Sit Means Sit Dog Training Madison

We said YES! .. To keeping the dog. Our family acquired a high energy Australian shepherd into our already crazy home with two toddlers. We felt overwhelmed and defeated with the puppy’s resource guarding and reactivity issues when we brought him home. We were on the verge of rehoming him but sit means sit went above and beyond ensuring that we had all the skills that we needed to work with him. Now he’s almost 9 months old and he’s turning into a “good dog”. Thank you!

We decided on Sit Means Sit because our dog was very reactive to other animals. We did a three week day train program with Josh, and after the first session she had significant improvement on not only reactivity but focus and increased obedience skills. Josh was always helpful and during the dedicated time to work under supervision he always gave us tips and pointed out the little things that we did as owners that were more counterproductive or reinforced the behavior we did not want our dog to do. The owner Mike had also given us an extra training session to work on exposure to other dogs working around her before transitional classes. Everyone was incredibly helpful and positive. Our dog was previously surrendered to a shelter for her reactivity and negative response to other training sessions with her previous owners,but seeing her happy to work on training and go to her program really shows how their positive approach can make all the difference. Training is done in a controlled way and helps build confidence in the dog and owner. No question is a silly question when trying to help your dog be better in their journey and the trainers are always happy to answer them in sessions or if they pop up while working outside of them. Would highly recommend for animal reactive dogs, especially since they are one of the very few places I have found in my search for training that does not throw the dog in the middle of a dog park or other high stress and uncontrolled situations.

We just finished our 3 week training with our dog and are highly impressed. We took our 1 1/2 year old dog to Sit Means Sit to work on his reactivity. Our dog learned way more than just working on his reactivity! We now know how to manage his reactivity and get his attention back to us. Mike the owner was very knowledgeable and set up a perfect training plan for our dog. Our trainer Josh was also very knowledgeable and helped us tremendously. We could tell how much Josh cares about helping the owners and the dogs. I would highly recommend Sit Means Sit to anyone looking for dog training. We can’t wait to start going to group classes to keep learning and working around other dogs.