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Sit means Sit dog training by allaboutthedawgs on 05 January 2008 - 17:01	allaboutthedawgs Posts: 1128 Joined: Tue Sep 26, 2006 04:26 pm
Anyone ever hear of this?

Sit means Sit dog training by shasta on 05 January 2008 - 18:01	shasta Posts: 243 Joined: Mon Sep 27, 2004 08:19 pm
Is that Fred Hassens company?

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by GS Mom on 05 January 2008 - 19:01

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yes!

Sit means Sit dog training by GSDfan on 05 January 2008 - 19:01	GSDfan Posts: 1248 Joined: Fri Sep 17, 2004 08:43 pm
I love their video's on you tube

Sit means Sit dog training by allaboutthedawgs on 05 January 2008 - 19:01	allaboutthedawgs Posts: 1128 Joined: Tue Sep 26, 2006 04:26 pm
Well, come on, give already!!! Is that good or bad? A neighbor asked me about it and I told her I'd ask around for her. She has a good natured Golden who is in desparate need of manners.

Sit means Sit dog training by Nancy on 05 January 2008 - 20:01	Nancy Posts: 388 Joined: Fri Jun 13, 2003 11:22 am
While I am open minded on the use of the ecollar and have used it for some problems, I did see one dog trained on this method and felt that it was very obedient but almost robotic. That is the only way I can describe it.

Sit means Sit dog training by allaboutthedawgs on 05 January 2008 - 20:01	allaboutthedawgs Posts: 1128 Joined: Tue Sep 26, 2006 04:26 pm
Ok, I think I know what you mean. And the dog wasn't like that the rest of the time? I'll pass this along.

Sit means Sit dog training by allaboutthedawgs on 05 January 2008 - 20:01	allaboutthedawgs Posts: 1128 Joined: Tue Sep 26, 2006 04:26 pm
Ok, I think I know what you mean. And the dog wasn't like that the rest of the time? I'll pass this along.

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by Nancy on 05 January 2008 - 20:01

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I don't know about the rest of the time, I only saw the dog for a short time. Not much of an observation. one person one time. She could go to see dogs trained using this method and judge for herself.

I think most dogs with a LOT of eCollar training are expected to wear the collar at all times - that may be something she does not want to do. There are certainly other ways to teach manners.

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by Get A Real Dog on 05 January 2008 - 23:01

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I'm familiar with Sit Means Sit. Trialed back in the old NAPD days the same time Fred did. I know some St Means Sit trainers in my area.

As for my opinion, I can't say I really have one. Don't know enough about it. I have only seen one training session.They are about business and you have to pay to learn the system.

What I can tell you is the dogs I have seen compete that were trained by Tim Smith had outstanding OB, direction, and control in the bite work. As far as pet home OB or any other type of training, I have no idea. From what I understand the system is almost exlusively e-collar so you would have to be OK with that. The dogs I saw were not fried with the collar or mis-treated in any way.

I have only seen the system used by Fred himself and Tim Smith who was one of Fred's initial diciples so I have only seen it done by the best. The people who originated the system. Sit Means Sit is a franchise with probably 100's of trainers across the country by now. With that many trainers, as always, I am sure their are very good ones as well as those who probably mis-use the collar. I know there was an incident in, Michigan or Illinios I believe, that drew alot of negative attention.

As with any trainer, you must choose wisely.

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by Nancy on 05 January 2008 - 23:01

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IF she does do the "free demo with your dog" then I would ask about conditioning the dog to the collar first because anything I have done got the dog used to the collar well in advance so that they did not associate the stim with the collar.

Also ask about stim levels. Lo Stim, Hi Stim. Is it escape training? Is it motivational training with stum in the correction phase? I don't know there is nothing on their site that explains the method...............and what makes it different than the others? I do know that a lot of people use it and it works. I do not know what it does to the dog/handler bond.

Lou Castle and Dobbs Dogs explain their methods online and have a lot of training articles.

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by Rezkat5 on 05 January 2008 - 23:01