Sit Means Sit Dog Training - Western Chicago

Kerry and Anastasia did WONDERS on our zesty one year old golden retriever. Before his stay at bootcamp, Duncan ruled the roost snatching whatever he could get his paws on in our house, shredding everything in sight and bombarding people as they walked through our front door. Kerry was up front and honest with us, keeping Duncan until he was truly ready to come home. Duncan came back a changed dog. He now listens to our commands, is calmer and has stopped his many attempts to grab/shred objects. We are so grateful to Kerry and Anastasia for the countless hours they put into our pup. We don’t know what we would have done without them! Thank you!

My chihuahua puppy needed training as he was already developing some bad habits. Mostly, just not listening. I remember seeing the Sit Means Sit truck several times where I live and thought what a cleaver name for a dog trainer. So of course I would contact them when they came up on my training search. At the time I was desperate, they were the first to reach out to me so we discussed my issues during a phone interview and I met Kerry shortly after. I was a little skeptical about the method but I also heard how well it works. After just two training classes and some work at home my stubborn little chihuahua, he came when called while off leash at our lake house. I believe this method works with all breeds and I highly recommend it, even with a little guy like my Cujo. Kerry is very patient with me as well with my training as I learn to speak to Cujo in his language. I look forward to each and every class.

Our dog, Mack, is 4 years old. He has anxiety issues that turned into aggression, which only got worse during the pandemic. We couldn't go to the dog park. We could barely go on walks around the neighborhood. If I needed to actually answer the door, I would go through the garage because Mack is an escape artist and I was scared he would bite someone. We couldn't go on vacation and we couldn't really have anyone over. When he is not around dogs outside of our household or new people, he is the sweetest dog ever. He loves to cuddle with his human moms and his fur sisters. He is super smart but we had already gone through 3 different training programs. The first was okay and he got mildly better. The second one was a lot better and I saw significant improvement but it ended when I moved from Texas to the Chicago area. We found a trainer up here and it did not go well. Mack redirected during a training session where another aggressive dog was present and bit my girlfriend. I felt like I had failed my girlfriend and Mack. That's when my girlfriend found Sit Means Sit-South Chicagoland! Kerry and her team are amazing! It is like we have a different dog in the house and we started seeing major changes after the first session. Mack is less anxious and less aggressive. We had people over this week for the first time since Mack started training. He sat on his place cot until we said he could get off. He let us eat dinner in peace without trying to get anyone to throw a ball to him. He is great at walking on a leash and we can even walk directly past a dog or person without a major reaction. We are working every day to get his behavior to be even better but we have complete peace of mind already that Mack will listen to us when we need him to and that very soon we will be able to start looking for dog sitters/walkers and we will have no issues having people over!! And most importantly, Mack is visibly happier!!