One system.
Every part of your dog’s life.
Alphassembl is the operating system for New Zealand dog owners. It starts with Kaiako — a force-free trainer, grounded in NZ advice, that gives you a plan you can trust.
What it does
A trainer in your pocket
Ask Kaiako anything — leash pulling, puppy biting, recall, crate training. You get a calm, force-free plan you can actually follow at home.
Grounded, and it shows
Every answer is grounded in real NZ sources and carries a Trust score, so you can see where the advice comes from — never made up.
Knows when to step back
Anything with a bite or real aggression, Kaiako stops and points you to a vet or a certified behaviourist. Safety first, every time.
The best trainers agree on one thing: no fear, no force, no pain.
Kaiako follows the international force-free standard — the same principles used by the IAABC and CCPDT — and never recommends aversive tools or “dominance” methods.
Least Intrusive, Minimally Aversive
Health → antecedents → reward → referral
No shock, prong, choke or “dominance”
Bites & aggression go to a professional
Built for dogs and owners in Aotearoa.
Kaiako knows the Dog Control Act 1996 — registration, mandatory microchipping since 2006, control in public, and dangerous- and menacing-dog rules. It knows our working breeds too — the Huntaway and Heading Dog — and their high drive and stamina.
Grounded in
- Trust ADog Control Act 1996 (legislation.govt.nz)
- Trust ASPCA New Zealand — advice (spca.nz/advice)
- Trust AIan Dunbar — Before/After You Get Your Puppy
Your privacy (NZ Privacy Act 2020, IPP 12). Kaiako inference runs on Anthropic’s US infrastructure during beta. We’re moving to NZ-region inference for full launch. Your data is stored in Supabase Sydney (ANZ). We handle it under the NZ Privacy Act 2020, including IPP 12 on overseas storage — we don’t sell your data, and you can ask us to delete it at any time.
Built for NZ dogs and the people who look after them
Draft-only during beta — nothing takes payment or posts to your books without a human saying yes.
Join the Alphassembl waitlist
We’re opening the beta to New Zealand dog owners, region by region. Add your details and we’ll be in touch.