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
5/5Having dogs all my life, I have an innate love for dogs and all animals. When I decided to adopt Bowie, a 2 or 3 year old terrier mix, I knew that it would require a lot of love, time, and dedication, but I wasn’t totally prepared for just how many behavioral nuances my new pup w…Read full reviewClose full review
Having dogs all my life, I have an innate love for dogs and all animals. When I decided to adopt Bowie, a 2 or 3 year old terrier mix, I knew that it would require a lot of love, time, and dedication, but I wasn’t totally prepared for just how many behavioral nuances my new pup would have.
Bowie came with anxieties surrounding strangers and other dogs, as well as what I learned to refer to as “guarding behavior” when people enter the house. Lexi has helped to understand Bowie’s complex nature on a deeper level and to define and label his behavior in understandable and digestible language.
Lexi’s method of training is understanding and undeniably positive. Going into training I was worried that it would be scolding or fear-based, but Lexi has shown me time and again that patience and positivity always wins when training or interacting with your dog.
So far we have worked on behavior modification at large: creating calm states of mind inside and outside the home, learning games to stimulate and train, understanding leash training and reactivity, and combating his guarding behavior.
Bowie has improved regarding seeing other dogs and people when we’re out. Bowie will always have an undefined past, but with Lexi’s help, I think we can create a happy and carefree world for Bowie where interacting with strangers and other dogs can be a fun activity. Thank you Lexi, for showing me this can be a reality for little Bowie!
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Monica Vandehei
5/5Alexandra has helped our overly-nervous pup through bouts of going potty inside after getting scared and helping create positive associations with going outside on top of leash training, recall, fetch, and feeling more comfortable with roommates. We make leaps and bounds of progr…Read full reviewClose full review
Alexandra has helped our overly-nervous pup through bouts of going potty inside after getting scared and helping create positive associations with going outside on top of leash training, recall, fetch, and feeling more comfortable with roommates. We make leaps and bounds of progress each visit and learn just as much as our pup so you can continue the work on your own. Alexandra is so good with dogs and helps you understand your dog better.
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Dicky DeBiase
5/5As a first time dog owner, and doing it on my own, I had zero confidence. Having adopted Max from a local shelter, I was unprepared for the attention and consideration that he was going to need: he displayed food aggression and guarded his resources (very well).
Lexi does not ma…Read full reviewClose full review
As a first time dog owner, and doing it on my own, I had zero confidence. Having adopted Max from a local shelter, I was unprepared for the attention and consideration that he was going to need: he displayed food aggression and guarded his resources (very well).
Lexi does not make any grandiose promises. She understands and comforts you with the fact that dogs are canines. Lexi provides you with so many great and accessible tools, not one magical solve-all. The practicality she approaches each problem with is refreshing and comforting, and she assists you with identifying and labeling behavior.
Max has shown his potential by working with Lexi. Each dog has their quirks, and Lexi leans into this instead of viewing dogs as good or bad. She teaches positivism and rewarding the display of wanted behavior rather than punishing the unwanted. She also makes teaching fun and humane, which it should always be! Entering one-on-one sessions thinking that it should be rooted in fear and concern was my number one problem.
She’s also super accommodating and very understanding when it comes to scheduling.
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John-Henry Scherck
5/5I recently adopted a dog from the shelter. Whenever I would try and leave my apartment, the dog would whine, then bark, and get generally upset. He had seperation anxiety that was quickly getting worse. After talking with the owner of a dog cafe in my neighborhood I learned about…Read full reviewClose full review
I recently adopted a dog from the shelter. Whenever I would try and leave my apartment, the dog would whine, then bark, and get generally upset. He had seperation anxiety that was quickly getting worse. After talking with the owner of a dog cafe in my neighborhood I learned about Dog Savvy LA. Lexi is the most qualified trainer in the greater LA area to work with dogs on seperation anxiety. She works with you to make being alone something they enjoy - she works to change the dog's mindset.
The second she arrived she got down to business, quickly assessing my dogs triggers, and working to build a rapport with him based of positive reinforcement. I was struggling with my pup, but Dog Savvy LA gave me the building blocks I needed to make sure my dog could be happy on his own. I am a big fan of the training method, which is all based on rewarding and loving your dog.
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Nancy HR
5/5
Lexie is patient and kind and effective! I can already see a change in my Bulldog after just a few lessons.
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