Toto the rescue dog

​Dawn was an excellent trainer for both me and my rescue Toto, from aloha rescue. She gave us private lessons for 4 weeks and was always prepared with written material for me to keep. The actual lessons were about positive reinforcement for behavioral problems. I learned so much about dog speech. I am 64 years young who had 3 dogs and thought I knew what I was doing. WRONG.  She taught us so much. I highly recommend Dawn and had a great experience. Toto and I live in perfect harmony now. He was shy, not potty trained and aggressive with people out of fear. He also learned the great outdoors was a wonderful place to walk on a leash and explore.
​Elizabeth C.

Sweet Kailani

​Dawn is an EXCELLENT trainer and a TRULY caring person. She not only helps you learn how to train your dog , but she trains you how to behave with your dog. I have a BORDER COLLIE that is very sweet, but being a Border Collie, she is also a wild child. I Have taken my dog to classes in Marin County California and have had some one on one training there. But no other trainer EVER taught me as much as Dawn has ! In Marin County I have a dog walking business. Very Recently I sp...ent 10 months on the BIG ISLAND and was fortunate enough to find Dawn, who has taught me SO MUCH about how my behavior affects not only my Border Collie , but also all the dogs in my pack that I take hiking ! Now being back in Marin and hiking daily with my pack , all the other dog walkers are amazed at how well my Border Collie is behaving and all the other dogs are too ! Sometimes 3 of us dog walkers hike together and have 20 DOGS, all OFF LEASH with us. There is never any quarreling amoung the dogs . I now know how my behavior affects my dog , who in turn affects all the other dogs. ! What a TRUE GIFT Dawn has been in my life ! If you want a WELL BEHAVED dog and a PEACEFUL co-existence with your dog , DAWN is the BEST . I am so VERY GRATEFUL I found her !!!!!
​Mary L.

Littermate fun!

​Both puppies are doing great.
Thank you so much for coming out to work with them and us. It's wonderful that they now "COME" when I call! We have so much fun playing and I can let them run all over now,  knowing they have learned "to check in."
 I am so grateful for the loving relationship you instilled. We are a very happy family. Mahalo.
​Ginny and Dr. Bill (DVM)

Belle's Favorite Friend
​  Dawn relates as well to humans as she does to animals and animals LOVE her! It was more then obvious the moment our rescue dog, Belle, met her that she had the total attention of all.. and we learned so much together.  We attempted to "train" our previous dogs with shock collars , which turned out to be a total failure and we were anxious to learn a positive successful method with our new anxious girl.  It worked!! Dawn's positive reinforcement and training methods enabled our new family to grown and learn together.  We are all happy.  And Dawn is Belles' favorite friend!     Carol         
​ Positive training
Finally a trainer who is up to date with current positive methods, and strongly is against all pain inflicted, fear based, "Alpha role" training methods that some trainers sadly still believe in. If dogs could talk, this is the trainer they would want you to work with. I love a loving relationship with my animals, no "robots" that are always being afraid of doing something wrong.
​Karin R.

Sochi puppy  Dawn has reinforced what I couldn't quite master on my own: rewards-based training, and it works, FAST! I'm so impressed with her skills, her cool, and her flexibility to fit into my busy schedule. And Sochi LOVES her!
​Jessica F.

Nuggets of Gold
We had our first session with Dawn today. It was excellent. Truly little nuggets of gold. Her style, patience, positive reinforcement and consistency is something to be commended.  She is knowledgeable and insightful and I am so grateful to have connected my two boys and myself with her. It's not all about dog training, its's about re-training me and my actions as well...  KT

10/10
She is a phenomenal dog trainer. I would highly recommend hiring her if your dog has any kind of behavioral issues or if you just want help with some obedience training.  She is incredibly kind, patient and diligent.  Dawn is a great teacher (to both dogs and humans) and her genuine enthusiasm for positive reinforcement training is contagious. I really appreciated her ability to skillfully guide each training session. You can tell she has years of animal training experience  under her belt. 10/10.    Cori C.

Worth it
Dawn was great to explain and provide me with the approach of positive dog training. Seeing how wonderful it was for my dog Zilly and our relationship. Great training and so worth it.  Mahalo.   Ann K.

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