Graf

Owners: Armine A.

City: Glendale 91205

Dog’s Name: Graf

Breed: German Shepherd

Likes: Graf loves to play and learn new tricks.

Pet-Peeves: He doesn’t like to stay alone at home.

Favorite Toy: all his toys

Favorite Treat: everything we eat…especially beef

Favorite Walk: anywhere

Best Tricks: sit, jump, down

Arrival Story: Graf is my birthday gift.  We got him from a very nice and lovely family.  His parents are both GSD (he was 8 weeks, so cute)

Bio: Graf was born on December 24th.  He is a very smart dog and very protective.

Fun Fact: Graf loves to sleep with our slippers.

Why Sit Means Sit for training? Based on the positive reviews of others, I think Sit Means Sit will work well for my dog too.

Mac

Owners: Kevin, Renae, & London

City: Pasadena 91101

Dog’s Name: Mac

Breed: Terrier/Poodle mix

Likes: Long walks, running in the park and playing with my “princess” sister, Lolli-Pop

Pet-Peeves: Little kids, shufflers, men with hoodies or hats and getting picked-up

Favorite Toy: Any old stuffed-animal will do!

Favorite Treat: Peanut-butter stuffed bones

Favorite Walk: A long one… to the park.

Best Tricks: Jumping really high!

Arrival Story: We rescued Mac in response to a Craigslist ad. He was living with a family that had children who abused him.

Bio: Mac is our “grumpy guy” who has a big tender heart deep down inside. He loves being with the family but also needs his own space.

Weird Quirk: We bought a cute little pink bed for our female “princess” dog, and a big brown plush bed for Mac, when we brought them home Mac went directly to the pink bed and never left it. Needless to say our female dog now sleeps on his brown bed and he has adopted the pink ruffle bed.

Motto: I just want to please you, but I need to learn how.

Why Sit Means Sit for training? We welcomed our first baby into our home in June and shortly after we started to notice a decline in Mac’s behavior.  He was acting out, biting, snapping, and growling, more often.  We knew that with Mac’s history of abuse, especially because it was at the hands of children, that he may not adjust well to having a new baby.  We needed to make sure that we could get a handle on his aggression and get his “attention” quickly, before the baby started crawling/interacting with him.  We had always read that the “Alpha” dominating way of dog training was the most effective, but with Mac’s low self-esteem we knew this was not the answer.  We really loved the Sit Means Sit philosophy of gentle, positive, dog training.  A “tap on the shoulder” took on a whole new meaning and really changed the way we interacted with Mac!

Dulce

Owners: Matt, Mariana, Sharon, Ben & Kim

City: Pasadena 91106

Dog’s Name: Dulce

Breed: Miniature Poodle mix

Likes: to be carried, affection, snuggling in the blankets, and any human food!

Pet-Peeves: gardeners, bicycles, and people in hats
Update: Since Dulce completed her Board & Train Program, bicycles are no longer a pet-peeve.  Check out the video below to see how Dulce feels about bikes.

Favorite Toy: stuffed dog animal

Favorite Treat: hot dog

Favorite Walk: to the Starbucks at Lake & California in Pasadena

Best Tricks: dancing on two feet

Arrival Story: Dulce was adopted from Pasadena Humane Society.

Bio: Dulce is a sweet little dog who loves to be part of the family.

Fun Fact: Dulce can walk and hop around on her two back feet!

Motto: Girls just wanna have fun!

Why Sit Means Sit for training? Shortly after bringing Dulce home from the shelter, we discovered that she had some eye problems that required surgery.  During her recovery from her surgery, she was on some medications that caused her to be very mellow.  Once she was fully recovered, Dulce’s true spunky personality appeared, along with some problem behaviors.  She uses her mouth to nip at us to get attention and can get over excited very easily.  We just want her to learn how to get our attention without biting us and how to stay calm so that she can spend more time with the family and even be able to go places with us.

Joy

Owners: Arnold & Cathy

City: Pasadena, CA 91107

Dog’s Name: Joy

Breed: Keeshond

Likes: to play with big “sister” (a Shepherd/Greyhound mix)

Pet-Peeves: being told “no”

Favorite Toy: squeaker mouse, balls

Favorite Treat: yogurt bite treats

Favorite Walk: walking around our property with “sister” looking for squirrels or any other animal

Best Tricks: none yet

Arrival Story: We contacted Tawn & Patte at Shoreline Kees after our Keeshond, Kiki passed away.  One of their dogs had just been bred, and on 9-11-11 had 6 puppies, 4 girls & 2 boys.  We went for a visit and fell in love with Joy – who played with us the whole visit.  We were finally able to bring her home 2 months later.  She is truly a “joy” for us.

Bio: Joy was bred from show dogs – mother Tasha, father Jordy.  We are told she has the capability of also being a show dog.  Joy’s show name is Deja Vu, but to us she is our funny, cute and loving Joy!

Weird Quirk: Joy loves to climb!  She climbed out of a 2 foot pen, then a 4 foot pen and a 3 foot high baby gate – all this at 3 months.

Why Sit Means Sit for training? With the possibility of Joy being a show dog, we wanted her to be trained professionally.  Our veterinarian recommended Sit Means Sit.  We met with Jennifer and were happy with what she presented to us.

Owner: The Starnes Family

Annie and Daisy

City: Pasadena, 91105

Dog’s Name: Annie (black & white) and Daisy (liver & white)

Breed: English Springer Spaniels

Likes: Having fun and being with Mom, Dad, and Sister Chrissie

Favorite Toy: everything

Favorite Treat: Charlie Bears

Best Walk: not ready for a walk yet

Best Trick: Sitting for Charlie Bears

Arrival Story: Annie and Daisy were born in Prescott, AZ.  they have four sisters and two brothers.  Mom was “Daisy” and dad was “Cleator.”  We had our first long car ride coming home from Prescott, “sigh.”

Why training / Sit Means Sit: It’s important for us to be the best girls that we can be.  We will love to go for long walks and hikes with Mom & Dad in Colorado.  There are lots of other dogs to play with.

Motto: We can’t do anything too wrong!