WE DID IT!!!!

Sit Means Sit Cleveland-Akron is your 2012 Fox 8 Hot List Winner for BEST DOG TRAINING!  We couldn’t have won without your votes!  Thank you for your continued support!!!

We still need your help! There are only 10 days left to vote for Sit Means Sit Cleveland-Akron as the Best in Dog Training on the Fox 8 Hot List! Please show your support and vote today by clicking the badge below! Thank you for your support!!

We had a BLAST last weekend at the 4130 BMX PARK in Canton, OH! We are a proud sponsor of the 4130 BMX Park Race Team which is a regional bicycle motorcross team consisting of 30 Riders who are also involved in civic activities, parades, bike safety inspections and more!  The riders are age 5 to 40 and most are in the rookie to novice class!  We couldn’t be happier to be a sponsor and help children stay active in sports and spend less time playing video games! Check out some of our pictures from last week’s race!

We are proud to announce that Sit Means Sit Cleveland-Akron has won the highest honor from our corporation:

We are the 2011 #1 Franchise of all the Sit Means Sit Franchises!

We would like to extend a HUGE thank you to all of our staff members and wonderful clients! Without your hard work and support, this would not be possible!

We Need Your Help!

Sit Means Sit Cleveland-Akron
is competing for #1 on the FOX 8 Akron-Canton HOT LIST for BEST DOG TRAINING.  Click the badge above to cast your vote!
Every vote counts!  Thank you for your continued support!

We did it! THANKS TO YOU, OHIO NO LONGER DISCRIMINATES BASED ON BREED Today, I had the pleasure of being at the bill-signing ceremony where Governor Kasich signed HB 14 into law. This historic legislation repeals Ohio’s breed-discriminatory law targeting pit bulls and replaces it with a comprehensive reckless owner/dangerous dog law. Ohio was the only state to codify canine profiling. In the past, all “pit bulls,” as defined by their appearance, were included in the definition of “vicious dogs.” Pet pit bulls and short-haired muscular mutts were often wrongfully taken from loving families and killed because the law unfairly classified all pit bulls as vicious dogs. The new law rectifies this wrong by taking pit bulls out of the definition of vicious dogs and establishing nuisance, dangerous, and vicious dog categories solely based on a dog’s behavior, regardless of breed or appearance. It also prevents convicted felons from owning an unsterilized dog for three years after release from prison. Thank you for joining Best Friends in spearheading this groundbreaking accomplishment. In the Buckeye state, many dogs are wagging their tail in thanks. Remember, politics is not a spectator sport! YOU ARE WONDERFUL! Sincerely, Ledy VanKavage, Esq.Sr. Legislative Attorney If you have a question or concern about animal welfare please email Community Animal Assistance at animalhelp@bestfriends.org.

The poster below features one of Sit Means Sit Cleveland-Akron’s exceptional clients, Yago! This poster is to help further the good nature of the Doberman breed. He is on the top row in the center! Awesome job, Yago!

Hosted by Leslie Ungar, Forum 360 with Sit Means Sit Cleveland-Akron owner and trainer, Paul Pollock, and his dog Simba will air the week of March 5 and can also be seen on Local on Demand.

Paul Pollock, owner and trainer for Sit Means Sit Cleveland-Akron will appear on the Time Warner TV show, Forum 360!  Hosted by Leslie Ungar, the show will air throughout the week on Time Warner Cable Channel 23.  The show airs on Mondays at 12:30PM, Tuesdays at 10:30AM & 3:30PM, Wednesdays at 2:30PM & 7:30PM, Thursdays at 10:30AM, Fridays at 2:30PM, Saturdays at 4PM, and Sundays at 3:30PM.  You can also catch the show on TV Air DIGITAL tw1111: Local on Demand even before it airs!  The show will be available on the radio on WONE 97.5 on Sunday at 6AM and on WAKR AM 1590 on Sunday at 8:30AM.

The show airs in Northeastern Ohio in the Greater Cleveland, Akron, Canton, Mansfield, and Youngstown areas to over one million viewers.

“Almost live” for 30 minutes, Leslie hosts the show with local, regional, and national guests that bring light to topics of special interest. Forum 360 is presented by Time-Warner and the Shaw Jewish Center to bring the TV and radio audiences’ awareness of issues, events, or people “happening” in the area.

Please visit Leslie’s website for more information!  CLICK HERE

And the winner for the best caption comes to us from

Sabrina Valenta out of Lyndhurst, Ohio!

“Imitating Steven Tyler singing the National Anthem”

Do you have a funny picture of your dog to enter in our “Caption of the Month” contest?  Email pictures and captions to Clevleland.Akron@SitMeansSit.com and we’ll post your picture on our facebook page!  The winning picture will be featured in our next newsletter!