Leash pulling, jumping, barking, puppy chaos, reactivity, aggression, and anxiety — handled through a structured day-train program so you can enjoy Lake Tahoe, Midtown patios, and everywhere life takes you.
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In addition to our training programs, we resolve the specific behaviors keeping you from enjoying your dog out in Reno.
Growling, lunging, snapping, or biting — addressed safely at the root.
Learn more ›Build real confidence in anxious, fearful, or shut-down dogs.
Learn more ›Turn lunging, barking walks into calm ones with threshold-based training.
Learn more ›The reliable recall that gives you and your dog real freedom.
Learn more ›A dog that listens everywhere — not just in your living room.
Learn more ›Start your puppy right — confidence, manners, and socialization.
Learn more ›Sit Means Sit Reno proudly serves pet parents throughout the entire Reno area — from Sparks to Carson City and everywhere between — with the best dog training in the region. Our team is ready to help dogs of any age, breed, or background thrive.
We offer a unique day-training approach: your dog trains with us by day and comes home each night, combining immersive training with personalized in-home owner lessons and lifetime group classes. No sending your dog away for weeks. No guesswork. Just real results you can see and feel.
Ready to get started? Call Kelvin, our Training Advisor, at (775) 349-7345 or book your free evaluation. We offer a 4-week guarantee — if your dog doesn’t improve as expected, we provide additional training at no extra charge until your goals are met.
We train all dogs regardless of age, breed, or behavioral issue — from 16-week puppies to senior rescues with serious challenges.
Individualized programs tailored to your specific goals and your dog’s specific needs.
Follow-up group classes continue free for life so you and your dog keep achieving your goals.
Your dog trains by day, comes home each night. We train you too — with an in-home lesson after each training day.
Our flagship program for obedience, manners, and lifestyle access.
Details ›An intensive program for reactive, fearful, or aggressive dogs.
Details ›Ongoing training and socialization for every graduate.
Details ›A structured day of activity, adventure, and skill-sharpening for dogs who’ve completed a program with us.
Details ›We don’t just teach commands — we build a dog you can take anywhere. Our system rests on four pillars.
Obedience is what your dog does on cue. Behavior is who your dog is the other 23 hours of the day. We train both.
Your dog trains with our team by day and comes home each night — no overnight boarding, training built into real life.
After each training day, we coach you. You learn the same language your dog learns — so results last long after the program ends.
Every program includes free lifetime group classes — ongoing reinforcement and a community to keep your dog sharp for life.
You may have seen our very own Lambo retrieving bats at Reno Aces games. Lambo is living proof of what Sit Means Sit training makes possible — a calm, focused, reliable dog performing in front of thousands of cheering fans. That same training is what we bring to your dog.
From group classes in South Reno to in-home lessons and pack walks — this is what training with us looks like.
Real results from real clients across the Reno area.
“Sit Means Sit’s training program has seriously been one of the best investments I have ever made. My dog has been able to get off of her very strong anti-anxiety medication.”
“The Sit Means Sit program enabled me to take my two dogs Gaea and Dayzee on mountain hikes without worrying about them chasing wildlife.”
“I am so pleased and impressed with Sit Means Sit in general. My Aussie puppy did a three week board-and-train since my work schedule limited my ability to go to group classes.”
“We took our two pitbulls to Sit Means Sit for training. Sit Means Sit did a wonderful job training our dogs.”
Experienced trainers with the skill to handle any dog, any behavior.
Your dog spends the day training with our team and comes home each night — no overnight boarding. After each training day, we come to your home for a lesson so you learn the same tools. Each program runs over four weeks, with the schedule tailored to what your dog needs.
Yes. Our Reactive Rehab program specializes in reactive, fearful, and aggressive dogs. We assess the root cause and build a structured, threshold-based plan to address it safely.
The entire Reno–Sparks area and Northern Nevada — Reno, Sparks, Carson City, Spanish Springs, Sun Valley, South Reno, and surrounding communities.
It depends on your dog and goals. We start with a free evaluation to recommend the right program and walk you through the investment — no pressure. Call (775) 349-7345 or book online.
Yes. If your dog isn’t ready by the end of week 4, we keep training at no extra cost until your goals are met. And after graduation, group classes are free for the lifetime of your dog.
Yes — a free, no-obligation evaluation. We meet your dog, hear what’s going on, and recommend the right program. Book online or call (775) 349-7345.
Most programs run about four weeks, with your dog training during the day and coming home each night. The exact schedule is tailored to your dog — and if you or your dog need more time to hit the goals we set together, we keep working at no extra charge.
We don’t send your dog away for weeks — our day-train approach keeps your dog home each night and trains YOU alongside your dog, so the results actually stick. We focus on real-world behavior (who your dog is the other 23 hours of the day), not just commands in a training room. And group classes are included free for the lifetime of your dog.
Yes. We work with dogs of any age, any breed, and any behavioral challenge — from young puppies to senior dogs, and from basic manners to serious aggression or anxiety. Every program is customized to the individual dog.
Yes. We offer structured puppy training that builds obedience, socialization, and house manners during the critical early developmental window — before problems develop. Call (775) 349-7345 to find the right fit for your puppy.
Most dogs don’t need to be sent away for weeks. Our day-train program delivers the same structured results while keeping your dog home each night and teaching you the tools too — which is why the results last. Talk to us first in a free evaluation and we’ll help you decide what your dog actually needs.
Start now — we work with puppies as young as 8–10 weeks, and most families come to us with biting, potty accidents, chewing, and crate crying all at once. All of it is normal; none of it should be ignored, because early foundation work prevents these from becoming adult habits. Your puppy trains with us by day, comes home each night, and we coach you in your home. The evaluation is free.
Yes. Leash pulling is the single most common problem dog owners bring us, and one of the most fixable. Pulling isn't stubbornness — your dog has learned that pulling works. Our attention-based training teaches the opposite lesson, proofed on real walks, and age is not the barrier people think. We regularly fix pullers from 8 months to 10+ years old.
Yes. Barking and jumping persist because they're self-rewarding — every visitor 'proves' the barking worked, and jumping earns touch and attention. We teach an incompatible behavior: a place command that holds while the door opens, proofed under real distraction, and we teach your whole household to run the same system at home.
Dogs don't generalize — 'sit' in your kitchen and 'sit' at a busy park are different skills, and outside you're competing with the most interesting show on earth. Our high-distraction obedience work proofs every command under real-world distraction until it holds everywhere. That's the difference between a trick and obedience — and it's literally what 'sit means sit' means.
No — adult dogs often train faster than puppies: longer attention span, no teething chaos. What's harder is un-rehearsing years of habit, and that's a consistency problem our structured program solves, not an age problem. We adjust for joints, hearing, and Reno's seasons — not the standard. Any age, any breed, any challenge.
Every trainer here is a certified Sit Means Sit dog trainer. Our owner also helps teach the national Sit Means Sit trainer recertification school alongside founder Fred Hassen and VP Scott Sanchez — so the standard other Sit Means Sit trainers are certified against is the same standard your dog gets in Reno.
Yes — Klarna is built into our checkout, along with other financing options, so you can split the investment into manageable payments. Ask at your free evaluation and we'll walk you through exactly what's available, no pressure.
Our team will learn what’s going on, walk you through program options and investment, and help decide whether an in-person evaluation makes sense. Premium training for owners ready for a structured plan.
