Dog Trainer in Salt Lake City, UT
The nation's Leading dog training company
Live Life Off-Leash
Achieve Off-Leash Obedience & Eliminate Bad Behaviors – Guaranteed!
Before and After
Proven Results with every dog!
Some dogs are extremely energetic, while others struggle with anxiety and socialization. Pet owners want to help their furry friends feel comfortable and behave well around humans and dogs. The dog trainers at Innovative K9 Academy are here to teach your pet new skills that you can maintain at home.
At our dog training boarding school, your pet will learn a variety of obedience commands. The structured yet fun atmosphere is the perfect environment for dogs to learn. When the lessons come to an end, our dog trainers will explain the new commands to you, so it’s easy to keep up your pet’s new good behaviors.
Our before-and-after videos showcase the real results we achieve. Unlike franchise trainers who share videos from other locations, we only show dogs we’ve trained ourselves.
Utah’s Best Dog Trainers We Don’t Just Say It, We Prove It!
Dog training is our passion. Our head trainer, David, has competed in the FCI World Championships in Battice, Belgium, representing the U.S. Only five teams per country qualify to participate in this elite competition. We’re the only Utah-based training company to send multiple teams to the World Championships.
Our Board & Train Program – Backed by a Training Guarantee
We specialize in Board and Train programs designed to fit nearly every dog’s needs. Our structured, results-driven approach ensures your dog listens reliably, even around distractions.
How Our Board & Train Works
Phase 1: Immersive Training on Our 26-Acre Property
Your dog lives and trains with us, building a strong obedience foundation while enjoying a fun, structured environment. With seven full-time trainers engaging in play and training, your dog won’t even realize they’re away from home!
Phase 2: Hands-On Training with You
You’ll receive two in-person lessons—one Demo Lesson a week before your dog goes home, where you’ll see their progress, and a Transition Lesson on pickup day to ensure you can confidently continue their training.
Phase 3: Lifetime Support Through Group Classes
Once your dog is home, we help maintain their new skills with follow-up group classes in a controlled setting. You’ll also learn additional tips and tricks to keep their training sharp for life.
Get Started Today!
Don’t settle for empty promises—trust Innovative K9 Academy for real, lasting results. Contact us today to learn how we can help your dog reach their full potential!
WHY Choose a Board and Train for your dog?
Professional Experience
Just like any profession, it takes years and years to master a craft. This is all we do, and we are the best in our field. We want to put our love for training dogs and years of experience to work to help you and your dog. This isn’t just a job for us, this is our passion and our life.
Photo and Video Updates
We know sending your pup away for training can be hard, so we send you high quality photo/video updates throughout the week to show the progress your dog is making. Each week we add new skills and fun challenging activities.
Field Trip Outings
Your dog will go on multiple field trips with our trainers. This ensures they will obey in different locations and not only in our facility. This also helps generalize their obedience and gives them additional real-life distractions.
Multiple Full-Time Trainers
Your dog will work with multiple trainers, both male and female, during their stay. This will teach your dog to respond to more that one person, which makes the transition back home much easier. Our goal is a seamless transition back home to your family.
Indoor Training Facility
Sitting on 26 acres of land, our 5,000+ square foot, climate controlled facility is designed specifically for training, play and confidence building. The room where your dog will stay has a separate heating and A/C unit for fresh air.
Proven Training Methods
Our training methods are unlike any other training company. Our training methods have helped us win Multiple National Championships across diifferent dog sports and earning Vice World Champion in 2016. Let our award winning methods help your dog.
Exclusive Boarding and Refresher Training
Graduates of our Boot Camps get exclusive access to our “Home Away From Home” boarding and refresher training options. One of the most common questions we get from our clients is “Where can I board my dog that won’t mess up the training?”. Most boarding facilities are not capable of maintaining the training your dog has learned or stopping them from learning new bad behaviors. In our boarding options we maintain what your dog has learned in a familiar environment. We continue their obedience, socialization, confidence building and more.
WHY Choose Group Class for Your Dog?
Proper Socialization
Your dog will work around many other dogs in a safe and positive environment. Your dog will learn how to behave around other dogs.
Hands-on Training
You will learn how to train your own dog, and get to see many other people train their dogs. All dogs are different, and require innovative techniques to be trained.
Price
Getting your dog trained is an investment in their and your future. If the Board-and-Train program is out of your price range, group classes are an affordable alternative.
REVIEWS FROM OUR CLIENTS
Invest in Good Behavior (Your Shoes Will Thank You)
Look, quality board and train programs aren’t cheap, but neither is replacing a chewed-up leather sofa every three months. We like to think of our programs as an investment in your sanity, your shoe collection, and a lifetime of stress-free walks.
To help keep your finances from going to the dogs, we offer flexible payment options so you can focus on welcoming home a civilized canine instead of crunching numbers.
Ways to Pay
Pay in Full: Clear the ledger upfront, sit back, and wait for your newly transformed pup to return home.
Split Payments: Throw us a bone and break your tuition into manageable installments throughout the training program.
Flexible Financing: Partnered financing options available for qualified clients—because unexpected behavioral overhauls shouldn’t bite into your savings.
Credit cards, debit, electronic bank transfers, and cash accepted. (Treats, chew toys, and belly rubs are strictly reserved for the dogs).
Need a custom setup? Reach out before your consult and we’ll figure out a plan that works without making your wallet howl.
What makes us the Nation's Leading Dog Training Company?
- Roughly 20-25% of the dogs we train are from out of state. We have trained dogs from 49 states and 5 different countries. Whether you live in Utah or another state we can help!
- Our training methods continue to put our trainers on the podium year after year at competitions including the National Championships in the most difficult and competitive dog sports.
World Champion And Award Winning Trainers
In 2016, David and Idole qualified to represent USA at the World Championship in Battice, Belgium. In arguably the most difficult dog sport, at level 3(the highest level), they placed 2nd in the World. This is the highest any American has ever placed at the World Championship.
Another First
In 2017, David took 1st place at Level 3(the highest level) with Idole and 1st place with Impact at level 1. David was also the training director for Cami who took 1st place at level 2. Sweeping the 1st place spots at all 3 levels which has never been done before by one team.
Guaranteed Results
- We guarantee you will love the results of our Board and Train Program! If after training you aren’t 100% satisfied, we will continue to work with you as long as you need. Whether that is additional time with us or additional training sessions at our facility.
Lifetime Support
Over the past few years, dog training companies have been popping up like wild flowers. Many of these new companies don’t last more than a year. We have had far too many clients tell us about previous companies they hired that either didn’t finish the training or closed and weren’t there to offer continued support.
As one of Utah’s most established dog training companies, you can have confidence that we will be here to answer any questions you have for this and we’d love the opportunity to help with your next dog!
