Vicente and Cristina of Chula Vista brought home a new baby girl and an 8 week old Akita puppy, “Kuma” at virtually the same time. They wanted Kuma to be a part of the family, but were understandably a bit concerned on how to go about safely doing that. Kuma is a wonderful dog and has happily adjusted to his role in the family!

Testimonial from Vicente:
After finally deciding to add a dog to our family, we acquired an 8 week
Akita puppy. At 8 weeks, he was just a little fur ball, with all the
curiosity, turning to us for direction. My wife and I realized that due to
this puppy’s temperament and personality traits, we needed some strict and
thorough obedience training. After an extensive search on the internet for
obedience training (your local pet store services, local obedience training
center, private trainers that use food as reinforcement, books, and myself
as taking on the task, etc), we decided to start by inviting Lou Ann from
Sit Means Sit for a free demo and presentation.
Lou Ann was very thorough and answered all of our questions (even the dumb
ones), and did not at all make us feel ignorant (which we WERE about raising
a dog). In fact, she made us feel quite comfortable in addressing all of
our concerns, and no matter what, she assured us that it was up to us of
what we wanted Kuma to do and obey, and with time and a little commitment,
Kuma would oblige out of sheer pleasure. Lou Ann provided a lot of insight
to dog ownership from her long time experience as a dog trainer and owner.
She quickly got to know Kuma and his personality and helped us along the way
to understand on how to work with Kuma. And best of all, with our busy
schedules, Sit Means Sit comes to your home at your convenient time! And even
more importantly, Lou Ann made herself available throughout the week for any
in-between needs of our training sessions and/or questions. It was really a
great experience watching Kuma meet obedient milestones.
Nowadays, Kuma is 65+ pounds and despite and still being in puppy hood, he is
surprisingly very obedient. He can be a little ball of energy at times, but
still manages to obey. We continue to work with Kuma on reaching more
milestones, and do our best to attend the ongoing park sessions (which are
vital if you want to keep your dog learning and obedient).
As a new parent of a wonderful daughter, Sit Means Sit methods are a great sort
of, insurance and reassurance of your dog’s temperament. Although a dog can
be the best loving, and loyal animal to humans, they are after all an
animal. Having said that, animals will always have their natural instincts,
which may sometimes be unpredictable. The Sit Means Sit method allows the
owner to feel reassured that their dog will always be civil.
Vicente Salgado