Helpmydog Reviews 

I started with the 10 day plan and it was so good, I joined the Help My Dog Hub, which has been a fantastic resource, with lots of different courses to help whatever struggles you're having with your dog. Very accessible, games based training and I'm seeing results with my three hooligans.

There is no where else to learn such valuable information to help your dog and you thrive in life. I am a founding Hub member. I have done the courses, 10 Day Plan, Separation Solid and other courses and programs. It is a wonderful place to be, everyone helps each other and no judgement. It feels like a family.

Just finished the Thrive in 2025 challenge. Was all free and amazing learning value as teaches great games and reasoning behind behaviours. Learned loads.

My wife, DONNA, is a hub member who does all the courses. It’s wonderful how well she has trained our dogs. I love walking them. It also keeps her busy so I can get some work done.

I signed up to the 10 day "help my walks are stressful" course. I can't deny that there are some handy tips in there, however it mostly seems to be a rather clever marketing scheme. They use these incredibly well trained dogs to demonstrate reward based training methods. None of which are exactly innovative and once I got to day 7 and he is talking about getting the dog to stand on a bowl to distract it from other dogs I thought this to be ridiculous as just training the dog to stand on a bowl is a whole course in itself but it is taught as if its the most easiest thing in the world! And then if I did eventually manage to get the dog to do that to use it in the street to distract from being reactive to other dogs!? Seriously? I'm not doubting the theory or psychology behind it I'm sure it is sound and that they know what they are talking about. But the practicalities? It was at this point the penny dropped and I realised, aside from the constant referrals to the help my dog hub, they are using these incredibly well trained dogs as subtle advertising to try and get sign ups to their subscription programme by imagining your own dog to be so well trained. Clever psychological techniques. It would be good if they used some untrained dogs to demonstrate how successful their techniques are, it would hold more weight. I'm sure they do get results. If you don't want to sign up you can learn the basic psychology in "Think dog" by john fisher. And there are free videos with the same techniques on you tube, from battersea and rspca etc. I'm not knocking it, I may yet sign up to the help my dog hub. But just beware with this initial course you are paying for one big advert.

Do I recommend Help My Dog?
It's a resounding Yes!!!
Dr Tom's teaching has helped me help my dog!
My dog's reactivity has greatly reduced, she can now pass strange dogs (on the opposite pavement) without any reaction at all.
She has even made a couple of canine friends.
I have the 10-day plan.
We've made huge Progress and had great fun along the way.
The plan alongside the FREE content on their FB page and in the podcasts is making a huge difference.
Thank you Help my Dog.

While there are some good techniques here, the 10 day "course" does not deliver anything beyond a few games. I thought it was oversold and overpromised as a training program, what it actually is seems to be is an upselling opportunity for all the other programs and add ons that will ACTUALLY give some training solutions. Classic web-based marketing.

Highly recommend HelpmyDog. I’d tried group dog classes and individual training with 4 different trainers and none worked.
I was resigned to the idea that my dog’s behaviour couldn’t be improved but tried Helpmydog as a final thing before giving up and living with it.
The changes in my dog are beyond anything I could have hoped for. We had some immediate wins and we’ve stuck at it for 6 months.
He’s now so much more confident and we can walk in close proximity to other dogs without the barking, lunging and crazy behaviour we had previously.
He’s a much more confident and happier dog (and this has been commented on by people who didn’t know we were doing any kind of training).
The future looks much more positive for us.
And all this was from basically playing (very carefully devised) games in short bursts so it doesn’t really feel like work at all and it’s easy to fit into a busy life.

If you’re questioning whether to give it a go - my advice would be to give it a try. You’ve nothing to lose and everything to gain.

Don’t waste your money. The “course” is really a marketing exercise to join a monthly subscription service. The training is all about continual rewards in simple games which are all similar. Most dog owners already know and use this and it works fine at home but not so easy when out walking. A very overhyped package

Help my dog hub

A fantastic resource for reward based dog training. A combination of simple games & how to level them up..

and

if you’re into it, the science of how & why they work.

A ‘geeks’ paradise , look out for the ‘lives’ teaching both available live & recorded for more in depth questions & answers & trouble shooting..

Backed up by a supportive Facebook community..

If you get overwhelmed by what’s available-
Ask the team or
ask on the Facebook page & you will get some help ..

Developing and adding more value all the time.. amazing 🤩

10 days to stress free walks

This course helps with so many other struggles apart from transforming your walks. Playing fun games each day helps build relationship between you and your dog and is so enjoyable you don’t realise it is working until you walk your dog through a really busy distracting environment as I did this morning and he stays close and focussed on you. A fraction of the cost of 121 dog training and lifetime access granted , what’s not to love ? This is a course you will want to revisit time and time again.
Since doing this course my dog wants to stay close and focussed on me, leash pulling is a thing of the past and the best thing- we didn’t even realise we were training !

The 10 day plan on "My walks are stressful" are really amazing. My traumatised dog would not leave the garden for a walk after being attacked and biten by another dog, but now she gained so much confidence, she is really a very very happy dog, not reactive to other dogs, just ignores them. The way it should be!! Even at Dog Shows, with hundreds of dogs, she doesn't bother or got nervous about other dogs and became Dutch Champion 2024. All by the great advice and lessons of the wonderful Dr. Tom Mitchell and his fabulous team at Help My Dog Hub

I just have to recommend "My Walks are stressful 10 day plan". Vet and behaviourist Tom Mitchell explains with clear and well thought out dog demo's the science and fun that lie behind why playing games with dogs works on changing their behaviours. This course addresses the value you can build for your dog in being close to you. Before I started this course my English Setter would pull, drag me from side to side and generally want only to be 'out there in the environment' and nothing to do with me.
This course teaches our dogs to love to engage with us and disengage with the environment. My Setter loves the 'bubble' game and 'orientation' and now our walks are so much better. They are not perfect yet BUT we have the tools of engage/disengage to turn to if something novel tweekes his interest.
Brilliant course!

I decided to be brave and film me and my dog partaking in the 10 day plan ‘ my walks are stressful’
It’s been easy games fitting them in every day is no bother as they are simple and short but I’ve already seen progress and am so excited to take them a level up and out into different spaces.
Life is so rewarding when you put a little effort in… and this applies to dog training so come on jump in

I’ve recently followed the 10 days to stress free walks plan and i found the ‘games’ to be easy to understand and fun to implement. Tom’s geeky ‘lessons’ made the ‘why’ of what i was doing understandable, which for me really helped to generalise the learning and be able to take it out on the road. Now i have the tools to really help my dog and he is learning the skills to make our walks stress free.

We just finished the hmd 10 day plan and it's brilliant. The plan is easy to follow and great fun. The transformation in my reactive sighthound has been huge. We can now dissingage from cats instead of exploding in a frenzy. He can focus on me now instead of dragging me to every smell. If we see a distraction we now dissingage with a rewind, before he couldn't dissingage and it would escalate into a bad reaction. We are not off lead yet as he was born to hunt but off lead today in a exciting new secure field with woods. The improvement was huge. He stayed with me mostly and came when called instead of going off like a lunatic in his own world. All this has been possible from just playing the games. It works and really worh doing.

So many dog training programs encourage you to have patience as you painfully practice boring repetitions with the poor pup who loses focus and gets frustrated. After a few days, you give up and still haven't accomplished anything. Dr. Tom Mitchell shows us that you can have fun and make progress at the same time. He has designed the 10 Day Plan for Stressful Walks in a simple, intuitive manner that anyone can do. The games you play each day all help grow the goal of having a pup who walks nicely with you. You do not have to master the first step before moving on to the next. You get to enjoy your dog, grow your relationship, and watch your dog enjoy themselves as they grow the skills needed. When you know, you know, and Tom Mitchell knows how to teach. Each day's lesson is well thought out, thoroughly explained, demonstrated, and sprinkled with laughter. Sierra and I still have work to do but are at the stage where we are progressing to more challenging environments. After doing the 10 Days, Sierra chooses me, we walk together....I am not something she drags along wherever she decides to go. When we see something potentially "dangerous" she checks in with me for confirmation that it isn't her business. Is she perfect? No, she's a dog, not a robot, but the transformation is real. Training with Tom is a joy, not a chore. Thank you!

The My Walks are Stressful, 10 day plan, this is a fantastic course with so much fun content. Tom explains all aspects of the course so clearly, your dog’s behaviour, the games, how they work and why they work. So you grow a set of tools you have forever, that will change your stressful walks into calm and really enjoyable walks. My dog’s favourite games are the seeking game and two paws up, which have really helped him to think other dogs are non of his business!

We have three mini dachshunds all with totally different personalities and struggles which feed into each other when out on walks. This made it impossible to take them out together.
The ten day program has games and strategies that addressed all of their struggles and it was fun for me and them, so it didn't even feel like training.
I now have the strategies to deal with whatever life throws us on walks and the dogs are growing the skills to not only cope with the things that worry them, but to be able to see them as "none of their business" and carry on enjoying their outing.
We can now go out on walks together and I know that we have "got this".
The program is fun and Dr Tom not only gives you the how to change your walks, but he explains the "why" it works and what impacts the games and strategies are having on your dogs brain.
I have learnt so much about my own dogs and dog behavior in general from Dr Tom and I am forever grateful, and so are my dogs.

Half way through the 10 day plan for stressful dog walks. Seeing a difference already and gaining a great understanding of my dog’s behaviour and triggers. A great programme of learning for both me and my super excitable Labrador. And it’s all through play, what’s not to love?! Looking forward to the rest and continuing to learn and grow.