Shawn did a wonderful job with our 4 month old belgian malinois, tracker. Within the 3 full days if training, tracker learned so many new commands. Not only did shawn do a great job with tracker, he also took his time explaining in detail to me and my wife, how to take command and continue with the obedience training tracker learned. Thank you so much for your time and patience with us while we all learned new techniques. – Potter family

Shawn is amazing! He is always so patient with my pup. My hyper lab has grown leaps and bounds with his behavior since we started Sit Means Sit. Cannot recommend enough.

Since working with Shawn, my dog has done a whole 180. From not being able to let her off leash anywhere without her running off, to being able to take her to the beach off leash and have her heeling is amazing, and working with her boundaries and with resource hoarding she’s made so much progress, I highly recommend!

We found Shawn almost accidentally when we walked our dog Zaika in the park. Before we met Shawn we pretty much gave up on training as we had 2 previous trainers who just made dog’s reactivity worse which resulted in the very unpleasant experience. When we first spoke to Shawn we had little hope. He came and did a very long and thorough assessment of our troubles and areas we need to concentrate. From the first lesson Zaika listened to him and as the time progressed she became a different dog. She is eager to learn, she is smart and she adores her trainer Shawn. I highly recommend this school!

Shawn is not only one of the nicest guys you’ll ever meet, he is a talented dog trainer who can solve just about any dog behavioral problem. Our (2) 5-yr old Wheaten Terriers have gotten more and more anxious and reactive over the last couple years. It had gotten to the point where we couldn’t have ANYONE over without locking up the dogs. When Shawn first came over to meet us, he calmly coached us through how to properly introduce (outside the house) do a little lap and within 5 minutes Shawn was sitting in our living room with both dogs LYING DOWN relaxed. Shawn took them for 3 full days over three weeks. After each day he spent over an hour with our family teaching us what they learned at home so we could practice for the week. Since then we go to group classes on Saturday and (my favorite part!) have had some one off home training visits to tackle specific triggers (doorbell, daughter’s boyfriend, house guest for the weekend, etc.). Consistency matters and being diligent about the magic Shawn teaches you is important but it is exactly that. Magic! Thank you Shawn!!!!!

What a difference Sit Means Sit and Shawn have made with our dog Murphy! Day 1 we noticed a change in him. We were mainly having issues leash walking and impulse control and Shawn worked wonders with him! We are now about a year out of training and doing great with all the tools and knowledge Shawn has given us. We even trust him off leash at this point and have done many walks without needing a leash. We also love taking him to the group classes sit means sit offers after completing the training for refreshers and fun!

When we were looking to add a puppy to our family, we knew we wanted to invest in training. We researched and found that Sit means Sit was just what we were looking for. We reached out to Shawn and decided to proceed with puppy preschool. Puppy preschool was just what we needed to help get us started on the right track with our new puppy Scout. After “graduating” puppy preschool we wanted to take things a bit further and enrolled Scout into the “masters” program. Shawn was amazing to work with and made sure we were set up for success. We loved that all during the puppy preschool and master’s class that everything was one on one with Scout. We are eager to now start with group classes. Highly recommend Shawn with Sit means Sit if you are looking into training for your fur baby.

We have had a great experience with Sit Means Sit – Wilmington. Both the individual lessons & the group classes have been excellent. We are incredibly appreciative of Shawn & Sit Means Sit – Wilmington! We highly recommend Sit means sit dog training. They are the best!

We recently moved from CA and had done training with SMS in San Diego. Part of the training includes group classes for a year, but we moved before we could redeem ours. Shawn didn’t have to take us in, but we’ve been welcomed into classes from day one as if we’d been here the whole time. We’ll be using him in the future for all of our dogs and recommend him! His classes are always different and engaging 😊

Going through training with Sit Means Sit was genuinely life changing for my dog and I. She was highly reactive and anxious when we first adopted her. We began our training with the Sit Means Sit location in Cleveland, OH and we’re welcomed to join the Sit Means Sit family here in Wilmington by Shawn. My dog absolutely adores him and loves attending his weekly group classes. They are engaging and Shawn does a wonderful job walking us through how to do the activities. It’s taken time and consistency, but we now have a lovely, friendly, and confident pup thank to Sit Means Sit. It was worth every penny and we will certainly be taking our next dog through Sit Means Sit training with Shawn. We are customers for life!