750+ 5-Star Reviews!

Wilmington's Best Dog Trainers!

PROFESSIONAL DOG

TRAINING BY

SAY IT ONCE DOG TRAINING!

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  • We Train Your Dog & We Teach You!
  • 750+ 5-Star Google and Facebook Reviews
  • We Fix Leash Pulling, Reactivity, Separation Anxiety, Jumping, Aggression, Fear & More!
  • Results Driven, Day One!
  • Classes Start at $38

We Train the Whole Family

2,500,000+ Followers Worldwide

Join the Community!

Wilmington's Best Dog Trainers!

PROFESSIONAL DOG TRAINING BY

SAY IT ONCE

DOG TRAINING

  • As Seen On Good Morning America
  • 700+ 5-Star Google and Facebook Reviews
  • We Train Your Dog & We Teach You!
  • Private Dog Lessons In Your Home
  • We Fix Leash Pulling, Reactivity, Separation Anxiety, Jumping, Aggression, Fear & More!
  • Results Driven, Day One!
  • Classes Start at $38

We Train the Entire Family!

2,500,000+ Followers Worldwide • Join The Community Today

Make Learning Enjoyable, Effective, and Fun for Both You and Your Dog! Only, Say It Once!

Your dog should enjoy Wilmington as much as you do. After your 1st session, you'll be able to enjoy taking your well behaved dog anywhere with you. After all, life is easier with a well behaved dog.

PRIVATE TRAINING

Dog Training Where the Problems Happen,

Your Home!

PUPPY TRAINING

Potty Training, Basic Obedience and Socialization.

AGGRESSION TRAINING

Focusing on Aggressive Behavior

Make Learning Enjoyable, Effective, and Fun for Both You and Your Dog! Only, Say It Once!

Your dog should enjoy Wilmington as much as you do. After your 1st session, you'll be able to enjoy taking your well behaved dog anywhere with you. After all, life is easier with a well behaved dog.

PRIVATE TRAINING

Dog Training Where the Problems Happen,

Your Home!


PUPPY TRAINING

Potty Training, Basic Obedience, and Socialization.

AGGRESSION TRAINING

Focusing on Aggressive Behavior

Our Award-Winning Private Dog Training


A dog training program that is personalized to you and your dog! Our trainers come to you with a real life approach to training, to teach your dog and stop unwanted behaviors fast! You won't believe the difference after 1 day!

750+ 5-Star Reviews!

Benefits

  • Your dog needs to learn in Their Home
  • Do more with your dog sooner, fast results
  • Individualized training programs
  • Results Driven, Day 1
  • Only pay for what you need!
  • We offer group classes for our existing clients, the most fun you'll ever have with your dog!

"Properly trained humans can be a dog's best friend." It's not just our business slogan, it's our entire philosophy. We train your dog to listen, but we teach you how to feel confident with your newly trained dog.



What Makes Us Different?

We believe training your dog is an important step, but we believe what's even more important is training you, and the support that you'll have from our team! Don't take my word for it, listen to our clients in the Say It Once Community.

TESTIMONIALS

What Our Customers Say About Us

"My husband and I are so thankful for Bree and her expertise with training our goldendoodle puppy. She was very knowledgeable and taught us the basics of training with also specifically addressing the issues we were having with jumping, counter surfing, crate training and picky eating. She gave us feedback on the nuances of our tone, posture, holding the leash ect. and it made all the difference with how our puppy responds. We really enjoyed working with her and we have seen so much progress with our puppy! He recently did an amazing job in his first group class! We highly recommend Bree and Say It Once Dog Training!"

CRISTINA ALOSIO

We were about ready to take our 4 year old male pitt/lab dog, Ace, back to the shelter because of his bad behavior. Several big life changes – a wedding and a new baby, didn’t leave us with much time for him, let alone training him. We had heard good things about SIO so we decided this would be the last thing we could try. Little did we know how lucky we would be to get Michelle as our trainer! She came in and taught us how to “work” our dog. That a good dog is a tired dog, both physically and mentally. She is a gentle and patient, yet hilarious teacher. She understands that you and your dog are both just learning and trying your best so some mistakes may happen, but just keep going and keep showing up. She is always sure to make sure you know the “why” behind what you are training. I love this because it definitely makes things click for me, and our dog (clicker training, anyone?). Now we have a much better behaved dog. It’s actually nice to have him around and part of our family, all thanks to Michelle!


Leah Haynes

I contacted Say It Once after I adopted a one year old Australian Shepherd. I was at my end on what to do with him, he was unpredictable with guests in my house and on a leash. He was so incredibly reactive. Michelle came and things immediately changed. If you have a dog, YOU NEED THIS! After just a month of training, we can now calmly and safe walk past other dogs, people, and vehicles outside. Inside, he is learning how to manage with guests and what was expected of him. Michelle was so supportive in my learning and was extremely responsive to all messages. We just recently started attending group classes and they have been so helpful in supportive and structured socialization, I love them! I can't say enough positive things about this company and my experience. Call them!!


Renee Schmitzer

TESTIMONIALS

What Our Customers Say About Us

"My husband and I are so thankful for Bree and her expertise with training our goldendoodle puppy. She was very knowledgeable and taught us the basics of training with also specifically addressing the issues we were having with jumping, counter surfing, crate training and picky eating. She gave us feedback on the nuances of our tone, posture, holding the leash ect. and it made all the difference with how our puppy responds. We really enjoyed working with her and we have seen so much progress with our puppy! He recently did an amazing job in his first group class! We highly recommend Bree and Say It Once Dog Training!"

CRISTINA ALOSIO

We were about ready to take our 4 year old male pitt/lab dog, Ace, back to the shelter because of his bad behavior. Several big life changes – a wedding and a new baby, didn’t leave us with much time for him, let alone training him. We had heard good things about SIO so we decided this would be the last thing we could try. Little did we know how lucky we would be to get Michelle as our trainer! She came in and taught us how to “work” our dog. That a good dog is a tired dog, both physically and mentally. She is a gentle and patient, yet hilarious teacher. She understands that you and your dog are both just learning and trying your best so some mistakes may happen, but just keep going and keep showing up. She is always sure to make sure you know the “why” behind what you are training. I love this because it definitely makes things click for me, and our dog (clicker training, anyone?). Now we have a much better behaved dog. It’s actually nice to have him around and part of our family, all thanks to Michelle!


Leah Haynes

I contacted Say It Once after I adopted a one year old Australian Shepherd. I was at my end on what to do with him, he was unpredictable with guests in my house and on a leash. He was so incredibly reactive. Michelle came and things immediately changed. If you have a dog, YOU NEED THIS! After just a month of training, we can now calmly and safe walk past other dogs, people, and vehicles outside. Inside, he is learning how to manage with guests and what was expected of him. Michelle was so supportive in my learning and was extremely responsive to all messages. We just recently started attending group classes and they have been so helpful in supportive and structured socialization, I love them! I can't say enough positive things about this company and my experience. Call them!!

Renee Schmitzer

OUR PROCESS IS SIMPLE

We focus on owner training as much as dog training!

At Say It Once Dog Training, our goal is for you to be a well-educated and knowledgeable owner. We want you to know the WHAT, HOW, and WHY.

OUR PROCESS IS SIMPLE

We focus on owner training as much as dog training!

At Say It Once Dog Training, our goal is for you to be a well-educated and knowledgeable owner.

We want you to know the WHAT, HOW, and WHY.





The Training Approach

We've been training dogs since 2012, and with other 700 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review we know that The only difference between a well behaved dog and a dog that has these behavioral issues, is a knowledgeable owner, and that is where we come in. We bridge the gap between dog and owner.


SIODT works not just with your dog, but with the whole family. We will teach you how to properly meet your dog's needs, thus creating an environment that your dog will be well behaved, and extremely enjoyable to be around!


Our approach is a common sense, balanced training method. Our trainers break everything down to its simplest form so your dog can understand what we want from them immediately. Dogs, by nature, are a pack animal, and being such they are begging for leadership and pack cohesiveness.


Our job as professional dog trainers is to fix your dogs unwanted behaviors, but also teach you on how to properly handle your dog so you feel more confident than ever before. You will see results immediately during our first session. This means that your dog's behavior, and your relationship with your dog, is only a phone call away from being changed!

WHO WE ARE

Vinnie Somma

Owner/ Trainer Say It Once Dog Training

Vinnie’s path to dog training started at a young age following a severe sports injury causing multiple concussions, which ultimately ended his dream of becoming a professional hockey player. His parents got him his first dog to help him with recovery under the condition that he spend time with his uncle who was a professional dog trainer. It was during that time that he fell in love with the relationship formed between humans and dogs and his passion for rehabilitating them.


He started Say it Once Dog Training in 2012. Fast forward 10 years, he’s worked with 8,000+ dogs, expanded to multiple locations, and was most recently featured on Good Morning America and ABC News! He boasts the largest dog training platform on social media, with weekly tips, advice, and amazing transformations. He and his team have recently expanded to Wilmington NC and have been a huge hit with the community!

Our Trainers Are Evaluated, Trained and Selected...

carefully to fit our brand and to provide you guys the best, most qualified and most knowledgeable trainers!

The Training Approach


We've been training dogs since 2012, and with over 750 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ reviews we know that the only difference between a well behaved dog and a dog that has these behavioral issues, is a knowledgeable owner, and that is where we come in. We bridge the gap between dog and owner.


SIODT works not just with your dog, but with the whole family. We will teach you how to properly meet your dog's needs, thus creating an environment that your dog will be well behaved, and extremely enjoyable to be around!


Our approach is a common sense, balanced training method. Our trainers break everything down to its simplest form so your dog can understand what we want from them immediately. Dogs, by nature, are a pack animal, and being such, they are begging for leadership and pack cohesiveness.


Our job as professional dog trainers is to fix your dogs unwanted behaviors, but also teach you on how to properly handle your dog so you feel more confident than ever before. You will see results immediately during our first session. This means that your dog's behavior, and your relationship with your dog, is only a phone call away from being changed!

WHO WE ARE

Vinnie Somma

Owner/Trainer - Say It Once Dog Training

Vinnie’s path to dog training started at a young age following a severe sports injury causing multiple concussions, which ultimately ended his dream of becoming a professional hockey player. His parents got him his first dog to help him with recovery under the condition that he spend time with his uncle who was a professional dog trainer. It was during that time that he fell in love with the relationship formed between humans and dogs and his passion for rehabilitating them.


He started Say it Once Dog Training in 2013. Fast forward 9 years, he’s worked with 8,000+ dogs, expanded to multiple locations, and was most recently featured on Good Morning America and ABC News! He boasts the largest dog training platform on social media, with weekly tips, advice, and amazing transformations. He and his team have recently expanded to Wilmington NC and have been a huge hit with the community!

Our Trainers Are Evaluated, Trained and Selected...



carefully to fit our brand and to provide you guys the best, most qualified and most knowledgeable trainers!

First, I want to say that Michelle is so awesome, and we are so grateful! I'll admit, I was a little nervous about using Say It Once. I had always heard phenomenal things, but the cost made me blink my eyes a couple of times. I have a little chihuahua/rat terrier mix, and in all the research I've done looking for trainers, it was rare to see a little dog. Mostly I saw bigger breeds. Chihuahuas are notoriously stubborn, and I worried that he just wasn't going to learn anything. Enzo isn't bad, just has some anxiety and housebreaking issues. However, I wasn't learning anything on my own, and the group classes from the animal shelter were hard for us to attend due to Enzo's anxiety and fear of pretty much everything. So, I called and got on the waitlist. It took about a month for Say It Once to get us on the schedule, which I thought wasn't bad for an in-demand, in-house training session. Michelle came over, and started working with us right away! She confirmed that Enzo isn't a bad dog, and helped me work through some of his behaviors. She gave us some rules to follow that would help Enzo with his resource guarding behaviors and housebreaking issues. I really appreciated that she worked with Enzo and I to find what works for us, rather than some cookie-cutter version of dog training. Enzo is probably never going to be the best trained dog, and he still hates touching his butt to the ground in a recognizable "sit" but he's walking better, he's eating better, he has fewer accidents in the house. For a scared little dog, he's turned into quite a confident little man, and we are so grateful to Michelle for helping us make that happen!

Kori Robbins

January 22, 2022


Bree M. Is our trainer and I cannot say enough good about her approach with her clients. Our family welcomed a Great Dane puppy into our home a few months back. As new dog owners with limited experience Bree has been awesome about helping us correct mistakes and implement new training for our pup. I am most appreciative that Bree never comes across condescending when coaching or correcting something. Our home is so much calmer now that our pup has had a few sessions and that we have been consistently training with the new tools taught by Say It Once. Very satisfied with our experience!!

Mandee Stratigos

January 28, 2022.

Positive: Professionalism, Quality, Reliability, Responsiveness, Value

Donna is absolutely AMAZING! I have a pup with some genetic resource guarding challenges. She has equipped me with so many training strategies to mitigate this difficulty, in addition to providing me with other tools to improve different behaviors. My little guy has come such a long way and is learning more and more everyday. Training him is so much fun - thanks to Say It Once!


I also had the opportunity to work with the rest of the team. They are innovative in their approaches to dog training. Every member of the team thoroughly explains their methods to ensure carryover after the sessions conclude. I am very pleased with my experiences with this organization, and so is Mac!

Amber Shojaie

January 11, 2022.

Before we even had our pup, I told my husband that if we ever got a dog we would be using Say It Once to train him/her after watching lots of their videos on the internet. Fast forward 6 months and we’ve now had 3 in home training sessions with trainer Travis and our 5 month old Siberian Husky/Golden Retriever mix, Sierra, is easily the best behaved dog either of us have ever had. Travis is awesome with her, extremely patient, and thorough in making sure we have the tools and confidence to train her on our own. I appreciate their thoughtful approach and explanations as to why we train in a certain way. I have yet to ask Travis a question that he doesn’t have a logical answer to. I’m looking forward to many years of trips, outings, and backpacking adventures with Sierra knowing that we’ve been taught and trained well thanks to Travis and Say It Once!

Lauren DiCintio

December 28, 2021.

My frenchie Paris and I have done our first 2 sessions with Michelle and it has been transforming!! I couldn’t be happier with the progress my dog has made. Michelle and Say It Once trainers instantly tap into your dogs psychology and help you as the owner do the same. I stayed consistent with my dog after the first session and by session 2 we were able to work on even more techniques that make for a happy and calm dog. If you are frustrated/overwhelmed/tired/hopeless/not sure what to do about your training, make this investment in your dog with Say It Once! Michelle has been fantastic to work with and we can’t wait to get more of her expertise at our next session.

Racquel Tankin

February 2, 2022.

LOCATIONS WE SERVICE

Wilmington • Jacksonville • Myrtle Beach

& the surrounding neighborhoods

LOCATIONS WE SERVICE

Wilmington • Jacksonville • Myrtle Beach

& the surrounding neighborhoods

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