The Holistic Method: The Next Revolution in Dog Training
What Is The Holistic Method™?
At GoodDog! Holistic Training, we believe dog training should be more than obedience commands and behavior corrections. The Holistic Method™ is our revolutionary approach that transforms the way dogs and humans live, learn, and grow together — by honoring the whole life of the dog.
Developed through years of experience and deep listening, The Holistic Method™ focuses on emotional regulation, mutual respect, and relationship-centered learning. Rather than forcing dogs to behave like robots or puppets, we work to understand who they are — as thinking, feeling individuals — and guide them toward calm confidence and healthy communication.
Our trainers don’t just “fix problems”; they empower families to build lifelong trust through techniques rooted in neuroscience, emotional literacy, and canine psychology. Each training plan is as unique as your dog, because no two relationships are the same.
From managing reactivity to teaching boundaries and social cues, we approach every lesson with empathy, intention, and care — helping dogs feel safe, understood, and connected. The result? A dog who listens not out of fear, but out of trust.
This is more than training.
It’s transformation.
Welcome to The Holistic Method™ — where behavior change begins with relationship change.
Kai is the best! We were in a crunch looking for a last minute pet sitter / trainer while we were out of town for a few weeks. We have a very high energy Aussie in addition to 3 cats. We were having a hard time finding the right person who could reign in our Aussie while still giving our cats love & attention while we were gone. We were SO lucky to find Kai. We could tell while we were gone that our pets were being loved & cared for to the fullest! At the end of each day, we received a detailed summary of the day and photos of each pet. Kai not only addressed the behavioral issues we wanted to work on with our dog, but also created new daily habits that have helped us so much & even taught him some fun party tricks! At the end of his stay, he left us with a thoughtful letter detailing how we can continue training at home. Kai has been so eager to hop on call and answer questions, even two years after our initial training. You can tell he really cares about the animals & humans he works with & I cannot recommend him enough!
Toby T.
Los Angeles, CA
We have spent three years having trainers tell us to rehome one of our pups or having training opportunities fall through as we tried to address the reactiveness of one of our dogs toward the other. Our daily routines involved, what we called, “the prisoner exchange,” moving one dog inside and the other outside repeatedly so they did not fight. We believed in Leo and William and knew that they could make each other’s lives so much richer with the right support and knowledge. When I called Karma for training options, I was told they had the perfect trainer for our situation and that the trainer could come live with us for ten days.
Enter – Kai Whitmore – the man, the myth, the legend.
I was very hopeful, but skeptical that my pups could get along, however, Kai got to know each of them individually, understood their strengths and weaknesses, and built up their basic skills that would be helpful when they interacted.
Within days, Kai had the boys hanging out together in the backyard and the house. Shortly thereafter, they were playing together, napping together, and bonding over their mutual desire to keep our yard cat-free.
Now a mere two weeks later, they are co-existing most of the day, though we do give them breaks because it is still so new.
Not only did Kai work his magic with the dogs, but he also provided our family the support and confidence we needed to ensure Leo and William’s friendship continues to progress and to keep them both continually learning new skills or sharpening old ones.
We know within a matter of weeks, we will be living with both dogs on the same schedule and in the same spaces as we have always wanted.
Kai believed in the dogs and believed in us. We couldn’t have dreamed of a better result. And despite the length of this review, I can’t find the words that truly express the gratitude and admiration I have for Kai as both a dog trainer and human being. If you are fortunate enough to meet Kai, or have the benefit of him helping with your dog training, just start thanking him out the gate to get ahead of it.
Katie S.
San Francisco, CA
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