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Sit Means Sit Dog Training provides dog obedience training in Norwalk and the surrounding California areas.
Our philosophy at Sit Means Sit is not just to fix your dog’s behavior, but to help pet parents train their pups for real-life scenarios with off-leash control and high-level obedience training. Our dog training classes help owners build a strong relationship with their dogs based on industry-proven training tools. At Sit Means Sit, you will work closely with a professional dog trainer who will help you achieve your dog training goals.
Our dog obedience classes are successful because of our Better, Faster, Smarter training system. Help your dog’s behavioral issues with positive, fun, and effective dog training. We offer lifetime training so pet parents feel supported whenever they need dog training help.
We specialize in off-leash control around all distractions, but our trainers also have extensive knowledge of tackling challenging dog behavioral issues such as aggression, reactivity, and anxiety. We want you to have the perfect family pet who reliably listens in any situation. If you are looking for customized private dog training for all family members, then 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
If your family has brought home a new puppy, it is time to join our puppy training classes to give your dog the best obedience training foundation! Our professional dog trainers will help you navigate pesky puppy behavioral issues so adult dogs have fewer issues to correct later.
Start building your relationship and tackle issues like potty training with positive dog training tools like food, praise, toys, and leashes. Since the first 16 weeks of your puppy’s life are the most important for establishing boundaries and socialization, we offer free puppy training when you purchase your dog training classes.
Obedience Training
Work with a dog trainer who understands that obedience dog training classes are essential to a strong relationship with your canine companion.
In our obedience training sessions, dogs learn:
- Come
- Sit
- Down
- Place
- Waiting at doors and crosswalks
- Housebreaking
- Car manners
- Loose leash and off-leash walking
- Establish boundaries in your home and yard
- Positive dog training
- Create enforceable rules for furniture.
Private Dog Training Program
Our Private Dog Training program is ideal for dog owners who want to be very involved in the training process. During these training sessions, we not only help with your dog’s behavioral issues, but we show you how to reinforce their good obedience at home and out in public.
We give pet parents the training tools and techniques to successfully handle their dogs in any real-life scenario. We tailor your dog training plan based on your training goals, and include in-home dog training or will meet you at any dog-friendly location. Our dog trainers also work around your schedule, making dog training accessible to everyone!
Board and Train Programs
Our most immersive dog training package is our Board and Train programs. This dog training package is perfect for traveling families or pet parents with a rescue dog needing extra training support. Unlike generic boarding services, your dog will receive full-day training sessions with our expert staff. Trust us to improve your dog’s behavior, teach advanced skills, and give them plenty of exercise and personalized love and attention!
While you relax on your vacation, trust us to train your dog so they are ready to be perfectly obedient on your favorite off-leash hike.
Group Classes
Once your dog has successfully completed their private dog training packages and perfected their obedience training skills, they are invited to join us for group classes! The first year of group classes is included, followed by a yearly fee.
Group dog training classes are held outside with other dogs and their owners. The goal of group classes is to polish up your dog’s obedience skills around real-life distractions so that dog owners are confident to take their pups anywhere!
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.
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.
Chris grew up in Texas and eventually moved to California in 1987. He is well-traveled, living in Asia for 4 years and another 3 years in Central America. Chris has owned several businesses, including textile and photo booth, but decided he needed a change.
He grew up with dogs and knew he wanted to work with them and once he discovered dog training, he was hooked. His passion was evident from the start and in 2 short years, Chris became Sit Means Sit Orange County’s manager and lead trainer. He has 3 amazing Boston Terriers, who he also considers his business partners, Harrington, Joseph and Maisie Williams.
Ashton has been with Sit Means Sit since June 2019. She was a cultural anthropology major at the University of San Diego where she played Division 1 volleyball. She has always had animals in her life and becoming a canine instructor was a natural fit.
She owns two dogs; Harlow, a 10 year old Shih Tzu mix and Bullitt, a 4 year old Belgian Malinois. Many have met Bullitt when training with Ashton and he wins over everyone who meets him.
Ashton is one of our trainers on staff who provides Therapy Dog certification. She has worked with a variety of temperaments, breeds and ages of dogs in her career here at Sit Means Sit. She looks forward to every day she gets to meet and train new dogs.
Bryan was born and raised in Orange County California. He realized he had a passion for training dogs while attempting to train his own dog, Scratch. He started his career as a professional trainer with Sit Means Sit in June of 2019. Determined to succeed, he’s eager and
passionate to learn which carries through to today. His true passion is helping people better communicate with their dogs.
Scratch is a 4 year old 85lb Alaskan Malamute rescue. His hobbies include playing football and pulling Bryan on a skateboard.
Bryden was born in Canada and spent his early childhood years there. His family decided to acquire a second foundry which led them to Vermont, where he would live until completing high school. It was here he would fall in love with soccer, motorcycles and snowboarding. He
would return to Canada to pursue a business degree before moving on to taking over operations of his family’s metal casting company. He ran this for fourteen years before making the decision to move west in search of greater adventure in his life. Always having a dog, naturally becoming a trainer was inevitable. Currently, he has several amazing dogs including Rollo, a chocolate lab and Scooby, a black field lab.
Michael grew up in Minnesota and moved to California in 2008. He has a Marketing Degree from California State University, San Marcos. After a few years in the marketing field, he decided that it just wasn’t for him. Michael got his first dog, Tyson, in 2018 and happily fell into
dog training thereafter. Tyson is a Pitbull x German Shepherd mix. When Michael is not training dogs, he likes to spend his time at the beach, camping, skateboarding, playing golf or exploring California.
Service Areas
We proudly serve the following areas in Orange County.
Counties
- Orange
Cities
- Buena Park
- La Palma
- Cypress
- Laguna Niguel
- La Habra
- La Mirada
- Norwalk
- Santa Fe Springs
- Stanton
- Artesia
- Cerritos
- Lakewood
- Hawaiian Gardens
- Los Alamitos
- Seal Beach
- Huntington Beach
- Midway City
- Westminister
- Santa Ana
- Tustin
- Fountain Valley
- Anaheim
- Brea
- Fullerton
- Garden Grove
- Villa Park
- Orange
- Placentia
- Yorba Linda
- Newport Beach
- Costa Mesa
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Dog Owners Reviews
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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….