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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.

31/12/2025

2025...what a rollercoaster.

This last year has been one of the most intensive years of my life.

I embraced so much change, so much fluidity in my life, and got there with a lot of heart lead decision making.

That might sound cringe af but the last few years have been extremely challenging so 2025 had to be different.

It’s the year I knuckled down and really focussed on how I can best help people.

If you know me, you know the following:

✨ That I care a lot about helping people.

✨That ethics and how I help people matters SO much.

✨ That the effect of the XL bully ban on me was immense so recovering from burnout and change has been paramount.

These are the things I have carved out, made accommodations for this year and successfully brought into my business.

2026 will be different:

✨ A focus on making sure you know you’re not alone with your dog!

✨ A focus on putting myself out there - I want to be a voice for ethical training and in a way that doesn’t put other people down just helping you see that science doesn’t lie.

✨A focus on growth - yours, mine, your dogs and doing in a sustainable and slow paced way.

See you on the other side,

Hels x

29/12/2025

What I’m leaving behind in 2025 and I think you’re going to want to too!

1. Distractions

🩷 It’s hard to keep focus and not drift away from my core focus - helping people in the best way I know how. Sometimes it feels like I have to always come up with new ways but I know that the way I already have is actually the most effective.

🐶 When we distract our dogs - while it’s helpful in the short term and in some moments - it’s not moving us forward with the changing emotions and behaviours long term.

2. Guesswork
🩷 This year there have needed to be lots of moments where I make educated “guesses” surrounding how people will receive my advice, how I piece it all together. How I present what I have to help people. After trying and testing I now need to focus on the data in front of me to keep helping you as best I can with all my heart!

🐶 Data and dogs is a hugely underrated and powerful thing we have at our disposal. Stop guessing what your dog is doing and start noting it down and spotting the patterns. You’ll learn so much!

3. Working harder not smarter

🩷 I’ve worked so hard the last year to get everything I can on the table for you all so you know my ethics, my values, my style and who I am. It’s time to evolve my processes and make it as easy as possible for you to work with me and to achieve everything you need to with your dog.

🐶 strategy is actually a huge part of working with behaviour issues. No winging it, no uninformed process that might or might not work. I want you to try and be purposeful and clear in what you’re doing when you take your reactive dog out.

I’m hoping to make 2026 a year where reactive dog owners don’t need to be at home isolated and stressed.

If there’s one thing I want to do next year - it’s to help you.

Much love,
Hels

P.s a new year is serious business for me - I really view it as an opportunity to wipe my slate clean and start again. I know that isn’t the case for everyone else and it really isn’t anything but another day, but if you’re looking to find a new start or change your life with your dog then comment Waitlist and you’ll be the first to know how I can help you in January.

27/12/2025

You’re obsessing over the barks, the lunges, and the “explosions” at the end of the leash. I get it, it’s embarrassing and exhausting.

But here is the truth most people miss: Reactivity isn’t a “switch” that flips the second you open the front door.

If your dog has been barking in the house, haven’t had the right amount of quality sleep, or is constantly “on alert” for the postman... their bucket is already at 90% capacity before you even touch their harness.

You aren’t failing at training. You’re just not tackling the other 23.5 hours of the day.

If you aren’t tracking the data, their sleep, their recovery time, and their household stress, you aren’t training.

You’re just reacting to their reactions.

It’s time to move away from “damage control” and start looking at the foundation.

In January I have something coming for you but it’s not quite ready to share.

I’m always working hard to get you the best strategy developing my ability to help you, and I’ll always support you in figuring out what’s best for you and your dog 🩷

If you want to be the first to know then👇 Comment WAITLIST below and I’ll make sure you’re at the front of the line.

Hels x

24/12/2025

Merry Christmas to you and your resilient, wonderful dogs. 🎄

I know that for many of you today, “festive” feels like a lot of work.

While the world is sharing photos of dogs napping under trees, you might be:

✨Sitting in a quiet room to give your dog a break from guests.
✨ Strategizing exactly when to run to the garden to avoid the neighbors.
✨ Feeling that familiar pinch of “owner guilt” because things don’t look like a Hallmark movie.

If that’s you, I want you to hear this: I see you, and you are doing an incredible job.

Your love isn’t measured by how your dog “performs” on Christmas Day. It’s measured by the advocacy you show when you say “no” to a guest, the patience you have during a meltdown, and the sanctuary you provide in a world that feels a bit too loud for them.
Hold onto the hope.

Today is just one day, and one reaction doesn’t erase months of progress. Your bond is deeper than any trigger, and the work you are doing matters. There is a future where the world feels smaller and safer for both of you, and we are going to get there together.

We are taking a little pause to recharge our own batteries, but we’ll be back after the Christmas break with so much in store for you. From new training resources to deep-dive workshops, 2026 is going to be the year of more “wins,” more calm, and more freedom for you and your dog.

Wishing you a peaceful, low-trigger, and gentle holiday.

✨ I’ll see you very soon! I have so much planned for the New Year!

What is one “small win” you’re hoping for today? Let’s celebrate the tiny things in the comments below. 👇

17/12/2025

We often feel like we’re “punishing” our dogs by not letting them join the party. But for a reactive dog, a house full of voices and movement can be exhausting.

✨Giving them a quiet room isn’t “locking them away”—it’s giving them a sanctuary where they can actually relax.

There is so much pressure to have the perfect family photo or the long Christmas Day walk. If your dog is struggling with the change in routine, it is okay to skip those things.

✨Your dog doesn’t know it’s a holiday; they only know how they feel in the moment.

It can be hard to tell a loved one “please don’t touch him right now” or “please don’t feed her from the table.” But your dog relies on you to be their advocate.

✨ Guests often have good intentions, but they don’t know your dog’s “language” like you do. Or they don’t understand the consequences.

With new smells, deliveries, and changing schedules, your dog’s “stress bucket” fills up much faster in December. If they react to something they usually handle fine, try to meet them with compassion.

✨They aren’t “being bad”; they are just overwhelmed.

✨Managing a reactive dog during the holidays is a lot of work. Be kind to yourself, too. You’re doing the best for your best friend, and that’s what truly matters.

Let me know in the comments: What’s one way you’re making life easier for your dog this week? Share this with a fellow dog guardian who needs a little encouragement.

Hels x

13/12/2025

Here’s a tough truth I had to swallow when I first started cold water swimming, and it completely changed my approach to when I go for a cold dip in the sea (and every other hard thing in my life).

For years I’ve been doing this, I know the benefits of a proper cold plunge. But every time I think about doing it, or I’m standing by the water, my mind runs the full panic sequence: the shock, the gasping, the cold-induced headache. I do it, but there’s a moment where I nearly talk myself out of it, thinking, ‘I don’t have the willpower for a full submersion today.’

It sets me up for failure. Every time.

If I were your behaviourist, I’d tell you this:

Stop making the first step to resolving your dogs behaviour “heroic”.

When I first started cold swimming I implemented a rule: The Wet Toe Rule. The only requirement was to drive to the water’s edge and put one foot in the water up to the ankle. That’s it. No swimming necessary.

Guess what happened?

Because the huge mental barrier (‘I must swim’) was removed, I made it to the water easily. Once my ankle was wet, the resistance was gone. I was already there.

I thought, ‘Well, the first minute is the hardest anyway. I may as well go up to my waist.’ Waist led to shoulders, and shoulders led to a glorious 3-minute plunge.

The hard truth? We think we need colossal motivation for colossal tasks. But most of the battle is fought in the first 30 seconds. By making the first step ridiculously small (just one wet toe), you bypass the brain’s panic system and let the momentum take over.

Don’t wait for willpower. Just get one toe wet.

What is the one tiny step you can take today towards helping your dogs reactivity? Let me know 👇

Hels x

11/12/2025

Sometimes we just need to have it all laid out for us.

You’re rarely doing something completely wrong but these things do catch us out.

A bit of tough love can go a long way because I want everyone to do as well as they can!

What’s one of these that you’ll be trying out this weekend?

07/12/2025

Your Sunday evening reminder that:

✨our dogs actions don’t define us or them.
✨it’s ok to need a break.
✨by planning we will make more progress!
✨slow is fast!

Be kind to them and yourself and take it easy this week if it’s been a rough one.

There’s no need to struggle on.

Hels x

05/12/2025

I’m going to tell you a little a story about a dog called Envy.

Envy is a very small staffie, she’s 8 years old, and she’s a rescue dog living with 2 of the most compassionate owners I’ve come across.

When we rescue dogs, we don’t get to choose their behaviour or baggage or history. And we might not even know it but their behaviour paints a picture of what they might have been through.

Envy’s behaviour is telling a story of not having seen the big wide world, or having had all the love she deserves (which is literally infinite as she is just the most beautiful girl) and we see this in how stressed she gets when she leaves the house. This amount of stress is really not good for her. I could describe it but it’s really hard to watch and experience so I won’t 🥺

We don’t know if it’s a purely behavioural or learnt response or if, at her age, she’s got something else like a ni**le or pain going on but we have to try and get to the bottom of these behaviours.

Envy is a really good example of where training is not the one right now. She’s an older dog, living in major extremes of emotion when out of the house, she’s a very smart dog, training in the right frame of mind if *easy peasy*.

So what do you do with a case like hers?

✨Stress management
✨Vet exploration! Pain trials, behaviour meds whatever we can do to help her just feel a little more herself when she leaves the house.
✨Super careful exposure
✨Set our base line

What does that mean? Putting in place general and targeted monitoring to gather data that will tell us what the important factors in Envy’s life are!

If your dog’s living in extremes of emotion or their behaviour feels unpredictable or generally stressed then get in touch with me.

If you book a gameplan today we can talk through how this might look for your dog. Book on at the link in my bio!

You don’t have to be alone with your dogs behaviour and I will always work my hardest to get to the bottom of it.

Hels x

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