SmartyPup!

After scouring the internet for great dog training in SF - I’m so glad we found SmartyPup! Our puppy Frankie completed 3 courses at SmartyPup, all with Nicole. What luck because Frankie LOVES Nicole and so do we! She was the perfect blend between expertise and compassion. Puppy training can feel so difficult but Nicole always felt empathetic, approachable and down to earth. She made a sometimes frustrating situation fun and normalized all our feelings and challenges. Our lil pup has some special reactivity issues that were outside the scope of our paid classes. Nicole went out of her way to consult other expert colleagues and generated ideas for us to try. We felt much less alone with her on our team. She truly went above and beyond. I’m sure everyone at SmartyPup is amazing but I can only speak for our experience with Nicole - and it was exceptional.

The staff at SmartyPup are total rockstars -- I truly can't imagine a better investment I could have made in both my pup's and my own wellbeing in these early weeks together. Not only did they provide Milo with an enriching (and super fun!) environment and help him be comfortable with the wide range of situations he'll encounter in life, but they were also an endless source of support and advice for my own questions! As a first-time, single pup parent, I especially appreciated the sense of community that SmartyPup offers -- Kelly, Lisa, and everyone on the staff were so warm and welcoming, and Fawn offered many specific suggestions of food/things to read/local providers to help navigate the many tricky situations that were new to me. Watching the pups play each morning was also a total delight -- Milo and I will miss puppy camp, but we'll be back for classes and socials!