Cass Goodnight, RVT, believes in using practical, punishment-free, and science-backed methods for dog training. She emphasizes positive reinforcement and ethical training practices, focusing on socialization and building lasting, desirable behavior in dogs.
Services
-
Puppy Training & Socialization:
This service includes in-home consultations, puppy preschool, and customized training plans tailored to the puppy’s age, behavior, and lifestyle. The consultation costs $100 and includes practical advice on raising a puppy. Training plans can include one-hour sessions in the home or community, four-hour “Puppy Preschool” sessions at the trainer’s home, or a combination of both.
-
Private Dog Training:
Cass Goodnight, RVT, provides unlimited support during and between sessions, focusing on behavior change rather than suppression. The first step is a $100 consultation, followed by a personalized training program based on the dog’s history, current behavior, and goals.
-
Puppy Classes:
While Cass Goodnight, RVT, does not currently offer her own group classes, she recommends Puppy classes at Puppy Pitstop Training & Wellness Center and Misty Eyes Animal Center.
-
Pet Sitting:
Cass Goodnight, RVT, also offers pet sitting services for a variety of animals, including dogs, cats, reptiles, birds, small animals, and more.
Certifications
RVT (Registered Veterinary Technician)
Specializations
Puppy socialization, training, and adolescent development
Training Methods
Positive reinforcement, science-backed methods, punishment-free
Customer Reviews
Juli, Indianapolis
“Cass is so great with Mollee and me! She listens to my goals and sends an email prior to our session, then a follow up email after. I would recommend Goodnight Pup Canine Training to anyone who has a dog!”
Stephanie, Plainfield
“Cass is a great dog trainer and also an experienced Vet Tech which brings me a lot of peace of mind. She’s helped me a lot over the years with my problem children as I seem to attract fearful dogs with peculiar behavior. It is extremely difficult to get my dogs into the vet’s office for things like nail trims and blood draws and she’s worked with us to help desensitize them to those types of procedures and make them as stress-free as possible.”
Gene, Carmel
“We rescued our 1 year old beagle terrier mix from a local rescue. While he is very sweet, he was not trained. He can be high energy and needed to start with the basics. On top of that, he had terrible leash skills and was highly reactive to cars, people and other dogs – making it almost impossible to take him on walks. Cass has been working with him for a couple of months now and there is a significant difference. He knows basic commands in the home – sit, stay, leave it, touch. His leash skills are improving. She takes him for walks where she reinforces techniques that are working. While it’s taking a bit longer to change his reactivity behavior we are seeing marked improvements. I cannot recommend Cass enough. Our dog is growing to be a well-behaved member of our family. She has not only managed to train our pup – she has trained us.”
“It has been many years since we had a puppy and to be honest really had forgotten how challenging a puppy can be. We couldn’t be happier that we engaged Goodnight Pup Canine Training Services, LLC to help us navigate through caring for a puppy. The trainer, Cass is AWESOME! Our first encounter with Cass was a one-on-one meeting at our home and within that hour session, she had already trained our puppy on a command as well as gave us many tips on how to handle our first few weeks with our puppy. Being very impressed, we signed up for her 5-week class which I must say did not disappoint. Cass is a very patient, kind, and knowledgeable trainer that only uses positive reinforcement training methods. After every class, we would receive an email recapping what we had learned that session enabling us to refresh on any part of the lesson from that day. We walked away from her training with a better understanding of our puppy and her needs and how to train her in things like sitting, laying down, walking on a leash, socialization, and staying in place just to name a few. Her training has been invaluable to my husband and me and we would highly recommend Cass and her services to anyone needing assistance with training their puppy.”
