At Sit Means Sit Charleston, our aggression training approach helps ensure your dog builds confidence that lessens their ability to feel threatened in unique settings. We’ll work to learn the triggers of your dog’s aggression and help them learn crucial skills to lessen their anxiety and develop better reactions in potentially stressful situations. Why Aggression… Read More

Just like humans, dogs may begin to experience anxiety with confronted with new, unfamiliar situations. They might manifest their fear in a number of ways, such as excessive chewing, biting, trembling, whining, aggression, and even incontinence or elimination problems. These issues can not only cause you stress but also burden your dog with additional anxiety,… Read More

There are plenty of things that might distract your dog — new people, sights, sounds, and other animals, to name a few. But distractions can also cause certain dogs a lot of stress and anxiety, and your dog might easily get overwhelmed. These reactions might trigger a lot of bad behaviors and become quite difficult… Read More

Your dog deserves to have the freedom to explore their world, but they need to be trained to do it safely. If you want to ensure your dog still behaves obediently without their leash, then off-leash training may be the solution. Through off-leash training, your dog will gain control over some of their more reactive… Read More

Some dogs will barely acknowledge the neighbor’s cat walking through your yard, but others might overreact by barking excessively, lunging, growling, snapping, or startling. Their aggressive reactions to normal, mundane situations might cause you and your dog a lot of stress. Reactive dog training can help canines of almost any disposition avoid intense reactions to… Read More

Dogs with good social skills can more appropriately interact with different people, animals and environments. In fact, socialization can often help cut down on aggression, anxiety and other undesirable behaviors in these settings. Without being properly socialized, your dog may display unpleasant behaviors — excessive barking, lunging, growling, trembling, incontinence, etc. — when around new… Read More