Helpmydog Reviews 221

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.

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.