Success Stories

Kent's very own 'Dog Whisperer' - Helen Masters

I discovered Helen through my neighbour when I was planning the arrival of Maddy, my Irish terrier puppy. I was relieved & surprised to meet this lovely, down to earth fellow Northerner who has an amazing affinity with man & woman's best friend. I was looking for puppy training classes but in addition I needed weekly dog care too.
I was thrilled to meet Helen who could offer both.

After seven months, Maddy has developed into a lovely, well mannered & obedient dog (well most of the time).  This is totally down to the training and direction Helen has provided.  Helen adores Maddy but equally they have built a relationship around trust and respect. Helen has a wonderful assistant Boo (English Mastiff) who has also been instrumental to Maddy's development.

In addition, Helen's weekly classes are a great way of socializing with other dogs & their owners and Helen's teaching approach is fun and easy to understand for both dog & more importantly the owner!

We are so lucky to have found Helen, she is just brilliant.

Helen has an excellent rapport with both dogs and their owners. She gives well planned and organised lessons with clear instructions and good follow-up. All of this is combined with an infectious sense of humour.

I have no hesitation at all in recommending her to anyone with either a new puppy or a dog with whom they are experiencing problems. Dogs and their owners can only benefit from her advice.

Willow (CKCS) and I have attended Helen’s classes for over a year. I would thoroughly recommend them to anyone – either with a puppy or an adult which needs to learn how to behave.

The classes are great fun – a chance for the dogs to socialise, and a chance for us to learn how to train our dogs.

Helen is very thorough in her training, and has high expectations of her classes. She mixes this with a good dose of humour – with the result that the classes are very enjoyable.

What is more, you will end up with a socially acceptable and well behaved pet.

I first met Helen about eighteen months ago when I was looking for training classes for our new Golden Retriever puppy Rocky. Although I have had dogs all my life, and prided myself  in teaching them to become well mannered and obedient family pets, I was struggling with our new arrival. He lacked self control and was very dominant.

We first attended Helen’s training classes once a week, and then Rocky started to attend Helen’s pack days. I liked Helen’s straight forward approach and soon Rocky and I were starting to build a strong and respectful relationship. Helen gave me the confidence and training tools to be able to handle Rocky and bring out the best in him. He is growing into an intelligent, loyal, loving and trustworthy pet with bags of personality and bounce. Rocky and I owe Helen a huge thank-you for making our relationship so positive for both of us.

Rocky adores Helen and looks forward to his pack days, so he can spend quality time with his doggy friends. I think every dog deserves some Helen time in their lives so that they can get the best out of their Human and dog friends.

I want to thank you for helping us to train Sophie, our two year old cocker spaniel.

Sophie is a lively, energetic dog. Before we started with you she would run away when walking in the fields, finding her way through any hole or gap in fences and just ignoring our calls to return. It was no fun going for a walk with her if we let her off the leash. When visitors arrived at our house she jumped all over them and was, in your words, outright rude. Our sons did not really want us to take her to their houses. Now less than 1 year later Sophie comes back when called, in fact often she comes back of her own accord for a fuss before running off again. She does not jump up at visitors and our families and friends have all said how well behaved she is now. She is still lively and energetic, charges round fields, likes to welcome visitors and go to other houses but she behaves well. Now she can also do sits, stays, downs and aways. The formal training has definitely strengthened the bond we have with her. Also we all enjoy our Thursday night training, it is fun for both the handlers – who need training as much as, or more than, the dogs -  and the four legged friends.

We could never have achieved this without your instruction and help.

We keep coming now not just for the training but because we enjoy ourselves.

We went to Helen because she was the trainer who had the necessary experience of our particular breed of puppy, an Italian Spinone. From the outset she clearly knew exactly what was required for and of a twelve week old puppy of this breed. Through the weekly classes Helen helped us to train our dog and has subsequently supported and guided us throughout the ensuing period. Our dog is nearly two years old and a credit to her skill and training methods.

Very rarely one has the privilege of meeting a true genius in whatever field one chooses. One such is Helen Masters who totally changed my life from one of despair to one of light at the end of the tunnel with regard to making life tolerable and, subsequently, pleasurable as the owner of a German Shepherd dog.

Helen’s dog psychology is unsurpassed and her confidence supreme, both qualities that dogs recognise and act upon. With her plain-speaking control of a pack of dogs of all ages, breeds and sexes, my German Shepherd has become a joy to own having attended her pack day and puppy classes. I cannot recommend her skills in all matters canine highly enough and I have the greatest confidence in and respect for her uncanny ability to train dogs.