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Sit Means Sit is about more than just correcting dogs’ behavior, we’re about preparing them for the real world and cultivating relationships between dogs and their owners. Our entire team is highly trained and professional. The goal is to make every one of our training sessions fun, engaging, and beneficial.
We make learning fun by utilizing our Better, Faster, Smarter training system to accomplish goals quickly and in a way that will last. The results are backed with lifetime training because we want our clients to be supported throughout all the changes that come as years go by.
We are especially experienced in working with dogs who struggle with reactivity, aggression and eparation anxiety. Our goal is to provide off-leash control mastery — even around distractions. The end result is a calmer, more reliable pet who can go wherever your family goes! Contact us today for a free consultation!
We are a certified Canine Good Citizen® (CGC) test evaluator.
Dog Training Classes
Any Dog Any Age Any Problem
Puppy Management
Our puppy classes are a quick-start program meant to give your new best friend a strong beginning. We give you answers to all your questions and curate your dog’s behavior so that they become a canine companion suited for a lifetime of meaningful relationships.
We work hard to help you understand the management of things like potty training, praise, leashes, toys, and other dogs. The first 16 weeks of a dog’s life are crucial in terms of development. If you have a trained dog this young, you will have a trained dog later in life.
Obedience Training
In all our obedience programs we teach the following:
- Come
- Sit
- Down
- Place
- Waiting at doors and cross walks
- Housebreaking
- Car manners
- Loose leash and off leash walking
- Establish boundaries in your home and yard
- Create enforceable rules for furniture.
Additionally, we teach how to stop nuisance behaviors like:
- Jumping up
- Play biting
- Digging
- Chewing
- Excessive barking or other vocalizations
For the safety of your dog, we also train obedience commands like sit and down and place at a distance so that you’ll be able to stop or direct your dog when they are not in your space.
This program includes the Group Training program.
If your dog has behavioral problems like marking in the house, aggression or separation anxiety we’re going to help you fix that too. You can expect a happy obedient dog that can perform on or off leash around severe distractions. Ultimately, more freedom and fun for you and your dog!
Private Lessons Program
This program is for dog owners who want to be involved in the process every step of the way. Private lessons aren’t just meant to correct dog behavior, they’re for pet parents who want to know how to continue to train dogs even in the absence of a professional.
By the end of a private training session, you will be well-equipped to maintain your dog’s training in any number of situations. The lessons are customizable in terms of time and place, which means you can focus your efforts and the efforts of your trainer anywhere you see trouble.
Jump Start Program
The Jump Start Program is our premier option. Here’s how it works: A trainer comes to your home and works the dog in and around your own environment each day of the week. Our staff will instill the best behaviors in your dog and they get to be home with you each night.
The understanding our trainers have of the Sit Means Sit training system makes progress with your very fast and effective. We do the heavy lifting! At the end of the Jump Start, we do private lessons with you. We show what your dog has learned and what the you need to do to keep your dog’s obedience at a high level. We continue private training with you until you and your dog have reached a level of proficiency required to enter the stage of our Group Training Program.
In our Free Consultation with you, we will work with you to determine the best length of the Jump Start Program for your dog and your needs.
Group Training Program
Group training is included for your first year with us. After that, there’s a yearly fee. The only stipulation is that clients must first train in one of our other programs before being graduated.
Group classes expose your dog to the real world, with all its distractions. Because it’s held outside with other dogs and owners involved, your pet will learn how to obey even if they’re in a brand-new environment.
Group training is designed to give our clients the opportunity to continue their dog’s training and proof skills with the distraction of other people and dogs. In general, we provide these benefits at group training:
- Socialize dogs with people in the manner of a “”Good Citizen””
- Opportunity for clients to be social with other dog owners
- Drills to proof elements of training in a distracting environment
- Drills that help clients increase their dog’s level of attention and performance
- Drills to build confidence in all dogs, especially helpful for fearful dogs
- Drills to reform aggressive dogs
- Drills to help dogs can become neutral in their response to other people and dogs.
- Trainers point out common failing points and offer tips for success when dogs are in social situations
- Drills and tips that enable clients to prepare for the Canine Good Citizen test and move into therapy work
- Tips on tricks and games to play
- Tips on things to work on at home during the week
- Access to trainers for clients get face to face advice on any training concerns
Dog Trainers & Staff
Professional trainers. Attentive friendly staff.
Cindy has been working with dogs for over 20 years and is dedicated to helping you achieve your goals with your dog. Cindy has achieved AKC Champion Titles on 9 dogs and qualified for the AKC National Eukanuba Invitational two years in a row. She enjoys many dog sports including DockDogs, AKC Conformation and most recently Mondioring. She has achieved multiple level 3 titles in Mondioring and won 4 place cat.1 at the 2023 FMBB World Championship in Romania.
Micah has been working with dogs since he was a child. His love of training lead him to join Sit Means Sit in 2008. He enjoys living the Colorado lifestyle with his wife, two daughters, and his two dogs, Riley and Tucker.
Clay joined Cindy in training at Sit Means Sit in 2009. Having watched Cindy perform miracle after miracle transforming the lives of people and their dogs, it was an easy decision. Clay especially enjoys working with the troubled dogs.
There is no greater feeling than changing lives for the better. The satisfaction that comes from seeing an aggressive or fearful dog becoming an upstanding confident member of society is difficult to describe.
His own dog, Watson, is a rescue that had behavioral problems – you’d never know it now! Clay loves living, training and working with his dogs, Watson and Scooby – they’re great partners in the training other people’s dogs.
J.D. grew up in Bakersfield and found a love for dog training after he and his wife got their first golden retriever, Levi. He trained for Mondioring in Colorado Springs and Orange County with his Malinois Eevee and has been training with Sit Means Sit for the last five years. J.D. loves transforming distracted and hyperactive dogs into happy, confident and obedient members of the family that can be taken anywhere the family goes.
Service Areas
We proudly serve the following areas in Bakersfield.
Zip Codes
- 93306
- 93307
- 93308
- 93309
- 93311
- 93312
- 93313
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We’re finishing up our first session of training with our newish lab. She was chewing a lot, not listening real well, but she’s a smart pup. After doing training through SMS we are on a path and she now listens and behaves even better than our other dog. Now we’re going to have to do…
My husband and I have an Australian Labradoodle who is sweet, good natured and beautiful. She was reasonably well behaved before our encounter with Sit Means Sit. Now we can add “”very well behaved”” to our somewhat prejudiced opinion of our Bella. We have continued our training with the classes being offered and come away…
Sit Means Sit, Whitney and Clay have been beyond amazing. Our 1.5 year old shepherd mix is sweet as can be but has so much energy and wasn’t sure how to manage it. He would pull on the leash, jump, whine whenever he saw a person or dog and made it difficult to bring him…
Sit Means Sit has been a great decision for us. They are so dedicated to working with us and our dog; no case is hopeless. They make a family hopeful, with whatever challenges your pup may be presenting. They are extremely dedicated to what they are doing, and the group classes are the perfect enhancement….