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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 [...]

Training a young 5 month old puppy to do a bark and hold exercise for police k9 work, personal protection or even dog training sports such as Schutzhund involves a delicate balance of desire and control. Putting too much pressure or too many expectations on a puppy at a young age can result in excessive [...]

This video shows Fred Hassen, demonstrating his Sit Means Sit dog training his K9 Nash at the 2010 Invictus ‘Law Dog’ event. Police dog handlers from around the United States were in attendance at this event. Sit Means Sit CEO and Founder, Fred Hassen and staff trainer Ashton Fitz-Gerald from our corporate office in Las [...]

Yes, some dogs can almost fly, as we all see here at a Police K9 seminar that Sit Means Sit held in Everett, Washington. Police K9 Handler School

In this dog training video, Darin Shepherd from Sit Means Sit Dog Training Atlanta Georgiashows one of the many advantages of the Sit Means Sit Dog Training system which allows you to get to a dog from anywhere, and to do it immediately. This is obviously more efficient than having to go up next to [...]

This is a fun video of what dogs sometimes love to do, and that is to be just a little sneaky! It always make you laugh when you see these types of things, and reminds us why we all love dogs so much. Dog training is a never ending challenge, and you sometimes never know [...]

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 [...]

Sit Means Sit Palm Beach Dog Training owner Bob Burnell, is seen here doing a demonstration at the 2009 South Florida Police Expo. This is the 2nd year in a row that Sit Means Sit has done demonstrations at this event, and the crowd had a great time watching the happy dogs perform, and how [...]

This police dog video is from the 2009 Police K9 Magazine HITS demonstration day that was held in Louisville, Kentucky. HITS brought K-9 handlers from all over the world for this event. This is part of the Sit Means Sit demonstration that features Darin Shepherd, owner of our Atlanta dog training office, and Sgt. Jerry [...]

Have you ever wondered what the main ingredient in having a happy, reliable dog? The main ingredient is for the dog to be attentive and alert, and that’s what contributes the most to him having his energy filtered in the right places. An attentive, alert dog can work anywhere, and for a much longer period [...]

Toni Drugmand from our Sit Means Sit office in Phoenix, does the announcing in this clip, and also shows her dog ‘Wally’. Alfredo Rivera, one of the owners of Sit Means Sit Franchise Inc, also shows his dog “Puma”. “Puma” also swept the board at the dock diving that was held at this event. Little [...]

Fred Hassen is seen here with his 15 month old Belgian Malinois “Nash”. Fred shows the dog ‘Begging’ for a bite, and also the same command is used near the end of the video to show the dog delivering a retrieve to his hand. Commands are very versatile in dog training, and in this instance [...]

Luciano Aguilar, from the Sit Means Sit Los Angeles dog training office is seen here with his dog ‘Ajax’ showing great control and training ability during a demonstration at a public event in Long Beach California. Nothing like real, live, raw dog training footage! Nothing really beats ‘live’ on the spot dog training videos Make [...]

Sit Means Sit dog trainers demonstrate using the SMS system to have the ability to combine scentwork, with even the most severe of distractions. Sgt. Jerry Turning, Fred Hassen, Alfredo Rivera, and Ashton Fitz-Gerald are in this video. This demonstration was at the 2009 Invictus law dog event in Las Vegas, Nevada. Watch Sgt. Turning [...]

Fred Hassen, Sgt. Jerry Turning, Alfredo Rivera, and Ashton Fitz-Gerald are shown here doing demonstrations at the Invictus Law Dog 2009 conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. Having control of your K-9 during the face of distraction, were just some of the demonstrations that these Sit Means Sit dog trainers were showing. Open your own Sit [...]

Sit Means Sit trainers Lisa Myers, Kristin Zimmerman, and Carla Collins teaching a search and rescue seminar to the members of FEMA’s NYTF-1. The dogs in this video are all urban disaster live human scent dogs and are seen working on focus on the “victim” hidden in the barrell. With the Sit Means Sit method [...]

Fred Hassen with Rex doing some beginning bitework. Having a firm foundation of dog obedience training really helps in progressing a long that you can have control of the situation. Being in control of your dog transfers over to just about anything that is done with a dog. Here is a video clip of an [...]

Fred Hassen is seen here with his 19 month old Belgian Malinois ‘Rex’, demonstrating a remote retrieve, an ‘out’ command, and a ‘place’ command all rolled into one! Dogs can multi-task just like people! Click to see another example of a dog multi-tasking . World wide Locations Sit Means Sit Franchise information

Sit Means Sit dog trainers Fred Hassen and Ashton Fitz-Gerald recently presented a Police and Protection K9 dog training seminar in Sonoma County California. There were a multitude of K9 dog handlers from Santa Rosa as well as the rest of Sonoma County at the seminar. Over the course of the two day seminar, many [...]

Jerry Turning, a Sit Means Sit trainer, and a Police K-9 handler in Tinton Falls New Jersey, explodes some of the myths about remote collar training, and what can actually be done when the Sit Means Sit dog training system is applied in conjunction with Search dog training and advanced methods of remote collar work [...]

Dogs jumping is an exciting thing to watch. The actual dog jumping behavior shows the true athleticism in a particular dog and especially in the Belgian Malinois breed that you see in this video. You will see the dog jumping up and over a person seated in a chair. You may not like a dog [...]

Congratulations to Bob Campanile, Sit Means Sit dog training location owner from Ocean County New Jersey, and his 3 1/2 year old Belgian Malinois named ‘Kramer’. As you may know Bob is also a full time police K9 trainer/handler with the Stafford Twp. Police Department in NJ and competed in the United States Police K9 [...]

David Smith, Jon Langdon, Ryan Paddock, and Dave Skoletsky, show a great exhibition of desire, control and self-discipline on the part of 3 of the Sit Means Sit dogs in this demonstration.

Of course the Sit Means Sit dogs work very well without their Sit Means Sit remote dog collar on as well, and they demonstrate it daily for people. Fred Hassen’s dog ‘Bo’ is seen here. Read more information on dog’s working with and without a collar on HERE.

Dog training distractions can come from any place at any time in the real world. In this dog training video, we see Alfredo Rivera with his dogs ‘Puma’ and ‘Leon’ providing some distraction for one of the Sit Means Sit dog training classes. The people in the video are practicing their ‘down’ command through some [...]