A couple years ago, my twin daughters requested a dog. Although reluctant to entertain the…read moreprospect of welcoming a furry family member, we tasked the girls with finding a breed/breeds that fulfilled our list of "requirements" for type, temperament, size and intelligence. Surprisingly, our girls were resourceful and ambitious in their search, and after a relatively short time they came to us with a breed that "checked all the boxes" (my daughter's words): a Labradoodle. The search then began for where to get one (preferably a puppy). And with the regulations for pets in Hawaii, the hurdles were challenging to say the least. We looked on the mainland, Australia and on island. Although there are numerous breeders on the mainland and Australia, we also wanted a breeder that was familiar with the regulations in Hawaii and that would be willing and able to assist with bringing a pup here. We found Live Aloha Labradoodles (on island) on Facebook after doing quite a few online searches. I reached out to get more information, and requested that we set up a meeting with Veronica. We headed to Ewa, and my girls were instantly in LOVE with Veronica's labradoodles living in her home. I could see in their eyes that a new sibling was in the future. After a family discussion, we provided a deposit to be placed on the waiting list for a labradoodle pup. One should know that this IS NOT a cheap undertaking, and should not be taken lightly. We are finding out on a daily basis that a baby on four legs can be just as challenging as a human baby except they can walk, eat and generally keep themselves entertained. Wish my daughters were as independent as our newest little one. Veronica was patient with the numerous questions and requests for advise, and kept us informed every step of the process with weekly updates. Live Aloha Labradoodles specializes in Labradoodles ONLY, and they take great pride with selection of the mom and dad of the litters, and with the number of litters birthed during the year. I highly recommend Veronica and Live Aloha Labradoodles if you're considering a new addition.

DONNA is a fabulous groomer and our little puppy Munchkin loves her. She always does a fantastic…read morejob! We are grateful to be able to bring our dog to such a professional and kind groomer.

I love the patience and commitment Kailua Pets has to offering professional business and building…read morerapport with my dog in the process. I took my dog in for a full grooming and they really took the time to make sure he was comfortable and it was overall a good experience for my dog so that it didn't traumatize him to continue getting groomed. Price was good, I just thought he would also get trimmed with the full grooming but that was my misunderstanding and he did have deshedding done.

Sheena was responsive, always keeping us updated and sent photos. Everything went smooth.read more

We got our puppy from Toy Poodle and Maltipoo Maui last February and we were so impressed. Right…read moreaway we were able to Face Time and see the available puppies and as soon as we made a choice and paid a deposit we were able to stay in touch with all the puppy developmental stages until the day we flew to Maui from the Big Island to pick up our little guy. He is 8 months old now, perfectly healthy and is now a sturdy strong 10 pounds with no physical problems. This is a small home ethical breeder with excellent communication and customer service skills.

This review is in no way shape or form meant to bash anyone who has gotten a dog from Oahu GSD. It…read moreis, instead, to inform the choices of future potential owners and warn them. Especially because they deleted their google reviews because they got bad reviews. Firstly, I want to say from the first day I personally met the people behind Oahu GSD I should have run away. Not only did they say that "having puppies is a vacation [to the dogs]" but that many people have tried but no one on island came close to what they were doing. I agree with the second statement, namely due to the fact that no one on island is producing GSD puppies at a scale that a puppy mill would. Many of these dogs have been overbred, and are showing symptoms of it. Despite that, they are continuously bred and forced to rear pups. Not only this, but their breeding stock is not properly shown nor tested. Oahu GSD has several dogs they purchased from Germany, and once they received them they have not been tested, shown, nor have they been in any dog sports as far as I have seen. They are kept on property. Which to me means two things: these breeders do not care for their dogs outside of the money they can make from their puppies, and that the promise of "sound temperament" is empty. If you aren't testing and putting your dogs in situations where their temperament is tested, you cannot say their temperament is sound. Secondly, puppies from this puppy mill constantly are going home with health problems and health defects. My own puppy after only two days had to be rushed to the vet due to a bleeding skin infection- which Oahu German Shepherds had said was a resolved issue during their puppy-hood. The vet had to put my 8 week old puppy on antibiotics, which he said he only did due to the severity of the issue. On top of that, we had to bring her back several times for chronic diarrhea. This diarrhea has not resolved despite it being several months since we have brought our puppy home. Believe it or not, my puppy got off on a relatively mild case. I have talked to several other puppy owners from Oahu GSD and their pups have had parasites, skin infections, chronic diarrhea, and birth defects. Despite this, Oahu GSD constantly says their program is "the best." Finally, and the most heartbreaking part for me, is the reactivity and lack of confidence many of these dogs have. My own puppy has had a large amount of reactivity issues, even during her 8 week to 16 week socialization period they were incredibly reactive and fearful of other dogs. Even a dog barking on television would send her into an anxiety-ridden spiral. I do not recommend you get a puppy from this puppy mill. It is deplorable what they allow their dogs and puppies to go through, and it is a shame that they have marketed themselves to be anything other than a money making machine.

Jess and Damien are so knowledgeable and transparent. I'm so amazed at how much love and work they…read moreput into their puppies! They are so welcoming and I would recommend them to anyone thinking about getting a Quality German Shepherd!!