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Archive for the ‘Dog Training’ Category

The 2010 Stihl Dogs and Logs World Championships in Salem Oregon and we will be bringing you daily videos on it, a long with competing in it.

Here is a good dog training tip for you. Do you ever have your dog cut you off on his way to come into a heel position? Well here’s a tip for you that just might help.

Today is part 2 of don’t bore your dog with the same old stuff. So if you get a little lost here see yesterday’s show which was part one. I am trying to point out in this video that it is best to do every variation of a command that you can. In this video [...]

Do you bore your dog with the same old thing over and over again? Or maybe it’s you that’s getting bored? Yes, I realize that the dog needs lots of repetition. The dog also needs to see it from as many different pictures as possible in order for it to become clearer to him. It [...]

David Smith, a Sit Means Sit dog training franchise owner, is seen here working his dog around a lot of distraction at a trade show. Sit Means Sit Dog Trainers know the importance of having their dogs happy, obedient and off leash. The best tips we can give our clients, is to have their dogs [...]

This black Labrador Retriever is Sara Fitz-Gerald’s dog ‘Shep’. It gets you thinking on how long dogs comfortably can stay underwater as opposed to a human. The ball that the dog is getting out is quite heavy, and filled with water. This particular dog does this all the time. When you see dogs doing this [...]

Our Sit Means Sit Franchise Business owner in Chicago Illinois is featured today. Darrel Hager is just an awesome trainer and shows some of his moves with his Belgian Malinois ‘Bravo’. If you are in the Chicago area, give Darrel a call and he will be more than happy not only to show you his [...]

More uses for your wire crate (part 2). In this video, we will show you another of many ways to use your wire crate. The Sit Means Sit dog training businesses can get pretty versatile at times, and a lot of things can be used in a variety of ways. This video shows a Belgian [...]

I know you realize you can use your wire crate for your dog to sleep in, but did you realize you can also use it for training?

Here is an imaginative way to teach your dog to jump, to retrieve and to come back to you straight.

Watch as this 4 1/2 month old black Labrador retriever learns to heel around other dogs and comprehend’s some whistle work.

Getting your puppy on an elevator can sometimes be a surprising experience. If your puppy is already familiar with some obedience commands such as ‘sit’, and has practiced it in some distracting situations, then it is a lot more likely that it will go smoother when this time comes. It is obviously a bit easier [...]

In this puppy training video, you have to look closely to the right of where my wife Lianne is standing with her yellow Lab, “Dooley”, and you will see a kennel placed there and that is where my young Labrador Retriever puppy “Kohl” is sitting in.   I’m able to control the puppy from across [...]

The video that you see below about teaching your dog to come to you with a whistle in water can come in handy. I use 3 consecutive whistle toots to teach the dog to come. You would overlay this just like you would use a command. Different dog sports use whistles in a variety of [...]

Ever think about what makes a dog happy? I have found that just about anything makes them happy! I know they don’t complain if the hotel isn’t big enough when I am on the road, that’s for sure! I made a video today, that you can see below, that is just one of the many [...]

In this dog training video below, I show an unedited training session with my dog ‘Nash’ and teaching him to beg and to turn. One of the main things that I look at when I watch other trainers dogs is to watch how long the dog works for, and does his motivation stay high during [...]

Having your dog sit and stay when nothing is around is one thing, but teaching your dog to sit when a toy is thrown can be difficult at times. In this dog training video that you see below, we show you one of the many ways to put your dog in a situation where he [...]

  Today’s episode shows the actual beginning of the training with the aggressive young Doberman Pinscher that has had problems with both dogs and people. You will see some of the growling and protective nature in the dog in part of this video, but there is really no reason for this dog to be growling [...]

When dealing with a strong willed or aggressive dog, it’s often times necessary to call in the big-guns. This family was serious about getting control over their young African Boerboel. Even though this dog is still a puppy (he’s only 10 months old), he was starting to get a little nutty around other dogs. African [...]

In the field of AKC dog obedience, they have an exercise called ‘Stand for Examination’ in which they simulate someone going over the dog to test the dogs soundness. At Sit Means Sit Dog Training, we help you to make your dog as good as he can be, even around total strangers. In this dog [...]

This video was taken on Super Bowl Sunday 2010 at just a normal dog training class of ours. You can see how everyone in the class has control, the dogs are having fun, and they are able to use the Sit Means Sit dog training collar so that they don’t have to raise their voices [...]

Humans are just like dogs in a lot of ways. Making things fun to do will sometimes give people a much higher percentage of chance of doing it more often. In this video stairs were made to be like a Piano with music and a lot more people chose to walk up the stairs rather [...]

Like always, we had a lot of fun at a recent dog event. Being in the dog training business gives us a super opportunity to get out to lots of dog events and to meet a lot of people. Of course we always get to bring our dogs with us, and enjoy the fresh air [...]

Q: What is that event called? A: It is called ‘Extreme Vertical’ or ‘EV’, and it is a Dock Dogs event. Q: What type of dog is that? A: Belgian Malinois Q: What are the rest of the measurements of that height? A: The dock is 2 feet off the water. The bumper is hanging [...]

Q: Why is it important to teach your dog this? A: Safety is most important. In situations where you cannot control the environment around around your dog, it is important to be able to control the dog. Q: Why do you have the dogs in kennels in the car? A: The kennels provide a safe [...]