Hels4Dogs

Hels4Dogs ABTC - Clinical Animal Behaviourist
Working with all breeds. Educating and supporting owners

Join the group to finally get proper support! Sincerely,

Helena

www.facebook.com/groups/hels4dogscommunity/ Hi it’s me Hels ☺️

I'm here to help you and your dog succeed in living the life you always imagined. The idea for this page and business is a positive but informed approach to training, and helping you to think about the behaviour you want your dog to do. I am advocating for a movement towards you as an owner, being able to consider your dog holisticall

y and as the wonderfully emotional and varied individual that they are. Consider this platform a subversion of the typical good vs bad tropes we hear so much of and an evolution towards expanding the vocabulary of owners everywhere!

​I’m offering in person sessions, zoom and virtual advice, courses, q&a’s, breed specific support, a listening ear, and a science based and informed approach to keeping your household happy and your dog’s tail waggy. We’ll be answering all the why’s around dog behaviour and helping owners support their dogs. Join me in the dog behaviour transformation and see for yourself how simple change can affect your relationship with your dog.

🧡 Meet Biscuit 🧡Biscuit truly holds a special spot in my heart because when his amazing owners reached out to me I could...
06/11/2025

🧡 Meet Biscuit 🧡

Biscuit truly holds a special spot in my heart because when his amazing owners reached out to me I could feel the struggle they were feeling and I just knew I needed to help them!

Biscuit is a Spanish rescue, he’s young 1 year old, and just really struggling with the transition from his life in Spain. Everything was overwhelming, people were scary (and still are), dogs were conflicting and the cats were just a complete no go.

For Biscuit we had to implement a multipronged approach that factored in safety, strategy and getting those training skills bankable to be able to see the change we needed to get. It was a real need because his owners were trying everything they knew to do but couldn’t carry on with a dog that was so stressed and emotional.

Overtime Biscuit has really shown us that with soft strategies and holistic stress management we can make that progress.

He has learned:
🐶 dogs are really not so bad and actually are quite nice!
👯‍♀️ people can be weird but that his owners have his back and get him through seeing people in a super positive, long term and supportive way!
😻 cats and wildlife are fun! But not chasing and coexistence with the cats has come on leaps and bounds!

Because Biscuits feelings have been so big and he has had so much change we have made use of behaviour medication to help him through this change. He’s really developed so much with this as another way of supporting him!

Please support Biscuit and cheer him on by giving this post a like!

Biscuits owners are in my Beyond the Bark holistic mentorship program for reactive dog owners. They benefit from a community, 1:1 support and so much more! If you want results like the incredible ones achieved here please do reach out or book a game plan session at the link in my bio!

Distracting our dogs is not the one! It’s a useful management tool and sometimes needs must! But if a real strategy that...
04/11/2025

Distracting our dogs is not the one!

It’s a useful management tool and sometimes needs must! But if a real strategy that helps overcome your dogs behaviour while relieving the stress you feel every time you go out is what you crave then…

Comment “bark” below to book a game plan session with me to chat about what might be right for your dog!

Don’t forget that by caring at all you’re already ahead. When our dogs behaviour gets you down, you feel like you’re fai...
02/11/2025

Don’t forget that by caring at all you’re already ahead.

When our dogs behaviour gets you down, you feel like you’re failing or you’re just not doing enough just know that usually those that think this are going above and beyond.

If you’ve realised things are about to get darker, colder and more difficult take a moment to think ahead and put things in place early on.

If you need support and help planning, or you need some encouragement just reach out. It’s what I’m here for.

Nothing change if we don’t change anything.

You have a dog that barks, lunges, growls and does things that you generally don’t know how to handle. They kick off at ...
27/10/2025

You have a dog that barks, lunges, growls and does things that you generally don’t know how to handle.

They kick off at things, you’ve bought some treats but you don’t know when to feed, how to use them and it feels like youre just “distracting” them… which you know isn’t a long term solution.

Next you go online and the one guy says… do this… this always works for me.
And this other lady says… oh no never do that… that’s terrible advice.

And then basically you have no idea what to do because all these people are fighting over how to train your dog and you’re the one that’s got to do it, but you actually have no idea what either person really means or why…

Sound familiar?

Well if you’re wanting some clarity, some questions answered and you need it from a source you can trust… then come to my Walk Talks.

It’s a free 1 hour session for people to come and get what they need, say hi, be seen and pointed in the right direction.

This will be perfect for you if you’ve been thinking about working with me and need a taste. If you don’t know where to start with your dog and need some guidance. Or - If you feel like you’ve been working with your dog for 1 million years with no progress!

Click the link below to get it in your calendar. See you on 04th November at 12pm!

https://tr.ee/Gk7FI19VMS

Sometimes things feel super tough with life, our dogs, work, relationships and it’s really important to take a moment to...
25/10/2025

Sometimes things feel super tough with life, our dogs, work, relationships and it’s really important to take a moment to breakthrough the bad stuff and look for the glimmers.

My favourite glimmers with my dogs will be different from yours but here’s a few of mine:

The sweet moments and cuddles I get with them first thing in the morning.

The amazing smiles they give me when they’re having the best time of their lives.

The pride I get when they excel at something!

Toph’s tippy tippy feet.

Bonnie’s connection with me.

Finally the fact that they are constant in my life. My little sidekicks that are always there, rain or shine, if we want to hide from the world or go out and brave it.

What are the things you love the most that out weigh all the stress?

If you’ve got a reactive dog and need to move the needle then here’s 4 real tips that will help you understand them a bi...
23/10/2025

If you’ve got a reactive dog and need to move the needle then here’s 4 real tips that will help you understand them a bit better or to help you know how to respond to things.

In my experience which is really quite extensive, if we have a dog with a clean bill of health, then the variables at play are complicated but also weirdly straight forward when you get it all into play.

Trigger stacking from too much happening in their lives is a real barrier.

Getting our food and strategy right is a key part of it. Our job is to convince an animal that the thing they either do or don’t like can be a “nothing thing”.

Recovery from reactions is so important. A proper part of rehab because if we’re not recovering properly it all gets carried forward with us.

Finally monitoring is the hill I always die on 🤣 making sure we know what the maintenance or instigation or influencing factors for reactions are is so so important. Imagine if one place where we walk them is the catalyst for the whole of the week.

Either way I see you trying to help your dog.

If I can help you I will.

How do I do things differently to every other dog behaviourist?I’m sure if you’re a reactive dog owner you’ve followed 1...
20/10/2025

How do I do things differently to every other dog behaviourist?

I’m sure if you’re a reactive dog owner you’ve followed 1 million trainers, you’ve subscribed to podcasts and you’ve probably spent hours trying to work out who’s giving you the solid advice and who’s taking you and your dog for a ride.

The big question? Who can you trust and who is going to get you the results?

Well, I’m not here to say “hey it’s me you can trust me” because that’s something that has to be built but there’s a few things I want to share with you about my process.

My main focus is on the feedback loop — How can you get that feedback that you need, when you need it.

I work with my owners virtually, there is no limit on “sessions” so there is no pressure for us to “get it all done” in a few in person 1:1’s where we may not even see a trigger or accidentally wreck it with us seeing too many.

We troubleshoot the problem, find the emotional basis, do our vet referral and if needed get their help to onboard any meds (which can be a real game changer), implement our monitoring and we move forwards with a plan. We evaluate, tweak, progress and ultimately get you the results you need. No waiting for the next session or praying we get it done there and then.

The mentorship is really what you make of it and the opportunity for change and results is really quite amazing!

🌱 Imagine what happens when you can get any question answered that you have.

🌱 imagine what happens when you get the clear instruction to tackle the problem you’re facing

If this sounds like something you need - someone to be in your pocket for the next 3 months to give support, feedback and show you the way then comment “beyond the bark” below to book a game plan call so we can see what’s going to be right for you!

If you’re not feeling it neither will your dog. It was mental health awareness day about a week ago or so and I really w...
17/10/2025

If you’re not feeling it neither will your dog.

It was mental health awareness day about a week ago or so and I really was torn about what to post so I didn’t.

Mental health is one of the things that gets decimated by the isolation, anxiety and overwhelm of owning a reactive dog so it does feel important to me that we talk about it openly.

If you identify as a “reactive dog owner” then read this and get permission to be a human, a friend, a partner, a doggie cuddler, and not just a reactive dog owner.

I’ve been in that place where it’s the only thing you know how to talk about really well. How your dog is every part of your life and identity.

Well if that’s you I challenge you to do something without them that would feel tricky this weekend.

Comment below your favourite thing about your dog just to get the reframing going! 👇

15/10/2025

I know this is different to my usual content, but it’s really important that we examine the way we use language to describe the things that our dogs do.

The media have a way of influencing us and this is just a small and very rudimentary analysis of some of the ways that they use language to influence how we think. A full review of media outlets, specific editors and a deeper assessment of what words are used most in conjunction with other breeds involved in bite incidents is needed, but this does nonetheless show some trend.

As we approach the second anniversary of the XL Bully ban, I can’t help but reflect on how other breeds have been treated in the media.

The way that we talk about dog bite incidents is really interesting because there are so many words that we could use to describe a dog bite!

Don’t misunderstand what I’m trying to say here. I don’t absolve any of the dogs in this reel or in the news of the deeds that they’ve done and the injuries that they have caused but it is really important that we remain critical when there is such a stark comparison to be made.

The media want you to think that specific breeds are more dangerous but no matter your dog’s breed they can cause serious injury to a person and it’s important you seek help as soon as you can.

If your dog is causing injury to people, using aggressive behaviour towards you anyone else or other animals then please seek help from a qualified professional.

That could be someone like me a clinical animal behaviourist or anyone else on the ABTC or APBC registers. And if you have a rescue dog and you’re in need of support, make sure you understand whether your rescue will be able to support you.

The earliest intervention will give you and your dog the best chance to make change.

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