Meet the Trainers
Helen St. Pierre
“Helen is a true treasure of a dog trainer”
Helen is the owner and operator of No Monkey Business Dog Training. Based in Concord New Hampshire, she is a Certified Professional Dog Trainer – Knowledge and Skills Assessed (CPDT-KSA) and a Certified Dog Behavior Consultant (CDBC) and a Operation Socialization Certified Trainer (OSCT) She is also a licensed and certified Family Dog Mediator. Helen has been training dogs for over 20 years. She is a professional member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers, a member of the Association of Animal Behavior Professionals and is a certified member of the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants and a member of the Pet Professional Guild. Helen is also a licensed Dogs and Storks educator, a licensed Dogs and Toddlers educator, and a certified AKC evaluator.
Helen’s skills range from basic obedience to behavior modification of serious problems including aggression as well as service dog training. Helen is always doing one on one behavior consultations, and Helen teaches classes locally in the Concord, New Hampshire area and offers workshops and seminars on a variety of subjects all around New England and internationally. Helen is constantly going to continuing education seminars to learn more about the fascinating world of dog behavior, and she has been featured on the radio, in print, and on T.V. for her work! She volunteers countless hours at the local SPCA and works with homeless dogs to help them learn skills to find a home faster. She teaches class on dog behavior and ethology at the local college too! She has worked as a trainer for the humane society rehabilitating aggressive dogs, and helping homeless dogs find the right home. She also was the volunteer 4-H dog club leader, and taught basic obedience at a prestigious training academy in Durango, Colorado. She is educated in canine behavior and has a strong foundation of knowledge on the psychological principles and applications of dog training. Helen has both the academic and hands-on skills that make for a great trainer and behavior consultant.
Helen has eleven dogs of her own, two Collies named Corduroy and Rupert, and Mallory a Papillon! Messner is a rescue papillon and Legend, a Scottish Deerhound. She adopted a rescue cattle dog, named Joker. She also has Chess, a Japanese Chin and Pixel and Persephone – rescued Chinese crested. Aslan is her Belgian shepherd that she works regularly in protection work. Helen also has a horse Noah, four cats, 2 parrots, a tortoise, a hedgehog, and two daughters Grace and Evelyn. She takes great pride in her work and treats every animal she trains as if it were her own, making your training experience motivating and enjoyable! When not training dogs she is running her senior and hospice dog rescue out of her home,
“Katie is so fun to have as a teacher!”
Katie Gilpatrick is a Certified Professional Dog Trainer – Knowledge Assessed (CPDT-KA) and began her career in dog training as an assistant to Helen St. Pierre spring 2014. She is so grateful to be a part of the No Monkey Business team! Due to the wealth of knowledge that Helen shares, and the science-based seminars attended, she became a Certified Professional Dog Trainer in 2017. In addition, Katie knows it is important to be knowledgeable on the most current methods of training. Katie achieves this through constantly immersing herself in many references, observing and learning from Helen, attending classes both at No Monkey Business with her dogs, and science backed human classes for continuing education, as well as learning from each dog she gets the pleasure to meet.
Katie’s interest in dog training originated with her siberian husky, Margo: a sweet, loving adolescent dog, who earned her CGC after much practice. Time spent in many classes with Helen, triumphs celebrated, as well as tears shed over struggles of training, have shown her what it means to be a dog parent. Consequently, being a part of the canine community led her to adopting her German Shepherd, Boston, who is a wonderful teacher of patience and dedication. Both are important qualities to have when working with animals (or humans!) As learned through first hand experience, the entire journey of becoming a dog parent is to create a lasting relationship with your dog, and that’s what Katie aims to do in classes with you and yours; create a loving, fun, and rewarding bond through collaboration, excitement, and support.
Katie Gilpatrick
Olivia Miller
“Olivia’s experience with pit bulls was so helpful to have!”
Olivia grew up in a animal loving family, there was always dogs and cats running around. At age 5 Olivia’s grandmother went behind her parents back and got her a Shih Tzu, this was Olivia’s first dog. She named him Lucky (because she was lucky to keep him). Lucky’s name came through for him too, he survived a 5 year old’s love and care, an owls consistent attacks during the night, and living with a older German Shepard mix, and two black labs. Olivia had Lucky for a long time, almost 15 years, but in his elderly age he developed some health condition which caused him to be put down.
A year later Olivia could stop thinking about the pidder padder of a puppy. She started dreaming of having her own dog again. Like fate with in a week Olivia met a woman who had accident puppies and needed them to go as soon as they were 8 weeks old. She had 7 girls and 1 boy, and that boy became Olivia’s Cyrus. Cyrus was a new beginning for Olivia, and although her family had never trained any of their animals before, Olivia wanted Cyrus trained. At 8 weeks old Olivia got Cyrus into class, and he was doing so well. He was so smart and so determined to please when working together. On the last day of the 6 week class (Graduation Day) the trainer brought her demo dog in. This demo dog attacked Cyrus over a milk bone, after that Cyrus developed fear aggression and Olivia was very hesitant to bring Cyrus to another trainer.
A couple months went by and Olivia was trying to find the best trainer for Cyrus as his reactions were getting worse and worse. This is when an animal specialist for Florida reached out to her with the company name No Monkey Business Dog Training With Helen. Helen worked with Cyrus and Olivia and helped create a relationship that is unbreakable. Helen stabilized Olivia and Cryus, and now almost three years later Cyrus is almost an angel and Olivia has adopted a Staffordshire Terrier mix named Ginger (so she start all over again!). Today Olivia is an assistant for Helen at No Monkey business Dog Training so one day she can become a Certified dog Trainer and help people and animals create the relationship that they deserve and also help them keep their sanity, just as Helen did for Olivia. It’s hard to imagine how Olivia’s life would have been if she never would of met Helen, and it’s Olivia’s hope to also be that helpful, resourceful, and committed trainer for those who are in need of one.
Travis Borruso
Tess Roever
Tess is a certified professional dog trainer (knowledge assessed). She began her training journey as an assistant at No Monkey Business Dog Training in 2018. She also worked as a behavior specialist with shelter dogs, creating and carrying out training plans to help them get adopted. She received her certification in 2020 and is always keeping up to date on the latest methods and science with continuing education. She has learned so much from Helen and the team at No Monkey Business Dog Training, and is so excited to be a part of such an amazing business! Tess has also learned a great deal from the two dogs of her own, a village dog from Kosovo named Alea, and a min pin chihuahua mix named Ginger. Her goal is to share all that she has learned to help create strong relationships between people and dogs.
Naomi Smith
Seren Maxwell
Christina Gleason
“Christina really loves all dogs and it shows”
Christina grew up around all kinds of animals and has had a strong love for them since she could walk. She first started horseback riding at the age of 5 and it has taught her the true meaning of a partnership. Her very first job was working in a German shepherd breeding kennel and has experience with many different types of dogs. She has had pets ranging from hedgehogs to parrots, horses and goats and has always had a dog of her own. She has been breeding and showing golden retrievers for the past 10 years. Christina currently has 5 golden retrievers, a cat, and a horse she competes with. Christina has always had an interest in animal behavior and knows that there is nothing more special than a human animal relationship. She first met Helen when she brought one of her golden retriever puppies maddie, to puppy class, she saw how wonderful Helen was with the puppies and loved the positive reinforcement training methods. She hopes to one day become a head trainer and further her career in animal behavior.
Taylor McArdle
Taylor has loved animals from a very early age. She didn’t have siblings growing up, but she did have dogs. Lots and lots of dogs! Friends and family would tease that she was “raised among wolves” because her family had so many! She can’t tell you how many of her childhood pictures feature her in some sort of dog crate snuggling her various four legged friends (she went in there by choice of course!). Taylor first met Helen shortly after getting her first dog, Tank—a goofy, lovable Golden Retriever. She instantly fell in love with NMB and the positive reinforcement training methods utilized there. Though Taylor’s background is in education (she currently teaches Kindergarten here in Concord), she’s always had an interest in working with dogs and is looking forward to further her career in training in her spare time. She couldn’t be more excited to be a part of the NMBDT team!
Josanna Nelson
Josie’s love for dogs began with her first dog, Jones. The scruffy Jack Russell was eager to learn which in return pushed Josie to acquire new skills. The duo spent over 16 fun years together.
Josie was introduced to No Monkey Business Dog Training when she started classes with her Golden Retriever, Thule. Throughout the years she became captivated by NMBDT ability to provide precise instruction while maintaining a sense of humor. She is elated to be a part of NMBDT and is looking forward to seeing you in classes!
Lynn Denbow
Lynn fell in love with her first dog, a Chinese Shar-Pei, presented to her as a first wedding anniversary gift from her US Navy husband. He thought it would keep her company while he was away. Little did he know where the path of getting that first dog would lead. Needless to say, there were times when he would return home to find another 4-legged friend living in their home!
Over the years, Lynn has had quite a few dogs including Chinese Shar-Pei, a German Shepherd, a Labrador Retriever, mixes and various bully breeds. She has dabbled in all different kinds of dog training, classes, seminars, workshops, and a bit of pet therapy along the way.
When Lynn started puppy kindergarten classes at No Monkey Business Dog Training with her pittie puppy, Walter, she knew she had found a special place. A place where positive training methods are taught by supportive instructors and where Walter could be his usual funny, goofy self while still learning and having fun. Subsequently, she took more classes with Walter, had a lot of fun, met some really great people, and the rest of the pieces just fell into place.
Lynn is grateful to be part of the NMBDT family and excited to spend more time working with people and helping them foster great relationships with their dogs.
Contact your head trainer (for current clients only):
Helen:
603-856-7509
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Katie:
802-727-0282
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Olivia:
603-630-3694
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Travis:
603-508-8945
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Josie:
603-660-0773
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No Monkey Business Dog Training
254 North State Street, Unit M, Concord, NH 03301