Good Dog Bad Dog

Good Dog Bad Dog offers obedience training, behavior problem solving, and good manners training. Obedience training includes basic and off-leash commands such as heel, sit, automatic sit, sit stay, down, down stay, simple return to heel, and full return to heel. Behavior problem solving addresses issues like house soiling, chewing furniture, darting out the door, jumping on people, and getting on furniture. Group classes focus on basic on-leash obedience commands and cover behavior issues, with housebreaking requiring private arrangement.

Pricing Summary

Obedience Training: Seven at-home lessons for $599 (one session per week for 7 weeks). Super-charged sessions are 3 sessions per week for $300 (3 weeks recommended).
Behavior Problem Solving: 1 lesson for $125, 2 lessons for $225.
Group Classes: Six-week training program for $99 for Miami Shores residents, or $123.75 for non-residents.
Pet Sitting: $20 per visit. Add $5 per visit for a 30-minute walk.
Dog Walking: 30-40 minute on-leash walks for $25 per walk.

Good Dog Bad Dog is a Miami-based training company that has been specializing in obedience, behavior problem solving, and good manners since 1987. They offer private sessions at the client’s home and group classes held at the Miami Shores Community Center.

In addition to dog training, the company provides an animal talent division that supplies dogs for television commercials, print ads, and catalog shoots. They also offer pet sitting and dog walking services.

The primary trainer, Janet Goodman, has extensive experience working with dogs and their owners since 1987, including past involvement with guard dog rental, selling trained dogs, working with law enforcement K-9s, breeding, and operating a boarding and training facility that was one of Florida’s first doggie day care services. She is also a published writer, with columns and cover stories in local publications like the Biscayne Times and Greater Miami Shores Egret, and has appeared on the A & E Channel show “Married at First Sight.”

Accomplishments

Trainer Janet Goodman has been working with dogs and their owners since 1987. Her past experience includes a guard dog rental service, selling trained dogs, working with law enforcement K-9s, breeding, and operating a 2-acre boarding and training facility in Largo, which was one of Florida’s first doggie day care services.

She is a published writer, with her “PET TIPS THAT WORK” section running for two years in the Greater Miami Shores Egret, and her “PET TALK” column appearing monthly in the Biscayne Times. She has also written cover stories for the Biscayne Times, including “Introducing Miami-Dade’s new animal shelter” (Sept. 2016), “Taking Flight” (Feb. 2017), and “10,000 Days with Dogs — The Leash Life – a memoir” (March 2019). Janet Goodman made a guest appearance on Season 4 of A & E Channel’s “Married at First Sight,” working with a recently married couple and their dog Dax.

How to Get Started!

To get started, clients can call 305-297-5695 with questions or to set up an appointment, or email [email protected]. For group classes, sign-up is available at the Miami Shores Community Center (305-758-8103) or by calling Good Dog Bad Dog for information.