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Dog sits, stays, garners parade award

Sit means sit, and Roxie knew it, shown above. She and owner Paul Pollock, of Sit Means Sit dog training Cleveland-Akron, won a first-place award in Fairlawn’s Independence Day Parade.

Paul Pollock, of Fairlawn, local representative of Sit Means Sit, said “sit” and meant it to Roxie, a dog he’d adopted from Haven for Pets four weeks prior to participating in Fairlawn’s July 4 parade.

Because Roxie, who Pollock said didn’t even know what “sit” meant upon her adoption, obeyed so well, she and Pollock garnered a first-place award in the parade.

Roxie sat on the roof of a car throughout the parade while Pollock walked alongside.

“I had placed a mat on the middle of the roof for Roxie to sit on and a bowl of water in front of her in case she got thirsty and to keep her cool,” Pollock explained in an e-mail to the West Side Leader. “She held her sit the entire parade! The car never went over 5 mph, but Roxie loves riding on the roof.”

He went on to explain Sit Means Sit’s definition of an obedient dog is “off-leash control around severe distractions” — and that a parade certainly qualified, with sirens, music and a response from the crowd that included three standing ovations, he said.

Sit Means Sit Dog Training, or call Paul Pollock if you reside in Cleveland/Akron area at (330) 431-1997.

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