SmartyPup! - San Francisco, California

Celia Marcia

A very late review but this place is AMAZING! Fawn and her team are the best. We can in super overwhelmed with our growing puppy. We signed our dog up for the Puppy 1 class and visited a couple of puppy socials. Really helped teach us pawrents tips and tricks! Our Benny boy was so nervous when he first started going. Really nervous with other dogs but loved people. He slowly started to gain his confidence and learn to play with other dogs. Really recommend the group training and the puppy classes!

Christina Wang

We cannot say enough good things about Smartypup-- we did the 4x a week Day School. We found them in the depths of of puppy blues and were so grateful we had their help in getting ourselves started with our now perfect pup. I am convinced it helped him get socialized to so many things early, especially being comfortable around dogs of all sizes!

Julie Truong

Wow where do I begin with this review! My fiance and I rescued our puppy Josie at 8 weeks old and we were in over our heads with how much work a puppy that age entails. We were STRUGGLING the first 2 weeks with lack of sleep; I think I cried every other day. A colleague suggested Smartypup and we immediately enrolled her in the day school. SMARTYPUP SAVED US! Not only did Josie get extensive socialization during her critical puppy phase but we also learned so much about puppy behavior and how to communicate with her and to reset our expectations and be patient with consistent training and goal setting. The first day of school, Josie was so scared and timid, frantically jumping at my fiance to be held by him. By the end of the day, she opened up and played with the other pups.

The SmartyPup trainers are always so patient with us and our never-ending questions and always providing consistent reassurance before and after day school! The whole team is AWESOME; special shout out to Fawn, Tyler, Lisa, Mario, Kelly, Jenni, and Rana! You can tell they really care about the puppies.

Josie has completed 4 weeks of day school as well as Puppy 1 Saturday classes and it has been so fun to watch her confidence grow. She has also attended a handful of puppy socials. Our new favorite Saturday ritual is going to get coffee before puppy class followed by a social after then getting brunch. We just enrolled in Puppy 2 and can’t wait to start it. We’ll be taking as many courses with Smartypup as possible.

Although there are still a few challenges to work on, Josie has made MAJOR growth and we feel so much more equipped to help her through them. Thank you Smartypup for building confidence not only in our Josie girl but also in US!!

Quest Carrizales

SmartyPup! Was awesome. I've only been to their small dog socials, and both me and my pup have loved them. Fawn and team have been knowledgeable, supportive, and generally fantastic.

Mystery Shopper

Unbelievably caring, knowledgeable and professional. Magic results. I do not have enough praise. The years of experience of the owner are obvious. Thank you!!!
There was a great Día de lis Muertos/Halloween party. Wonderful and big place for parties and celebrations

Rex Cabada

What a place. Wonderful trainers. Fawn, the owner is an expert. All heart and knowledge. I recommend it wholeheartedly. Do yourselves a favor and look no further. Thank you Smarty Pup.

Bill P

We adopted an 8 week old puppy, and I had forgotten just how much work puppies are with chewing, toilet training, and getting into trouble if not exercised and properly supervised. I quickly realized that we were in over our heads and needed a lot of help.

I asked several dog trainers I know in SF and they all said to call SmartyPup SF. The school uses only positive reinforcement training and specializes in puppy socialization. It's a combination of Day care and Day Training. The trainers were brilliant. We could see the difference in her confidence right away. She began giving auto sits, going to her mat, and seemed more relaxed. Her play skills developed quickly. She graduated a couple of weeks ago now she’s in adult daycare with a wide variety of adult dogs. That daycare tells me that they can see how well developed her play style and confidence is for a dog her age.

She was exposed to many different people, objects, sounds, situations and now has the curiosity to explore and try new things, without being held back by fear. She even had the courage to ride a skateboard ! What a transformation. SmartyPup gave her a head start in life that she wouldn’t otherwise have. I’m grateful that we found them.

The owner, Fawn, was also very helpful with food and treat advice. If you’re looking to give your puppy the best foundation possible to work from, this is the place. Definitely paws up and 5 stars !

Mike Allen

This was a great time of introducing our new pup to new friends. The workers were fantastic in helping us adapt as first time per parents.