Smarten Up Dog

Greg from Smarten Up Dog is an absolute pleasure to work with! As a local dog daycare and boarding facility, we meet a lot of trainers — and Greg stands out immediately. He’s knowledgeable, professional, and truly understands dog behavior on a deeper level. If you’re looking for effective, positive dog training in Rockland County, Bergen County, or the surrounding areas, I highly recommend Smarten Up Dog. Greg’s calm, confident approach brings out the best in every dog. A wonderful experience all around!

Greg at Smarten Up Dog is clearly very passionate and enthusiastic about working with dogs. We have a ~2 year old rescue, Billie, who is a very anxious dog and had already been through an 8-week basic training course (not with Greg) so she knew the basics but was still struggling with her leash reactivity, especially toward other large dogs. We met with Greg and started seeing improvements after his first visit. We opted for the 1-on-1 sessions and were very pleased with the attention Greg brought to our specific needs and helping Billie. Greg traveled to us in many cases, found parks where we could slowly work on training while near other dogs, and coordinated to bring other dogs to ultimately help teach us how to help Billie greet other dogs and remain calm in their presence. We can’t re

Greg is one of a kind. Legendary service providing training for our home services business. Consummate professional who now has gained our full trust with regard to any issues pet related. definitely will be referring him problem pets going forward. Highly recommend!

Awesome dog trainer. Helped us understand the importance of a well behaved dog and taught us that training is an important part of their lives . He takes the time to teach dog and owner how training can be fun and rewarding He loves what he does and it shows in the his commitment in training. Highly recommend his services.

A really sweet guy that’s very knowledgeable on dogs and their behavior, my boss had him come in last week to train us on dog safety and how to approach a dog. Learned a lot about what to do with our lovable furry friends 😁. Highly recommend for any dog training or dog related seminars!!