Before contacting “Sit Means Sit” my 13 month old, 15 lb. Papillion “Athena” was out of control. Being a first time puppy/dog owner, I know there are things I should have/could have done differently. With multiple felines in the house, Athena was extremely jealous. We could not sit on the sofa with any cat without Athena acting crazy and wild. There was one time, Athena’s grandmother was just passing by Athena and she jumped up on her backside and tore a whole in her robe. Lucky for Grandma, she didn’t do more damage than that! After that little episode and our poor cats hiding under beds, I decided I would look into a K-9 Training class one town over ~~what a HUGE mistake that was. Remind you, Athena is a Papillion!! After taking a brief tour of the facility, the owner of the company decided he would clip Athena’s nails. I didn’t even have a chance to tell him, she does not like having her nails done and at her regular groomers, it usually takes 2 groomers and a small muzzle to complete the task. The owner put her on the table and attempted to clip one of paws. Needless to say, she went to “nip” at him. Right away, he informed us, we need to seriously consider “putting her down”, and that she is “not trainable”. As you can imagine, we were completely horrified to hear this!! With that said we picked up our dog and left, feeling many different emotions. From sad to angry to hurt to uncertainty.

The following weekend, I was in line at a local Laser Car Wash and there was this truck one lane over with photos of dogs (BTW – one was a Papillion J). There was a website on the truck www.sitmeanssit.com . A couple of days later, I checked it out and was intrigued by what I saw. I scheduled a free, in home consultation – “Enter Terry Haskins”. I can not say enough good things about this man or his product. After the initial 1.5 hour FREE consultation, I noticed a huge difference in my dog. It was truly amazing. I decided to go for it and signed up for the training w/Terry. Terry came back for 4 in-home lessons and Athena always got so excited to see him. We now can sit on the sofa with a cat in our lap and Athena laying down right next to us. We take Athena out on “leash less” walks in the neighborhood – yes, I said “leash less”!! Whenever friends come over to visit, they say Athena is like a completely different dog ~~ a pure pleasure to be around!

I highly recommend Sit Means Sit and the E-collar to anyone even remotely considering this training. I give Terry and his collar Five *****’s.

Laurie Wilcoxen

South Weymouth, MA