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Kaulike K9, LLC Balanced and relationship based canine training services.

Things we would tell you, as your dog trainers, if we weren’t scared to hurt your feelings:1. Avoiding discomfort can ho...
08/26/2026

Things we would tell you, as your dog trainers, if we weren’t scared to hurt your feelings:
1. Avoiding discomfort can hold you & your dog back.
2. Your reactive dog probably isn’t protecing you - they’re protecting themselves, because they don’t trust that you will.
3. It’s not that your dog “won’t” listen or is too stubborn, it’s that you have made yourself & your commands optional.
4. Your constant desire to make your dog “dog friendly” vs focusing on your relationship and neutrality, says more about you prioritizing your wants over the needs of your dog.
5. Pure bred doesn’t mean well bred.

✨Unfortunately, when you sign up to work with us, we can no longer be scared of hurting your feelings and therefore, will in fact tell you these things ✨

Admittedly, if you’re looking for someone to just take your dog and train them for you… we’re probably not going to be t...
08/26/2026

Admittedly, if you’re looking for someone to just take your dog and train them for you… we’re probably not going to be the right dog trainers for you.

However, if you need people in your corner, people invested in you and your dog’s successes and well-being, people who will take the time to coach your through things, people who actually enjoy teaching as much as they love learning, who want to understand both you and your dog, and who are here/there for the long term… then we’ll be exactly the right fit for you as trainers.

But that does come with some expectations for you. We can only make as much progress as you are consistent. So if you never open a lesson plan, don’t take the time to work on the homework on your own time, ask questions when you don’t understand things, or are half checked out during private sessions or virtual check-ins (or even if you are the person that’s totally checked out and on their phones during sessions, where your partner is the only one actively working with your dog or paying attention - yes, we do notice, even if we don’t call you out in the moment); then that is in fact, going to make it so much harder to train your dog.

One of the only guarantees that we make in dog training, is that we will be there and give 110% for you and your dog - but we need you to show up too.

(P.S. we will say that most of our clients do show up for themselves, their dogs, and us. And for that, we truly thank you ❤️)

Number 1 mistake we see owners making with their dogs?Too much freedom, too soon.And that goes for a lot of things that ...
08/26/2026

Number 1 mistake we see owners making with their dogs?

Too much freedom, too soon.

And that goes for a lot of things that we can get into later, but we’re using recall for this example right now.

If you want a better recall, stop trying to practice off leash in the park first - start in the house, on leash. This sounds counterintuitive to most people, but if your dog only recalls to you 50% of the time inside your home; why would they ever come back to you outdoors, where there is grass to roll in, cats to chase, other dogs and people to socialize with, and everything under the sun to get into?

The truth is - they probably won’t listen and/or won’t come back to you. And an unreliable recall is just as frustrating as it is totally reckless and dangerous.

Reliable recall is built in steps. With your dog close to you first (preferably on leash - moving from short leash to long, like a long line or flexi leash - and/or eventually ecollar, if that’s what you chose to do). Then add duration. Then distraction, Lastly, add distance.

Skip any of the steps, and you’ll spend the rest of forever calling a dog that doesn’t come. All because 1) your dog never learned that their name/“come” means move toward you, and 2) that you calling them is optional.

Leash handling tip of the day, for you!A thumb (or finger lock, depending on your handling preference), is a leash handl...
08/26/2026

Leash handling tip of the day, for you!

A thumb (or finger lock, depending on your handling preference), is a leash handling technique, that is safer, more effective and secure than trying to wrap your dog’s leash around your hand/wrists or simply holding the end of the leash handle - this also helps to prevent rope/leash burn and additional injuries, if you’re currently working through things like pulling, reactivity, etc.

The “lock” on your thumb/pointer finger lets you to have an anchor point, when holding on to the leash. This allows you to have a firm grip without necessarily adding additional tension and/or pressure (with one hand, and lets your other or free hand become your “finesse hand,” which can come in for extra guidance, when your need to shorten the leash, etc).

•place your thumb or pointer finger through the handle of the leash, and lay the leash across the palm of your hand
•close your hand/fingers around the leash
•make sure that the leash exits your hand at the end (where your pinky finger is!) side of your hand
•if you need more control/your dog needs more guidance, continue holding on to your thumb/finger lock and with your opposite hand, do the same kind of hold about half way down your leash (give or take, depending on your dog, and how much slack you do or do not need to give) - this will be your “finesse” hand and allows you to control how much tension or slack you give

Try it and let us know how it goes! Happy training 🤎

Play is such an overlooked (training) skill, for the every day dog owner - but let us tell you, the benefits are so wort...
08/26/2026

Play is such an overlooked (training) skill, for the every day dog owner - but let us tell you, the benefits are so worth it!

For puppies and young dogs, we can start to build confidence early. Especially when we take them out into public spaces, and have them play around novel stimulus and in different environments.

We can do this with reactive dogs, to give them an appropriate outlet for all that pent up frustration and conflict that they feel in their bodies.

Playing with your dog helps to build up your relationship, self confidence, and can help to teach your dog that you hold more value than the environment around them, has to offer. It can also help to add more power to your dog’s level of engagement, where we’re getting constant and good repetition in, in regards to focusing around other distractions.

Play is fun. Play creates joy. Play builds your relationship. But play also has power to help build confidence, impulse control, resilience, and funnily enough, neutrality.

So the next time you feel too embarrassed about playing with your dog in the park - just remember how many benefits (and how much joy) you could be missing out on.

Would we like to see your dog shake, roll over, and play dead? Abso-frickin-lutely! Next time we see you guys, please fe...
08/26/2026

Would we like to see your dog shake, roll over, and play dead? Abso-frickin-lutely! Next time we see you guys, please feel free to show us 🥰

However… are we going to focus on trick focused obedience training to help your dog move through major behavioral issues or a severe behavioral modification case? Probably not - or trick training isn’t going to be our main focus, at least probably not for a while.

Because, unfortunately, as awesome as all that is and as fun as it can be, if you’re dealing with more serious training issues, those types of tricks probably aren’t attacking core foundations and mechanics that your dog (and you) are probably struggling with.

Where we’d like to start and what we’d like you to focus more on, are going to be things like:
•engagement
•decompression
•communication
•emotional regulation
•confidence building
•neutrality
•appropriate socialization + exposure
•recovery / your dog’s availability to recover
•biological fulfillment
•rest

Have we once again been slacking on keeping our page up to date? As our last post was some time in 2025… you mi...
08/25/2026

Have we once again been slacking on keeping our page up to date? As our last post was some time in 2025… you might be able to say yes, we definitely have been 😬😅 so here’s to trying to keep this page updated for y’all!

But feel free to follow our IG as well (.k9) for our most recent and current content.

Happy Tuesday! ☀️
07/09/2025

Happy Tuesday! ☀️

03/28/2025

We all know the definition of insanity, but when it comes to training our dogs and dealing with behavior issues, I watch owner after owner fall into doing the “insane” thing… continuously repeating the same no-results-delivering stuff and hoping for a better result.

Here’s the thing. If engaging in positive-only training approaches created the desired results owners are desperate for, I wouldn’t be writing this post, and thousands upon thousands of balanced trainers wouldn’t be in thriving businesses

So many of you have allowed your common sense and your personal life experiences and observations of how reality actually works… to be hijacked. You’ve actually allowed yourself to be re-programmed by those who use emotional manipulation; the promises of never having to experience anything emotionally challenging (for you and your dog); and being the kinder more virtuous, more sophisticated, more science-based, more humane owner — even though somewhere, deep down, you know it’s all bu****it.

But you buy it because you want it to be true. Like the “Make a million dollars in a week without any risk or effort.”, “Or get that flat tummy and perfect butt in 7 days, without dieting or exercise!” We all know this stuff is nonsense, (God i hope so!) but we often still get pulled into stuff we know simply isn’t possible, but because it’s so appealing we suspend disbelief.

Owners are told, but they also critically want to believe, that they can just love, praise, and reward their way out of their dog’s issues — and it’ll all be great.

Except, as we all keep seeing over and over — it’s anything but great.

This is your reality wake up call. You know that negative consequences, and the awareness of their possible application, have had a huge impact on your own behavior, as well as all those around you. You know it doesn’t destroy you, it informs, reminds, and corrects you. It often times is the only thing that has saved you from making truly terrible mistakes — or, at least saved you from putting them on repeat.

So if you’re struggling with your dog, and you’ve been trying an all positive approach, before you exclaim to the world how you’ve tried everything, just take a breath and check in with the fact that you’ve done nothing of the sort.

What you’ve done is the “insanity” part — in two ways: 1/ you’ve repeatedly engaged in a training approach which hasn’t delivered the promised results, and you’ve ignored that reality. And 2/ you agreed to invest time, money, and hope into a training approach that you know deep down doesn’t align with the reality of your own personal experience of life.

So when you’re *truly* ready to make something positive happen, it’s time to pull on our big boy and big girls pants and embrace the fact that if we’re going to create a healthy and harmonious life with our dogs, we need to share clearly not only what we want, but critically also what we don’t want. And that second part is only going to be achieved by sharing something — gasp — that is negative. Something that makes engaging in the behavior unpleasant, uncomfortable, unrewarding.

Or not. Totally up to you. We all get to choose whether we prefer a difficult reality and all it has offer, or an easy fantasy and all it has to rob us of.

We know we’re pretty terrible about keeping Facebook just as up to date as we keep instagram, so here’s a little update/...
02/12/2025

We know we’re pretty terrible about keeping Facebook just as up to date as we keep instagram, so here’s a little update/friendly reminder from us below -

Friendly reminder for those looking to schedule sessions/other services with us:

We're only about 5ish weeks out (if that) from
Ash coming off the schedule for "maternity leave." Makana will still be working until baby girl gets here, but definitely not with the same schedule or availability.
And then we'll both be taking some time off once she's finally here ✨

So if you're looking to schedule things, we would recommend getting in touch with us ASAP. Although we'll both be available for more virtual type services during this time as well ❤️ mahalo!

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Ewa Beach, HI
96797

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 12pm
Tuesday 7am - 5pm
Wednesday 7am - 5pm
Thursday 7am - 5pm
Friday 7am - 5pm
Saturday 8am - 12pm

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+16505762738

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