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Sit Means Sit as recently represented for the third year in a row at the DockDogs World Championships in Canton, Ohio from September 2 - 4, 2011.

The 2011 season in the DockDogs circuit saw a tremendous competition brewing for the world level invitational event. Dogs and handlers from all across the US and Canada flocked to Canton, Ohio to descend upon the Stark County Fair for three days of swimming, diving and jumping.

Through Friday and Saturday's competition anxious competitors wrangled, shouted, clapped and jumped all while vying for a coveted qualifying score. A qualifying score sends them to finals round for the third and final day of competition.

Sit Means Sit Trainers and DockDogs competitors Tony Lampert with 'Baxter' (defending champions in the Iron Dog division & Indoor Big Air World Record Holder), Dave Skoletsky with 'Yeager' (current world record holder in Outdoor Extreme Vertical and Iron Dog) and Jon Langdon with 'Remy' each achieved scores that qualified them for Sunday's finals.

An incredible showing was made by all competitors, and we're pleased to congratulate Tony & Baxter, Dave & Yeager, and Jon & Remy for an outstanding performance.

Congratulations to Remy & Jon for nabbing the fourth podium position in the Big Air competition.

Congratulations to Tony & Baxter for securing the second place spot on the Iron Dog podium and dominating the Big Air podium to grab yet another World Championship Title for the second year running.

Congratulations to Dave & Yeager for grabbing the fourth place spot in the Iron Dog division as well as taking home the title of World Champion in the Extreme Vertical (EV) division. If that wasn't enough, Yeager also crushed the existing EV world record by breaking it not only once, but twice throughout the weekend! Yeager's current record for EV sits at an astonishing 8'2"! Not bad for a rookie year!

A huge congratulations goes to all the DockDogs competitors from this years World's for making such a tremendous competition.

Sit Means Sit is pleased to announce a discount program is now available for all Sit Means Sit Owners and Staff! What better way to support the growth of your new dog training franchise than by offering extended benefits to your staff and of course taking care of your best friend?

We believe in continually raising the bar in the support and offerings made to our franchisees. Your monthly fee may not grow for one of the best dog training franchises available, but what you receive in return will. Our constant commitment to our franchise owners, staff and customers takes Sit Means Sit to the'Alpha' spot in the pack.

The VPI brochure is also available for download for your convenience here.

Sit Means Sit is pleased to announce the launch of our new website! Check it out now!

Sit Means Sit franchise owner Mike Wheeler (Central Texas) was recently featured in the Killeen Daily Herald. Mike has been owned a Sit Means Sit dog training franchise for going on 2 1/2 years (as of 2011). Having already established a working business model in his area (as Centex K-9), he opted to make the leap and transition his business to the Sit Means Sit brand. Mike is one of many Sit Means Sit franchise owners who have made the transition from their existing dog training business to Sit Means Sit. You can read the Killeen Daily Herald feature (pages 6 & 7) here.

Carla Collins of our Sit Means Sit Dallas location was recently featured in the Wall Street Journal during the search and rescue efforts in Joplin, MO. Carla and her dog 'Joker' were deployed to assist in the location of survivors after the devastating tornados that struck the community May 22, 2011.

Read the full article on WSJ.com.

Carla Collins has provided professional dog training services to the Dallas area and nationwide through seminars for many years. At Sit Means Sit we offer the most successful techniques to help you with dog training basics through advanced obedience. We combine remote collar dog training with proven classic techniques to bring the most innovative dog obedience training Dallas has seen. Carla’s 20 year history in customer service and dog training, combined with over 14 years of working with dogs, allows for a solid educational approach for both canine and dog owners alike. She is a national seminar instructor with No Limitations and trains her personal dogs for search and rescue work.

Sit Means Sit made the top 50 list for top franchise businesses by the Franchise Business Review.

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Our 2011 list of Top Franchises includes a number of companies that have performed well for the past several years—companies like Home Instead Senior Care, Heaven’s Best Carpet Cleaning, JumpBunch, FaSTSIgnS, and TeamLogic IT. We also have many award-winning opportunities that have made our list for the first time, including Jet’s Pizza, Care Patrol, Tga Premier Junior golf, and Zoup!

Franchise companies have stepped up the support of their franchisees in the past few years (which we’ve seen reflected in significantly higher satisfaction in the category of training and support) and found ways to work smarter and do more— a lot more—with less. Perhaps most striking of all are the companies that have maintained impressively high franchisee satisfaction throughout the economic crisis, proving that operators of a well-run franchise will not only survive, but thrive—in good times and bad.

With thousands of franchise opportunities to choose from, we know that not all franchises are created equal, but we hope this list—based on our annual survey of more than 25,000 franchise owners—guides you on your way.

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Read the full article here: http://www.nfib.com/nfib-on-the-move/nfib-on-the-move-item?cmsid=56239 Fred Hassen, Founder and CEO of Sit Means Sit Inc. was recently featured in an article by the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) on using online video marketing such as YouTube to build your business.

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Be Consistent

For Fred Hassen, owner of Sit Means Sit Dog Training in Las Vegas, the key to gaining traction through YouTube is consistency. Around Thanksgiving of 2009, Hassen got serious about promoting his business through the site. He told his then-small audience to expect a new training video each day for a year. Since then, he has posted at least one new video a day, totaling more than 600 videos that have generated nearly 3 million views. “It's important to be in front of people and let them see the product,” Hassen says. “With video, you can get in front of a lot more people.”

Read the full article here: http://www.nfib.com/nfib-on-the-move/nfib-on-the-move-item?cmsid=56239

Did You Know?

"92% of the hundreds of students that have graduated under Fred Hassen's dog training school since it's inception in the year 2000, are still professionally operating their businesses today.  Those statistics are unmatched in any profession!"

Watch reality video from our dog training school on Fred Hassen's YouTube Channel