With Special Guest: Helen St. Pierre

What can we do to provide the best quality of life for aging dogs in shelters?

Join us for the next Lawless Off Leash webinar, “Caring for Senior Dogs in Shelters,” featuring Helen St. Pierre of No Monkey Business Dog Training and Old Dogs Go To Helen, hosted by Laurie Lawless of Shelter Behavior Integrations.

📅 Monday, December 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM EST via Zoom

This session will focus on what senior dogs truly need from shelter teams — from kennel set-up to medical realities to end-of-life considerations. Helen will share practical strategies to support both quality of life and adoption potential, while also helping staff feel more confident and grounded in the decisions they’re making for older dogs.

Topics include:
🐾 Core considerations in senior dog care in a shelter setting
🐾 Thoughtful kennel set-ups for comfort, mobility, and safety
🐾 Ideal enrichment for aging bodies and brains
🐾 The role of office time and quieter spaces for senior dogs
🐾 Common disease trajectories in older dogs and what they mean for care planning
🐾 How stress impacts senior dogs specifically — and what we can do to reduce it

Whether you’re trying to better support geriatric dogs on your behavior list, create more senior-friendly housing, or think more intentionally about welfare and end-of-life decisions, this webinar will give you concrete ideas you can bring back to your team right away.

And yes, the replay will be available to all registrants, even if you can’t make it live. 🐶

About Helen St. Pierre:

Helen St. Pierre is the owner and operator of No Monkey Business Dog Training in Concord, New Hampshire, and has been training dogs for over 20 years. She is a Certified Professional Dog Trainer – Knowledge and Skills Assessed (CPDT-KSA), a Certified Dog Behavior Consultant (CDBC), an Operation Socialization Certified Trainer (OSCT), and a licensed and certified Family Dog Mediator. Helen holds memberships and certifications with multiple professional organizations, including IAABC, APDT, and the Pet Professional Guild, and serves as a licensed Dogs & Storks and Dogs & Toddlers educator, as well as an AKC evaluator.

Her work ranges from basic manners and service dog training to behavior modification for serious challenges, including aggression. In addition to her private practice, Helen has worked with humane societies rehabilitating dogs, taught at training academies, led 4-H dog clubs, and teaches college-level courses in dog behavior and ethology. She is a frequent presenter, offering workshops and seminars across New England and internationally, and has been featured on radio, in print, and on television.

When she’s not teaching or consulting, Helen runs her senior and hospice dog rescue, Old Dogs Go To Helen, from her home, alongside her husband Jake and their daughters, Eve and Grace. She teaches internationally on end-of-life care for animals and is a certified end-of-life doula and certified peaceful euthanasia professional, bringing a deeply compassionate, welfare-focused lens to her work with senior dogs in shelters and beyond.