Kaulike K9, LLC

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

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!

Happy February! 🩷
02/12/2025

Happy February! 🩷

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01/06/2025

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A belated but very MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY HOLIDAYS to all of you!!! 🎄❤️✨
12/28/2024

A belated but very MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY HOLIDAYS to all of you!!! 🎄❤️✨

LATE POST:We known we’ve been a little MIA from social media lately (our last reel was in July… oopsies 🫣), and while we...
12/05/2024

LATE POST:

We known we’ve been a little MIA from social media lately (our last reel was in July… oopsies 🫣), and while we’ll get into the reason why later, we do want you to know that we’ve never stopped being grateful or appreciative to all of YOU.

So thank you.

And because we know that the holidays can be stressful, especially with the addition of dogs, we’d like everyone to focus on things that they can control today and what they can do to set everyone up for the most success possible today. That means:
• getting those walks, exercise, enrichment, and fulfillment in early today - and if you’re stressed today too, that walk is going to be just as good for your physical and mental health, as it is for your dog - so don’t skip it!
• reminding yourself of what you’re thankful for today and practicing gratefulness.
• separating your dog(s) and/or kenneling them when guests come over today, especially if they have a harder time with company.
• using the place board and/or command (if your dog knows it prior to today!) while you’re eating/prepping food/having guests first enter your home/etc.
• and remembering that if things don’t run perfectly today, you still have a whole 28 days until Christmas and/or a whole new year now, until next Thanksgiving, to practice and improve.

Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃🍽🍁 and happy training!!

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🎄 HOLIDAY SPECIAL 🎄Because of all the vacations and holidays coming up this month, we're opening up when we'd normally b...
12/05/2024

🎄 HOLIDAY SPECIAL 🎄

Because of all the vacations and holidays coming up this month, we're opening up when we'd normally be closed
The next two Sundays will be opened up for in-person consultation appointments.

More virtual appointments and phone consultations will be added as well.

Please visit our website or message us for more details!

www.kaulikek9llc.com

We’ve been soooo bad about keeping this page as updated as we keep our IG (.k9) 🥴😮‍💨 our bad!! Please keep your eyes pee...
12/05/2024

We’ve been soooo bad about keeping this page as updated as we keep our IG (.k9) 🥴😮‍💨 our bad!! Please keep your eyes peeled for new updates as well as more photo dumps 🤗

12/05/2024

One of the very best things an owner can get out of high quality training is a clear insight as to what their dogs are truly capable of.

Great trainers can leverage the right tools, training, and mindset to find answers that many owners would otherwise not find on their own. And even though it’s only a piece of the solution—knowing what is and isn’t possible—is an awfully important piece.

Once an owner sees what is possible, then it is up to them (with the guidance of their trainer) to become the equal of their goals and challenges with their dog. This almost always includes immense amounts of mental, emotional, and physical effort. Skills have to be learned, new ways of thinking and acting have to be developed, and lifestyle needs to be adjusted.

Of course this is a tall order. In the same way that most everyone would love to be in great shape, be financially abundant, and have great relationships with friends and family… these accomplishment all require great effort, great sacrifice, and longterm discipline and commitment.

And because we all know how us humans are wired—instant gratification with longterm costs almost always beat out delayed gratification with longterm benefits—we find most humans know precisely what’s needed, but find that cost simply too high to pay.

So when we proclaim how much we desire to transform our dogs and their behavior, it’s best, if we want to avoid appearing foolish and hypocritical, that we first examine how much of ourselves and our behavior that we’re truly willing to transform.

Said another way, don’t complain about the results you didn’t get from the actions you didn’t take. The results are waiting for you, but only come when you’ve become their equal. ❤️

Happy October! 🎃
10/02/2024

Happy October! 🎃

10/02/2024

This always makes me chuckle.

Humans, with even with our big brains and moral compasses often want to apply rules and standards to our dogs (who have a very different makeup) which we don’t adhere to ourselves.

Wanna know why your dog who absolutely knows what the rules are and what’s expected often makes decisions that make you crazy? The same reason you do it.

Because life is full of temptations and rules which inconveniently get in the way of pursuing these temptations. But, when those temptations are more tempting than the possible downside consequence, or when that consequence isn’t guaranteed…gambling abounds.

And let me be super clear. Personality in humans will have a lot to do with how this all plays out. Some are more risk averse and rule followers, and some savor the thrill of the risk and love to give authority a wee middle finger.

And with dogs we also have personality playing a major role. The soft, sweet, super compliant dog will be far less likely to forget what they know than the firm, pushy, “what boundaries can I nudge?” dog. Along with that, we also have breed tendencies. Breed tendencies will increase or decrease a dog’s view of, and action upon, the temptation.

So you see, it’s not a simple case of show your dog what the rules are, what’s desired and what’s not—pattern it a bit, and then ride off into the sunset. Your dog, is smart, and opportunistic, just like you.

Which is why, if you’re “lucky” enough to have a dog with a more spicy personality, and/or breed qualities which predispose them to engaging in certain behaviors with more gusto, then you better prepared to do a whole lot more than ensure they know the rules—you better be prepared to enforce them, and do so in a believable, firm, and consistent fashion until maybe, just maybe you’ll find that your efforts have made your dog’s poor choices an extreme rarity, and their good choices nearly default.

But even then, we all know those moments arise when we ourselves decide, for whatever reasons to “Damn the torpedoes”, roll the dice, and allow the consequences to fall as they may. And it’s no different for your dog—which is an awfully good reason to continue to use the tools that ensure you can keep your dog polite, responsive, and safe long after you’re certain they know the rules. And continue to expect them to ignore them when that special moment strikes.

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Tuesday 7am - 5pm
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Thursday 7am - 5pm
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