Connected Canine LLC creates deeper connections between dogs and their humans through ethical, relationship-based dog training, individualized care, and lifelong support. Serving the Greater Phoenix area, we provide puppy training, private dog training, Board & Train programs, behavior modification, service dog training, therapy dog preparation, dog boarding, and structured daycare. Every program is tailored to the individual dog because lasting success begins with connection, not control. Connection Comes First.
Training & services
Training goals
Behavior consultationProgram details
Individualized behavior modification addresses fear, anxiety, impulsivity, resource guarding, and other behavior challenges through ethical, relationship-based training tailored to your dog's needs. · Listed price: From $5,600.00
Canine Good Citizen preparationProgram details
Prepare for the AKC Canine Good Citizen (CGC) title through individualized training that develops reliable manners, communication, and everyday skills at home and in the community.
Puppy trainingProgram details
Begin your puppy's journey with Connected Puppy Path™. HomeSchool™ provides individualized, relationship-based puppy training for puppies under 16 weeks in the comfort of your home, building confidence, communication, and lifelong success. · Listed price: From $2,800.00
Behavior support
Aggression trainingProgram details
Day School™: Aggression Support focuses on safety, communication, and individualized behavior modification for dogs displaying aggressive behaviors while helping families build lasting success. · Listed price: From $5,600.00
HomeSchool™ provides individualized aggression training in your home, focusing on safety, communication, management, and lasting behavior change for dogs and their families. · Listed price: From $5,600.00
Fear and confidence
Reactivity trainingProgram details
Day School™: Reactivity helps dogs build confidence and emotional regulation through individualized, relationship-based training that improves focus, communication, and success around everyday triggers. · Listed price: From $5,600.00
HomeSchool™ provides individualized reactive dog training in your home, helping dogs build confidence, emotional regulation, and reliable responses where behavior challenges often begin. · Listed price: From $5,600.00
Resource guarding
How training happens
Board and trainProgram details
Residency™ combines immersive training with individualized care to build reliable behaviors, confidence, and communication while coaching families for lasting success at home. · Listed price: From $4,000.00
In-home trainingProgram details
HomeSchool™ brings individualized, relationship-based dog training to your home. We build reliable manners, communication, and everyday life skills while preparing dogs for the AKC Canine Good Citizen (CGC) title. · Listed price: From $2,800.00
HomeSchool™ continues your dog's education with advanced in-home training focused on applying reliable skills in public settings while preparing teams for the AKC Community Canine (CGCA) title. · Listed price: From $2,800.00
HomeSchool™: Mastery provides advanced in-home coaching that prepares dogs to confidently navigate busy public environments while working toward the AKC Urban Canine Good Citizen (CGCU) title. · Listed price: From $2,800.00
Private training
Dog age
PuppiesProgram details
Continue Connected Puppy Path™ through Day School™. Designed for fully vaccinated puppies, this individualized program builds confidence, manners, social skills, and real-world success while preparing for the AKC STAR Puppy title. · Listed price: From $2,800.00
Training level
Advanced trainingProgram details
Advance your dog's skills through Day School™: Achievement. Dogs learn to apply their training in public environments while preparing for the AKC Community Canine (CGCA) title through individualized coaching. · Listed price: From $2,800.00
Assistance and working dogs
Service dog trainingProgram details
Individualized service dog training prepares qualified dogs for reliable task work, public access skills, and everyday partnership through ethical, relationship-based training. · Listed price: From $2,800.00
Therapy dog trainingProgram details
Prepare you and your dog to become a confident therapy team through individualized training focused on manners, public interactions, and evaluation readiness. · Listed price: From $2,800.00
Your dog’s background
Rescue dogsProgram details
Help your newly adopted dog adjust with individualized training that builds confidence, communication, and trust. We support rescue dogs and their families through successful transitions and lifelong relationships. · Listed price: From $250.00
Additional services
BoardingProgram details
Premium dog boarding with individualized care, enrichment, and professional oversight. Every stay is designed to keep your dog safe, engaged, and comfortable while maintaining familiar routines. · Listed price: $60.00
DaycareProgram details
Structured daycare provides supervised enrichment, appropriate social experiences, rest, and mental engagement in a safe environment designed to support your dog's overall well-being. · Listed price: $50.00
Other listed services
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Dog TrainingProgram details
Build a strong foundation through Day School™: Foundations. This individualized program develops reliable manners, communication, and everyday life skills while preparing dogs for the AKC Canine Good Citizen (CGC) title. · Listed price: From $2,800.00
Urban Dog TrainingProgram details
Reach the highest level of Day School™ with Mastery. This individualized program develops confident, reliable dogs prepared for busy community environments while working toward the AKC Urban Canine Good Citizen (CGCU). · Listed price: From $2,800.00
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Business-stated qualifications
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5/5If you are looking for the BEST dog training and boarding this is THE SPOT! Sara is wonderful, knowledgeable and kind. She is a true professional and trains the whole dog not just the issues brought to her to fix. It a market full of trainers leaving owners with less then desirab…Read full reviewClose full review
If you are looking for the BEST dog training and boarding this is THE SPOT! Sara is wonderful, knowledgeable and kind. She is a true professional and trains the whole dog not just the issues brought to her to fix. It a market full of trainers leaving owners with less then desirable results I am always so excited to tell my friends about Connected Canine! I cannot recommend them enough! Thank you Sara and team for all you do for the pups and their families.
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Alex
5/5
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Chad Laden
5/5The progress Connected Canine is able to make, in a short amount of time, is amazing.
Leo is a stereotypical red nosed pit. High energy, high alert, vocal, expressive. Hard to walk. Impossible to take anywhere. Overly friendly...yet also overly protective.
Sara immediately, acc…Read full reviewClose full review
The progress Connected Canine is able to make, in a short amount of time, is amazing.
Leo is a stereotypical red nosed pit. High energy, high alert, vocal, expressive. Hard to walk. Impossible to take anywhere. Overly friendly...yet also overly protective.
Sara immediately, accurately, identified that he was over stimulated and lacked confidence.
Leo went through the board & train program. He came home a different dog. He has a personality and that has not changed. But he has much better impulse control and improved manners. He understands several commands. He walks politely. He can handle a trip to the park and various stores. He just has a much better quality of life today.
Most important, to me, is that she put us in a place to continue working & growing together. Training is a continual process.
Thank you to the whole Connected Canine team!
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Anna Hrach
5/5
Connected Canine is genuinely amazing! We board our dog with them when we're out of town and we also use them for weekly doggie daycare. Whenever our dog is in their care, I never worry because I know he's in the best hands.
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Lee Hamel
5/5
Sara and her crew understand dog temperament and thus not all dogs play well with each other. It's amazing to me that my dog has accepted Sara and her crew from day 1, even letting them pet him and play with him. The boarding facility and services is the best in the valley.
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