About us
Bella’s Canine Scent Training is owned and run by Helen who is a Gold UK Sniffer Dogs Instructor, Professional Association of Canine Trainers (PACT) Animal Training instructor, Animal Behaviour Training Council Registered Animal Training Instructor and Kids Around Dogs (KAD) Professional.
Helen has always been an animal lover. After her beloved cockapoo Bella came into her life over a decade ago, Helen decided to turn her passion into a career and became a 5-star rated council licensed home dog boarder and walker in 2017 after a career in finance. Since then, she has furthered her passion to become a fully qualified force free dog trainer with the Professional Association of Canine Trainers (PACT).
Since having Bella in her life and knowing the amazing human-dog bond that can be created through force free, reward-based training she knew she wanted to help other people create the same bonds with their own dogs. Helen’s main passion and expertise is scent work and is now a UK Sniffer Dogs Gold Instructor.
Helen brings together professional qualifications, hands‑on experience, and a genuine passion for helping dogs flourish. Whether you’re looking to enrich your dog’s life, build their confidence, or explore the exciting world of scent work, Bella’s Canine Scent Training offers expert guidance every step of the way.
Based in Gosport, Hampshire, Helen offers 1‑to‑1 scent work sessions, structured small group courses, and trials designed for pet owners who want to give their dogs enriching, mentally stimulating activities.
Helen’s approach is grounded in force‑free, reward‑based, and welfare‑led principles. Every dog is treated as an individual, and every training plan is tailored to their unique personality, needs, and learning style.
Her mission is simple:
To help dogs and their owners thrive together through fun, ethical, confidence‑boosting scent work.
Qualifications & Memberships
•UK Sniffer Dogs Gold Instructor
•ABTC Registered ATI
•PACT Qualified ATI (2024)
•Kids Around Dogs (KAD) Professional
•5‑Star Council Licensed Home Boarder & Dog Walker
•9+ years professional experience
• Helen is Fully insured
• Canine first aid trained with Animal Love
• DBS checked
Tammy’s Dog Training
Helen runs her scent work classes at Tammy’s Dog Training Unit run by Lyn Dubois at 23 Cooperage Green in Gosport. Lyn is an experienced trainer who has taken two Canine Psychology courses with Animal Care College and passed both with distinction. She is a registered Animal Training Instruction with the Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT) and the Animal Behaviour Training Council and is a member of the UK Dog Behaviour and Training Charter.
Lyn only uses kind positive methods in line with Bella’s Canine Scent Training's own ethics.
Lyn offers Free puppy socialisation for pups 8-11 weeks. Older welcome if suitable. First session also free for older pups then £7 after. She also offers puppy group classes, 1-2-1 sessions, Drop off sessions and free taster sessions.
Lyn has been Helen’s Mentor on her dog training journey and continues to be a great and valuable sounding board for ideas and other things that may arise. Helen would not be where she is today in her dog training career if it was not for Lyn’s support and guidance.
And finally but by no means least a little bit about Bella….
The inspiration of Bella’s Canine Scent Training.
Bella came into Helen’s family in 2015 at 8 weeks old as a cute buddle of fluff and energy. We started training with a local force free dog trainer and never looked back.
Bella was a therapy dog from 2020 until last year with a voluntary pet therapy charity but sadly she had to be retired in 2025 due to a few health issues at the time. Happy to say she is all okay now but as she is an older girl now she deserves to put her paws up and enjoys her retirement having lovely walks and doing scent work of course!
