Dog Savvy Positive Dog Training offers expert puppy training and dog training in Salt Lake City, UT, and nearby areas using compassionate, reward-based methods that deliver lasting results.
Our certified Salt Lake City dog trainers specialize in puppy training, crate training, leash reactivity training, dog aggression training, barking solutions, and separation anxiety training. We design personalized, in-home dog training programs tailored to your dog’s needs and your lifestyle.
Whether you are struggling with crate training a new puppy or a rescue dog with behavioral challenges, our private dog training in Salt Lake City helps your dog build confidence, good manners, and calm, reliable behavior.
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Training & services
Training goals
Behavior consultationProgram details
Get a Behavior Consultation for dogs and puppies with behavioral problems like leash reactivity, resource guarding, aggression, barking, or separation anxiety. Includes a full behavior assessment, custom training plan, and fun starter games to help you begin improving your dog’s behavior right away. · Listed price: $90.00
Listed price: $150.00
Dog behavioral modification training using positive, science-based methods. We help address aggression, fear, anxiety, resource guarding, and other challenging behaviors. Get a personalized training plan to build confidence, calmness, and reliable behavior for a happier, well-adjusted dog. · Listed price: From $150.00
Crate trainingProgram details
We specialize in puppy crate training to help puppies who cry at night or scream for hours when left alone learn to feel safe and secure. Our certified puppy trainers use gentle, positive, reward-based methods to build calm, confident, and reliable crate behavior for lasting results.
Is your puppy crying in the crate all night or screaming when you leave the room? Our puppy separation anxiety training uses gentle, proven crate training methods to help puppies settle calmly and confidently—so you can finally get some sleep, focus on work, and enjoy a happier, quieter home. · Listed price: From $150.00
House training
Leash training
Obedience training
Puppy trainingProgram details
Private puppy training classes for biting, barking, potty training, crate training, separation anxiety, and hyperactivity. Get a personalized, reward-based plan with fun training games that build good manners, confidence, and a calm, well-behaved puppy from day one. · Listed price: $150.00
Our one-month private puppy training class package teaches basic manners and tackles common issues like puppy biting, potty accidents, crate training, and solutions for hyper or anxious puppies, including separation anxiety—helping your pup grow into a well-behaved, confident companion. · Listed price: $895.00
Puppy training in Salt Lake City for new puppy parents who want to start off right. Get expert guidance on potty training, crate training, puppy biting, socialization, sleep routines, and preventing separation anxiety. Leave with a personalized, positive training plan to raise a calm, confident pup. · Listed price: $150.00
Recall trainingCustomer-reported
Socialization
Behavior support
Aggression training
BarkingProgram details
Our dog trainers teach your dog to stop barking using positive, science-based methods. We help dogs who bark at strangers, noises, other dogs, or when left alone. Get a personalized training plan to reduce nuisance barking, build calm behavior, and create lasting results—without harsh corrections. · Listed price: $895.00
Fear and confidence
Reactivity trainingProgram details
Our Leash Reactivity Training teaches dogs to focus on their handler and build self-control around distractions. Using positive, science-based methods, we help your dog stay calm on walks, reduce lunging or barking, and enjoy stress-free outings while strengthening your bond. · Listed price: $150.00
Reactive dog training in Salt Lake City using positive, science-based methods. We help dogs who bark, lunge, or overreact on leash to other dogs, people, or triggers. Get a personalized training plan to reduce reactivity, build focus and confidence, and enjoy calmer, more manageable walks. · Listed price: From $150.00
Resource guardingProgram details
Does your dog growl, snap, or guard food, toys, or resting spots? This behavior, called resource guarding, can strain your bond. We specialize in positive, effective training to help dogs feel safe sharing, so you can enjoy a more relaxed, trusting relationship. · Listed price: From $150.00
Separation anxietyProgram details
Work with a Dog Separation Anxiety Specialist to help your dog feel calm and secure when alone. Using gentle, positive, science-based methods, we reduce crying, barking, and destructive behaviors, teaching self-soothing skills while strengthening your bond and building confidence in your dog. · Listed price: $150.00
Our Dog Separation Anxiety Training program uses proven, humane methods to help puppies and rescue dogs feel calm and comfortable when home alone. Our training reduces crying, barking, and destructive behaviors while teaching self-soothing skills and building confidence for lasting peace of mind. · Listed price: From $150.00
How training happens
In-home trainingProgram details
In-home dog training in Salt Lake City using positive reinforcement. Get personalized coaching from a certified dog trainer for leash pulling, barking, reactivity, jumping, aggression, and separation anxiety. Build calm behavior, good manners, and lasting results in your dog’s real-life environment. · Listed price: From $150.00
Online or virtual training
Private training
Dog age
Adult dogs
PuppiesProgram details
Certified puppy trainers offering private, game-based puppy training classes in Salt Lake City. We help with puppy biting, potty training, crate training, and puppy crying in the crate or when left alone. Build good manners, confidence, and a strong bond with expert guidance and lasting results. · Listed price: $150.00
Support between sessions
Personalized training plans
Your dog’s background
Rescue dogsProgram details
Just adopted a rescue dog with behavioral challenges? We help dogs of any breed or age overcome issues like separation anxiety, fear, resource guarding, or hyperactivity. Using positive, science-based methods, we build trust, confidence, and good manners so your rescue can thrive in their new home. · Listed price: $150.00
Training approach
Positive reinforcementProgram details
Positive reinforcement dog training in SLC, UT, using reward-based, science-backed methods. We teach good manners, reduce problem behaviors, and build confidence in puppies and adult dogs. Enjoy a stronger bond with your dog while achieving lasting, reliable behavior—without force or punishment. · Listed price: From $150.00
Consultations
Free consultation
Other listed services
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Dog trainingProgram details
Positive, reward-based dog training in Salt Lake City, UT to address behavior problems, reduce separation anxiety, and build reliable manners. Our dog trainers help puppies and adult dogs grow into calm, confident companions using proven, science-backed training methods that deliver lasting results. · Listed price: From $150.00
Additional DogProgram details
Add an additional dog to your training session for $50! · Listed price: $50.00
Dog Behavior Challenges
Dog Parents
Dog Walkers
On Leash Dog Trainer
Private Coaching
Private Consultation
Problem Behaviors
Working Dog
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Questions & answers
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What people have asked about this business.
Do you guys do service dog training?
No, we are pet dog trainers only.
Community answer · Dog Savvy | Positive Dog Training · 2025-09-21
5/5After Dog Savvy was recommend to me by a friend, I reached out to see if I could schedule a consult and later buy a package to help train the new puppy I was bringing home! That first week my dog and I met with Aly and she was great! With Aly's help, my dog quickly learned the ba…Read full reviewClose full review
After Dog Savvy was recommend to me by a friend, I reached out to see if I could schedule a consult and later buy a package to help train the new puppy I was bringing home! That first week my dog and I met with Aly and she was great! With Aly's help, my dog quickly learned the basics, such as sit and stay, and had great impulse control. She also showed me helpful tricks to get my puppy used to his crate. By 16 weeks he had all of this and leash training down! Aly was also there to answer any questions I had, even outside of a session, which I was so appreciative of. She is great with puppies and my dog would get so excited to see her when we had our training session. I would highly recommend Aly for anyone looking for help training a new puppy!
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Georgina Mendoza
1/5I was very excited to try out Dog Savvy, and went ahead and booked a consultation. I've been waiting for over an hour, and no one bothered to call, email or text to let me know that they weren't going to meet with me tonight. As a first impression, I'm very disappointed with the …Read full reviewClose full review
I was very excited to try out Dog Savvy, and went ahead and booked a consultation. I've been waiting for over an hour, and no one bothered to call, email or text to let me know that they weren't going to meet with me tonight. As a first impression, I'm very disappointed with the unprofessionalism and lack of courtesy to notify me of any cancellations or changes. Here's to hoping I can get a refund on my consultation fee!
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Monica Loomba
5/5Wow if you're looking for a dog trainer for puppies, Alexandra is the best.
Let me start by saying we get compliments daily about how well behaved our pup is, and we could not have done it with out her.
We recently got a vizsla puppy and spent two weeks doing our best before we…Read full reviewClose full review
Wow if you're looking for a dog trainer for puppies, Alexandra is the best.
Let me start by saying we get compliments daily about how well behaved our pup is, and we could not have done it with out her.
We recently got a vizsla puppy and spent two weeks doing our best before we gave her a call. After the consultation I already felt like we were on the right path. Vizslas are notoriously smart and hyper active dogs so we needed some specialized tactics, you tube videos were not going to cut it. Alexandra each week tailored the lesson plan to where Hank was succeeding and where he needed help. Crate training, impulse control, separation anxiety, leash manners, house manners, recall, and it's your choice. All with positive reinforcement which is key puppies.
She was very patient with Hank and with us and made sure we understood how to execute the training which was key. I feel like like training is just as much for us as it was for him. We were social distanced and wore masks and made learning during COVID stress free. She also helped us set up play dates with other puppies to socialize and have meet some great doggie friends in the process.
Hank is now 6 months old and comes when he's called at the dog park... so that's saying something. Good luck everyone with the dog training it's so worth it in the end.
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Susan Yang
5/5Alexandra helped us tremendously with training our new puppy. Our puppy Bruce was 8 weeks when we got him and he was constantly nipping/biting us and we didn't know what to do! I seriously thought we would have no furnitures or toes left.
We called Alexandra based on the raving …Read full reviewClose full review
Alexandra helped us tremendously with training our new puppy. Our puppy Bruce was 8 weeks when we got him and he was constantly nipping/biting us and we didn't know what to do! I seriously thought we would have no furnitures or toes left.
We called Alexandra based on the raving reviews we saw and she was able to fit us into her busy schedule right away after hearing our concerns. Fast forward, Bruce now gives us plenty of kisses and likes to bring his toys over to us to play together.
We had Alexandra to come and help us with the basics of puppy training with the introductory session first and with the progress we made in just one session, we signed up and just completed the 3 training session package.
What we really liked about Alexandra in her approach was:
1) she sends you a tailored summary/overview email going over the things from each session. She includes helpful videos and links as well. We realized that the puppy training is actually more for us to become better pawrents/trainer and these notes were very helpful to help us study what we can do to help Bruce succeed.
2) she has a plethora of knowledge in puppy training and is able to help you assess your dog's behavior/progress. We also like her school of thought on helping the dog choose the behaviors to be rewarded for rather than some of the harsher training methods that we didn't feel comfortable with.
3) she has so many helpful recommendation for products that our puppy loves! Before we got her help, we wasted money on a lot of toys and products that Bruce used only once. Since she used these products in our session, we were investing in products we knew Bruce was going to love!
4) she provides recommendation for play dates match and tips based on your dog. This was super helpful as early socialization has helped Bruce to learn to be a loving friend to everyone!
5) she is extremely great with communication via text and welcomes questions between sessions. We received additional helpful tips on areas that we had more challenges in training Bruce.
We are so glad that we were able to have Alexander come and help us train Bruce! We strongly recommend her!
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Alison Wolf
5/5
My puppers is so much calmer, confident and less anxious
My dog couldn't let me leave my apartment for a second without crying and was glued to my calves.
Now he doesnt freak out when I exit and he also likes spending alone time to chill. Love it!
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