Our Team

Cassie Kennedy ABCDT CTDI (Dog Trainer)

With over 16 years of experience training dogs, Cassie Kennedy is the owner and head dog trainer here at Ohana Dog Training. She is an Animal Behavior College Certified Dog Trainer / Graduate and also a Do More With Your Dog Certified Trick Dog Instructor. Cassie has been training dogs professionally for four years now, but she has been doing it recreational purposes for twelve years. She has trained dogs for both live performances and the film industry, and has competed with her dogs on a national and world level, Her love of dogs started with her first pet Golden Retriever who she named Fathom, who was the first dog she ever trained. Cassie now has four Border Collies (Tiki, Stoke, Ren & Kona) who are trained in dog sports like agility, canine freestyle, dock diving, flying disc, herding and tricks. She also has a Golden Retriever named Atlas and co-owns a Belgian Malinois named Beck. Cassie loves learning about all different methods and styles of dog training and specializes in pet obedience training. Although Cassie has a true passion for dog sports and her Border Collies, she loves working with dogs and puppies of all breeds. You can follow her pups on Instagram at @theohanadogs!

Eric Kennedy (Business Manager)

Dog Training New Tampa

Eric Kennedy started his career in 1985 at the age of 19 when he joined the launch of the internationally renowned consumer publication duPont REGISTRY.  A top producing advertising account executive, Eric, made the company’s “Million Dollar Club” by the age of 23. With an early addiction to technology, he actually loved being known as a “computer geek,” and lead the company into the information age with the company’s first network-based sales management systems. Later, at the age of 27, he was appointed Executive Vice-President and President of duPontRegistry.com and a member of the board of directors.  He now has a German Shepherd Dog named Murphy and co-owns a Belgian Malinois named Beck who both are being trained in flying disc and bitework. You can follow them on Instagram at @murphyandmee