and calmed down. I was flabbergasted. But it worked.
Bella is growing up now and she is still a puppy…..but a calmer one that obeys most of the time. I really enjoy her now and we’re best buds. She loves riding in the car and chasing the fall leaves around.
Again, I thank you for everything and I’m sure I’ll be calling on you about something.
Sincerely,
Rebecca Dupont
Bella Banana, too
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I brought home my first dog just over 6 weeks ago. He’s a six month old standard black poodle named Buck. I’ve never had a dog before so I did a lot of research before hand on breed traits, food, health, training… But with the internet you can’t always trust what you read. I wanted to participate in a training program with professionals who could help me through all the trouble spots you run into being a dog owner. I had a friend recommend Sit Means Sit Dog Trianing, looked them up online and gave them a call. Best call I could have made! 
With the trainer Christina’s help, and the weekly dog training classes, Buck is well on his way to becoming an example of what an awesome dog can be. I took him to the Boise Music Festival this past weekend and he was so well behaved my friend kept telling her dog that she should be good like Buck. Especially helpful was the personal experience Christina could share with me about working with dogs, her own and others she helps train, and the tips and tricks used to help train them.
When I first brought Buck home I used to get mad all the time because he wasn’t behaving, but now I know that it’s not that he’s misbehaving intentionally (even though it may seem like it sometimes) it’s that I haven’t shown him clearly enough what I expect from him and we go back to the basics. Buck is such a smart dog and picks up on things so fast that we are even planning on doing some agility training in the future! I whole heartedly recommend Sit Means Sit training and their excellent staff of trainers.
Thank you,
Cassie Lint
Almost as soon as we got our 1-year-old golden retriever home from the pound last November, we realized he was going to be a handful.He destroyed books, DVD’s, and anything else left lying around the house. He refused to come when called. He tore up backyard beds during frantic searches for fresh bark mulch. He was bad with visitors — jumping all over them, grabbing arms and hands with his mouth. And strange dogs, encountered on walks or It was after a month or so that I began hearing my wife, Maryl, muttering things like: “I can’t control this dog. Let’s take him back to the pound.”
But thankfully, we didn’t send Eddy back to the joint. Instead, we hired Jim Closson and his team at SitMeansSit to help us rehabilitate our wayward boy.
And now, after just a couple weeks of in-home lessons, and a month of small group classes, Eddy is well-behaved around the house, he minds his people and he socializes wonderfully with human visitors and other dogs. In short, Eddy turned out to be a pretty smart dog and is now a joy to have as part of our family.
One of the things we asked Jim to help us focus on was boundary training. On top of his obvious flaws, Eddy was also a runner. He was picked up wandering the streets of Boise, after escaping the control of his first owners. And after we got him, and even on a leash, it was clear that Eddy looked for every opportunity to bolt.
The other day, as I walked out of my office and through the front room toward another cup of coffee, I felt something was wrong. It was cold. Our front door was wide open. I must have left it ajar when I walked inside after collecting the paper. At first, I didn’t see Eddy. My heart sank. And then I looked down. There was Eddy, our new and improved, well-behaved boy, sitting in precisely the spot — inside the open doorway — where we had trained him with Jim’s help not to travel beyond without permission and without one of his people going first.
Now, it seems, even Eddy’s tendency to run has been corrected. Thank you, Jim!
Eddy the Golden Retriever
Boise Sit Means Sit Client
Brian and I wanted to take a moment to tell you how impressed we are with your employee, McKyle.Upon our first meeting we were blown away by his professionalism, knowledge, and presentation skills and he was a big part of the decision we made to use Sit Means Sit for our training needs. Yesterday, when he brought Jackson back to us, we were once again wowed by him. Not only does he possess excellent customer service skills, he is so personable and has great “people” skills. He involved the kids in the training when possible and it was clear he was going to stay with us for as long as we needed him to in order to feel comfortable taking over Jackson’s training.
Jackson has made tremendous growth with you and your trainers. We are so impressed by his ability to place and sit, heel, and come. We feel like we have the tools necessary to continue his training with confidence and follow through with what you started. Already today he has had to face visitors at our door, people walking by our house with dogs (while he was outside off leash with us), and “placing” the entire time we were working out.
Thank you, Jim, to you and your team for sticking with Jackson and getting him to where he is right now. We look forward to continuing our training with you and McKyle.
Sincerely,
Marisa and Brian Alan
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Pete Zimowsky and Julie Hall
Idaho Statesman Outdoor Sports Writer
Boise, Idaho. Dog Training Client
You helped us immensely getting a hyper yellow lab turned around. The six-year-old AKC lab was given up to the Emmett shelter and then spent a year in foster care where she was penned up in a kennel. When we first got her, you couldn’t walk her with a leash without suffering shoulder injuries. She was constantly coming up to you with a stick and barking. She had no heeling experience.
After going through your private training, she received both her obedience and advanced obedience certificates. She heels, comes and stays put when commanded. She stays put and waits for the command to retrieve. No way would she do that before the training.
We continue to use your expertise every day in training; you don’t want an unruly dog in a canoe. Honey bee is now a courtesy hunter, hiker and family dog. And, also a veteran canoe dog. Thanks Jim
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My son and I took your class last summer for our two dogs and can still see the benefits daily. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend your class to anyone
Regina Wildeisen
Eagle, Idaho. Dog Training Client
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Hey Jim,
Just wanted to let you know how well Cooper is doing. I give the dogs baths every other Sunday and I always have to fight Cooper tooth and nail. Today he stood in place for me the entire time. YEAH!!! Thanks for being such a great instructor of both my dog and me.
Niki Henry
Eagle, Idaho. Dog Training Client
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Our dog, Roxy, was a terror. Her original owners had to get rid of her after she bit one of the neighbors. We were not doing well with her either. In the first 8 months that we had her she bit or threatened several people (including young children), she would bolt at the sight of an open door, and our efforts to contain her in our yard were fruitless and included investing thousands of dollars in a 6ft fence. She was spending hours every day terrorizing the neighborhood after escaping the yard or bolting through an open door. She would prevent neighbors from getting out of their cars and attacked dogs, cats and deer. She was bound to get us into legal trouble and we actually contemplated having her put down. Her last chance was obedience training with Jim Closson .
After completing the 2 month long basic obedience class she is a completely different animal. While she retains the urge to chase other animals, we have complete control and can actually call her back to us from any distance and with any degree of distraction. She politely waits for permission to go through open doors and no longer leaves the yard. She will sit unrestrained for any length of time as dogs, people, cats or anything else pass by. Her aggressive behavior toward strangers has stopped. In her last week of the training we took her backpacking. Incredibly, she walked with us unrestrained throughout the 2 day trip. If horses, hikers, other dogs, or wildlife approached we could simply call her back and she would sit calmly at our side while the distraction passed. This is a dog that once bolted at the sight of such distractions ignoring our commands and disappearing for hours.
Ryan Andrus and Carol Brummet
Boise ID Dog Training
