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Gooddogz Training

Westbrook, Maine

4.8/5· 46 Google reviews

About Gooddogz Training

Dog Training and Behavior Modification with a Certified Dog Behavior Consultant. Nancy Freedman-smith CDBC, CBATI has 28 years professional experience. Positive * Motivational * Fun

Training & services

Training goals

  • Behavior consultation
  • Canine Good Citizen preparation Customer-reported
  • House training
  • Puppy training

Behavior support

  • Barking
  • Cooperative care
  • Fear and confidence
  • Reactivity training
  • Separation anxiety

How training happens

  • Day training
  • Group classes
  • Private training

Dog age

  • Puppies

Class options

  • Small classes Customer-reported

Assistance and working dogs

  • Psychiatric service dog training
  • Therapy dog training

Your dog’s background

  • Multi-dog households
  • Rescue dogs

Additional services

  • Daycare

Other listed services

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  • Animal Behavior Consultants
  • Assist Dog
  • Autism Assist
  • Behavior Adjustment Training
  • Clean Up
  • Dog Training Coach
  • Family Dog
  • Fear Free
  • Fear Free Vet
  • Fear Free Veterinary
  • Field Trip Classes
  • Gooddogz Training
  • Hearing Assist
  • Home Board
  • In Home
  • Learn Training
  • Pet Therapy
  • Pet Tricks
  • Reactive
  • Training Sessions
  • Tune Ups
  • Vet recommended

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Business-stated qualifications

Qualifications stated by the business, not independently verified.

Nancy Freedman-smith
CDBC

Customer reviews

Google listing
4.8
out of 546 Google reviews

Mentioned in reviews

  • Positive reinforcement 7
  • Kind trainer 3
  • Small class sizes 3
  • Tricks class 3
  • Dog communication 2
  • Individual attention 2
All 10 topics
  • Kind training approach 2
  • Rescue dogs 2
  • Therapy dog prep course 2
  • Timid dog training 2

Google review topics, not confirmed services.

46 collected reviews

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Sheryl Simpson
5/5

Have trained two of my dogs with Nancy. She is fantastic. Very knowledgeable about dog behavior. Classes are small so every dog and handler gets plenty of attention. Training is positive based so dogs have fun while learning what they need to know to be great companions. Highly recommend.

Julie Besco
5/5
Nancy is an amazing trainer focused on fear-free positive reinforcement methods and has earned extensive credentials in this area. We are lucky to have to have her level of expertise locally. She helped me immensely with a rescue dog that was very worried about a lot of things a…Read full reviewClose full review

Nancy is an amazing trainer focused on fear-free positive reinforcement methods and has earned extensive credentials in this area. We are lucky to have to have her level of expertise locally. She helped me immensely with a rescue dog that was very worried about a lot of things and more recently has helped with our new giant puppy to get him started off in the right direction. He now loves car rides because he thinks he might get to go see Nancy!! I have done both group and private classes-both options are well worth the money.

Reb Brann
5/5
I now have used Nancy's help with two dogs and she genuinely cares about the dogs in her classes as well as the people. If someone's pup is struggling, she is quick to provide alternatives to make the experience better for everyone. My current pup is a rescue and she points out w…Read full reviewClose full review

I now have used Nancy's help with two dogs and she genuinely cares about the dogs in her classes as well as the people. If someone's pup is struggling, she is quick to provide alternatives to make the experience better for everyone. My current pup is a rescue and she points out when he's reached saturation and needs a break. This means he doesn't get frustrated and we have a positive learning encounter!

Stacie
5/5
Nancy has been my go-to dog support person for 5 years, from training my unruly rescue puppy to supporting me through a tragedy with a foster pup I wanted to adopt and finally hooking me up with a breeder & helping me with my dream dog. Nancy is knowledgeable, forthright, honest …Read full reviewClose full review

Nancy has been my go-to dog support person for 5 years, from training my unruly rescue puppy to supporting me through a tragedy with a foster pup I wanted to adopt and finally hooking me up with a breeder & helping me with my dream dog. Nancy is knowledgeable, forthright, honest and cares deeply about the outcome of the dog/human relationship. My animals have always felt so safe and comfortable in her space & she does her best to create boundaries with physical or visual cues to help when younger or inexperienced dogs learn in a new setting that sometimes feels overwhelming. Couldn’t recommend Nancy more!

Mim Coward
5/5

Nancy is a fantastic, highly skilled trainer who does a great job at bridging the communication gap between dogs and their humans, helping humans to better understand their dogs and find creative and humane solutions for a variety of behavior problems! Can't recommend her enough!

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