LOCAL DOG BECOMES WORLD CHAMPION ATHLETE

Contact: Lianne Hassen
Owner, Dog Trainer
Sit Means Sit Dog Training Tel.: 702-756-6444
E-mail liannehassen@sitmeanssit.com
www.sitmeanssit.com

For Immediate Release
September 20, 2010

LOCAL DOG BECOMES WORLD CHAMPION ATHLETE

Las Vegas, Nev. - A local dog named Rex and his handler, Lianne Hassen of Sit Means Sit, just won the 2010 DockDogs World Championship title for "Extreme Vertical" during the 2010 STIHL Dogs and Logs World Championships held this year in Salem, Oregon.
DockDogs is a fun performance sport for canine competitors which includes four contests: Big Air, Extreme Vertical (EV), Speed Retrieve and Iron Dog, which is a combination of all three. Judging for distance, the Big Air competition judges how far your dog can jump from the edge of the dock across the pool. The Extreme Vertical (EV) is the "high jump" for dogs where dogs jump upwards from the dock in order to retrieve the official DockDogs Flappy toy, landing in the water. DockDogs Speed Retrieve involves a run...jump...swim environment. The clock starts when the dog leaves the starting line on the dock and stops when the dog swims to the end of the pool and retrieves the official DockDogs Flappy toy.
This World Championships event brings in the BEST DockDogs teams in the world to put their heart and soul into competing and show off their dogs' amazing gifts of talent, timing and athletic prowess. Sit Means Sit, the largest U.S. based dog training company with its corporate headquarters in Las Vegas, was extremely proud to have seven out of the 40 teams invited to compete in this year's event. Teams must earn invitations to compete in the World Championships at DockDogs events held regionally, nationally and internationally throughout each year.
"DockDogs is a blast for the dogs and very entertaining for the crowds," said Hassen. "Rex must have jumped over 50 times over the course of the event weekend. It was great competing against new teams I had never met in Extreme Vertical, and they gave Rex a workout."

In addition to earning the World Championship title for "Extreme Vertical" this year for jumping up 7'8" feet from the dock, Rex was a busy boy and also won second place in "Speed Retrieve" and fourth place in "Iron Dog." Rex truly is one of the world's most athletic dogs.

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Established in 2006, Sit Means Sit is the largest U.S.-based dog training company. With its first location and corporate headquarters in Las Vegas, Nevada, Sit Means Sit has truly revolutionized dog training. The company started franchising in 2009, and there are now 62 locations throughout the U.S., Canada and Australia, 47 of which are franchises. Sit Means Sit has been featured on several media outlets including Animal Planet, the Outdoor Channel and ESPN. For more information, call (702) 877-4581, toll free at (866) Sit-M-Sit (748-6748) or visit www.sitmeanssit.com. For more information about franchising, visit http://franchise.sitmeanssit.com.
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