I took Rascal, my 11-month old Mini Dachshund, a competitor, but they weren’t enough. His attention would wander or fix on objects when he was outside, and he would come when called–sometimes. He also had other issues–afraid of the vacuum cleaner and lawn mowers and thinking anything in the house was his chew toy, including wires. The training classes at another facility helped, but he was still going outside and eating the grass and picking up other objects in the grass–like mulch. My husband and I decided to try once more to change some of these behaviors. Someone at our veterinary clinic mentioned Sit Means Sit and I looked into them. We took Rascal to be evaluated and was told after a few lessons (2 private and 4 all-day) his behavior could be changed for the better. I was skeptical, but hopeful, and we decided to try it. We were amazed after the first lesson how much better Rascal was behaving. His attention was focused on us more and even outside behavior was much better. We worked with him every day in between classes, and each class showed improvement over the last session. Rascal is listening much better, he’s walking down the steps (which he wasn’t doing before the classes), and the best improvement is him dropping something if he starts chewing on the wrong thing. If it wasn’t for Sit Means Sit we wouldn’t have been able to solve his problems. And he loves his trainers, so he’s more friendly with everyone.
Thank you for doing such a great job with Rascal!