Helpmydog Reviews 

The ‘my walks are stressful’ 10 day course we’ve just completed was great. Engaging teaching with fun and simple to implement games, my dog picked them up easily. Plenty of lightbulb moments and a clear grounding in sound behavioural science. She’s already more engaged and able to rewind instead of getting stuck and struggling to move past scary things. What a win! I can highly recommend the hub or any of the courses.

This review is about the 10 day plan. It is wonderful! I see a difference in my 5yr old pup. She listens to me better, and we enjoy eachother more. I just know with continued playing (training) we will arrive at our goal.
Julie Gallegos, Help My Dog member

I've done the "My walks are stressful" 10 day plan and it was awsome. Our biggest struggle is sheep. They're just too fun. With the games I already see an improvement in my dogs' disengagement skills and they're much more aware that I'm in the other end of the leash. We can pass sheep much closer than we could before this course. The games can even help with other struggles than just the walks. And they're fun and easy to learn.

This 10-day plan is easy, very well structured and very much fun! I did it with my two dogs, and now they are less distracted by various things in the environment, more focused on me and more able to listen in different situations. Our walks are a true pleasure now.

I'm a pro dog trainer who is always learning. There is always more to learn in our career! I thought I would check out the 10 Day Stressful Walk program to see what it's all about. I have been a "geek" under Dr. Tom Mitchell for years. My girl does well but there is always room for improvement - just like with me! I always keep my expectations realistic & never thought I would be able to drop her lead in a public place without her running off. With short, lively sessions that explain the science and easy to do skills, this program boosts your dogs confidence as well as your own! You get to learn the skills to teach your dog how to achieve what you didn't think possible. And if you think you knew it all, you probably don't! :) With the supportive HMD community and led by a true industry legend, this program is worth so much more than it costs! Highly recommend!

I did the Help my dog Walks are Stressful 10 Day plan and now my walks are so much fun. So much value from doing this course. Isabel can now walk with me and disengage from the environment especially things that she either wants to go to or worry her…
Our walks are now so enjoyable
Love learning with Tom
Thank you so much
Nancy Lambe

The 10 day course regarding stressful dog walks was as helpful and insightful as I have come to expect it from Dr. Tom. The videos and instructions are very clear and concise. Tom never wasted your time, but gets right to the point. The step by step instructions helped my dog be more engaged with me during walks and less focused on the wild rabbits we regularly encounter. Tom teaches concept based training through simple and fun games. 10 days are not enough to completely transform your walks, but it's a great start and you can keep going through the games to top it off and strengthen your dog's skills.

I’ve been following the 10 day plan for stress free walks. The changes I’m seeing in my dog are amazing. He got attacked as a puppy and has been dog-reactive ever since. He’d be a lunging and barking mess at just the mere sight or sound of a dog, no matter how far away they were. Now sometimes dogs can even cross the street without a major drama, which is such a huge change!

Not just that, I’ve been playing the games in my yard as well, and where my dog used to be the instigator, the dog that got the neighbour’s dogs charging up to the fence to shout and lunge at either other, he’s now turning into a model citizen! More often I now catch myself feeling sorry for my neighbours simply because their dogs are going nuts barking and charging the fence, where mine is not even giving a peep anymore most of the time!

So even though I followed the programme for my walks, it surprised me by transforming other struggles as well. Stressful walks? Fence Fighting? I really recommend this programme!

I recently completed the 10 day plan by help my dog , we were lacking engagement with us , our pup was more interested in looking around for trouble.
The course is split into sections, firstly to build engagement with owners, then disengagement from triggers, then a cool calm and collected section it builds day by day.
We spent longer than 3 days on the engagement section as that's where we struggle most.
I can happily say my dog thinks I'm the most important thing when we go out, he's much calmer and other things are less important to him.
I'd highly recommend trying this course some excellent tools for every day use and something I'm glad I know and can revisit.

I have finished the Help My Dog Walks Are Stressful (10 Day Course). My boy Bruno would get to the end of the block, about to lose sight of our house and, immediatly turn around and pull me back to our door. He was nervous about everything. After doing this course, he has been able to walk around our block and onto neighboring streets. He even walked to the park, which is on a very busy street. There were many cars racing by and they didn't faze him. Thanks to this course I have been empowerd with strategies and tools to help my boy navigate new and novel places we encounter on our walks.

I've just finished the HelpMyDog 10 day course to de-stress your dog walks to help my youngest dog. Today my sister came for a 40 minute walk with us through a noisy car park, an arboretum and by a lake - and she described all three dogs as 'angelic'.
Our youngster is a bundle of rubber and strings and sometimes the presence of other dogs, chickens, ducks, squirrels, swans, children, noisy vehicles, politicians, or mime artists, can either make him square his shoulders and yell: "Bring it!!!' or become a shrinking violet who wants to hide on his belly in the undergrowth. Neither of which is great when I have two other dogs with me.
This course is great. It will give you a much better understanding of your dog and why they do what they do, but also it will give you the practical science-based tools to help them. And help them fast. You will be amazed at 1. how much fun you have 2. how little time you need to invest each day and 3. how quickly you start to see improvements - and if you keep playing the games you will KEEP seeing improvements. I guarantee it, because my small boy is the fourth dog I've now trained using Tom Mitchell's methods.
You and your dog deserve fun walks, not to be leaping at shadows and praying there isn't a dog (or a politician) lurking around the next corner.
And to be honest, this is also a fraction of what you'd pay to see a behaviourist. (I know, I've seen a few over the years - but none since I discovered Tom Mitchell's courses. And none of them gave us the results this did.) If you don't currently enjoy walking your dog - or if they don't enjoy it - do both of you a favour and sign up for this. You won't regret it.

I have completed the 10day plan with my two dogs.
It was so much fun.
One of my dogs was getting over a long illness and didn't want to engage in any training or games at all until we started very short easy sessions of the day 1 game
She stayed engaged and completed 9 out of the 10 days.
One game didn't suit her but that's ok. She made huge progress.
Both my dogs are more engaged and responsive.
It's a program I'm sure we will repeat over and over when we need a top up or just want some fun.

Really fun positive training, with enlightening foundations explaining the dogs brain how it reacts in different situations, why we get the resulting behaviours, and easy kind fun ways to adapt behaviours to fit our lifestyles. I am totally addicted! My dog and I have such fun.

All my dogs are more comfortable in their skin and living with their people since I started studying with Tom several years ago, as are hundreds of dogs whose guardians I have taught. But my 2 year old Havana Silk Dog, who has been trained this way from the moment he came home at 9 weeks, is the most confident, communicative, and responsive dog I have ever had. Under Dr Tom’s tutelage I have learned that dog training is about far more than obedience. It’s about concept development and the dog learning to make good choices because those choices turn out to be the best deal for him. And it all happens through games!

Brilliant easy relatable learning for me and my dogs. Finally I can understand the science behind the training thanks to Dr Toms unique and often hilarious presentation skills. This stuff works

Help! My dog is an excellent resource of a wealth of knowledge and experience of dog behaviour and training that will
Support any dog professional or dog guardian.
Dr Tom Mitchell brings together the science and the practical in such a reachable way, that not only will you see your dog’s training become amazing but your relationship and understanding of dog behaviour and communication will flourish.
Help! My dog is more than dog training, it gives you the whole picture to truly understand your dog so you can always do the best by them.
A wonderful community of like minded and wonderful people.
Thank you Tom and Madeleine.

Dr Tom Mitchell is an amazing dog (and person!) trainer. He is both a qualified vet AND a qualified animal behaviourist, and he's a brilliant teacher as well.
His method of teaching is always positive for both dog and human. I love that he teaches "why" our dogs behave the way they do, and then suggests easy training "games" that can help improve and change the behaviour.
Love that he is now running his own company on his own terms, and we get 100% Tom without other distractions. The Hub is very friendly and Tom and his wife Madeleine are both very accessible, interacting daily in the group which is very refreshing.
If you want to learn, and understand your dog better, this is the best value dog training money can buy.

I have been following Tom for year to help transform my dogs’ behaviour struggles. I am loving the Help my Dog Hub, and for me it is delivering information in a way that I can really absorb and despite all that I know already, I am getting lightbulbs of new insights all the time. Seeing him work through Gorse’s reactivity is really helpful. Since starting the hub 4 months ago I feel that my knowledge of how to train and understand MY dogs has been taken to another level. Oh and it’s a supportive community, for me there is a manageable amount of content added each week and there is no additional selling.

Absolutely love this learning. Tom doesn’t just help you teach your dog new tricks. He helps you to understand their emotions, why they might behave in certain ways and how you can work together to overcome their struggles in life. I learn something new and valuable every video I watch and I have six dogs! 🙏♥️

From the science of how a dog’s brain functions, to games based training and strategies Dr Tom Mitchell encourages you to overcome your dogs struggles with reactivity. The training is reward based and fun. There’s also plenty of support from other members.