Archive for the ‘Look Ma – No collar!’ 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.

As published in K-9 Cop Magazine June/July 2010 Myths and Facts In this article series we aim to examine some common myths associated with the use of electronic training collars in the handling and training of a police k9. This month’s article examines the idea that a dog can become ‘collar-wise’ and outlines how this [...]

Today’s dog training article featured Nash owned and trained by Fred Hassen, Founder and CEO of Sit Means Sit Inc. Fred is demonstrating how with the Sit Means Sit dog training system, dogs are capable of learning to listen without the Sit Means Sit dog training collar on. In the dog training video below, you [...]

We hope you enjoy our Sit Means Sit dog trainers at their various National Television appearances. In this video, Alfredo Rivera and “Power Puma” are seen doing the ‘big air’ competition at the Purina Incredible Dog Challenge that was seen on ESPN.

Sit Means Sit dog trainers are firm believers in the true test of a dog has to do with how he performs without any training aids at all. Bobby Pablico, a Sit Means Sit dog trainer is interviewed here after 22 Sit Means Sit clients took the Canine Good Citizen Test or ‘CGC’ as it [...]

Watch the event on the Outdoor Channel! Alfredo Rivera with Puma, Fred Hassen with Rex and Lisa Weber with Tractor….competing at the Stihl Dogs & Logs DockDogs World Championships in Stillwater MN 2009.

Police K-9 Handler Bob Campanile from the Sit Means Sit Ocean County New Jersey dog training location, is seen here at a 2008 USPCA Region 15 PD1 Trial. This is a video from the “Criminal Apprehension” phase of the trial. No training aids of any kind are allowed on the dogs at these trials, and [...]

Lianne Hassen and ‘Tank’, are seen here taking and passing their very first AKC Hunt Test as a team. Lianne and ‘Tank’ have already achieved this year’s National Championship in DockDogs in the senior division, and also have 2 perfect scores at the highest level of AKC Rally competitions! We wish them the best in [...]

Lianne Hassen and ‘Tank’, are seen here in their route to win the 2008 DockDogs National Championship at the Senior Division level. This was the most competitive of all the divisions at the Championships, as there were over 90 dogs competing in this class. Tank won the preliminary qualifying round to get to the final [...]

Lianne Hassen is seen here getting another perfect score at the Rally Excellent level. Both of Lianne’s attempts at her title at this ‘Excellent’ level resulted in 100 perfect scores. Very difficult to achieve, and especially at the highest level. Here is a video clip of her first perfect score as well. For more exciting [...]

Lianne Hassen is seen here during her perfect score in the ‘Excellent B’ division of AKC Rally. The Excellent B division is the highest division of Rally competitions. Lianne also went on to get another perfect score at the excellent level in her other performance for her title. Here is a video of the other [...]

Sit Means Sit trainers working above with the NYTF-1 team. On September 30, 2007 Search One Rescue Team, a volunteer K9 search team in the Dallas area, were called to assist the Ft. Worth Police department in locating a 73 year old man that had walked away from a nursing home. The man had dementia [...]

Whether it’s a dog training collar, equipment, or any dog training aid, Ashton Fitz-Gerald demonstrates that how a dog performs without any equipment on at all is a very true test of dog training skills. Will my dog listen even if he’s not wearing his collar? This question is asked to us at Sit Means [...]

This is Toni Drugmand and “Stuff” from our Sit Means Sit Phoenix Arizona dog training location. “Stuff” started with his Sit Means Sit training from about 9 weeks of age, and is just a quick little attentive dog with a boatload of personality. Sit Means Sit dog training proves time and time again about their [...]

Maddy the Pit Bull Wins Awards for Obedience, Protection Skills By John Przybys, Review-Journal Maddy doesn’t look like a pit bull — at least not if your idea of a pit bull is that of a muscular, snarling, teeth-baring canine. Make no mistake. When Fred Hassen, Maddy’s owner, tells her to attack an accomplice wearing a [...]

Training a Pitbull: Maddy" the pit bull picks up all of the trash in the park and throws it away! A true public service pit bull! Fred Hassen, CEO/Owner/Founder of Sit Means Sit Dog Training, is seen here with his dog Maddy the Amazing Pitbull. Well, the news story pretty much tells it all!