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Littermate syndrome (nestgenoot syndroom)
We sometimes get a mail in our inbox asking to register 2 pups at once. Instead of filling us with joy, we dread the moment that we’ll have to explain littermate syndrome to the unsuspecting owner. Littermate syndrome: what is it? Littermate syndrome is a phenomenon that we often see, whereby littermates who are raised […]
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When is a dog behaviourist a good idea?
We often get asked what the difference is between a behaviourist and a dog trainer. And when a dog should see a behaviourist, instead of following a group obedience course. So often, that we’ve made an Infographic for you! Sharing = sweet!
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OhMyDog is expanding to Monday nights, and announcing a new Advanced Obedience course
Due to sustained demand for more classes, we have trained more instructors and secured the training space for an additional night every week: Monday evenings! From 4 March, OhMyDog will also give some of its classes on Monday evenings, in addition to the Wednesday evenings. That evening, we will be giving the Advanced obedience classes […]
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A look at SATS training in practice – SynAlliance Training System
Today, we started working on the ‘go-to-your-basket’ exercise, on the request of the dog’s owner. Easy – peasy, right? Not so much in this case, because there’s a twist. The dog in question has Generalized Anxiety, and one of the symptoms is neophobia (fear of unfamiliar situations, persons, animals, locations and objects). How do we […]
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Dog behaviour therapy behind the scenes: chasing the cat and dog-dog aggression
Allow me to lift the veil on behaviour therapy and share a typical progress report. This is one I’ve received this week. These reports illustrate the peaks and troughs of behaviour therapy: rare are the quick solutions and smooth sailing cases. It also illustrates how much we rely on management, particularly at the beginning, when […]
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How much physical exercise for my pup?
One of your team members at the dog training school, Elise Legerstee, attended a seminar on physical exertion and puppies last week, given by dog physical therapist Margriet Koopman. What she found out will help us answer our client’s questions on puppy mobility in an informed way. Here it is, in a nutshell: Enough sleep […]
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9 November 2018: Letter to Parliament about high-risk dog breeds
Minister of Agriculture Carola Schouten wrote a letter to Parliament informing them of the current state of affair regarding the proposed legislation on High-Risk Dogs on 9 November 2018. OhMyDog! has studied the document and is summarising it for you below. In short: The municipalities, the police and the government will collaborate to tackle the […]
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Teach your puppy to be a great patient
As a Certified Fear Free Veterinary Handling professional, the “learn to love vet procedures” is my favourite puppy lesson to give. “Fear-Free” stands for reducing the chance that animals are traumatised by veterinary intervention through behavioural prevention, teaching the pet and treatment. We don’t just leave it in the hands of professional trainers and behaviourists, […]
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Dog training: How do I get my dog to ignore skateboards? (and horses, and mopeds, and kids)
[pictures shared with explicit owner permission] ‘Check!’ dog training exercise: the steps The ‘check’ exercise features in nearly every puppy lesson at OhMyDog!, where we stage different real-life situations for the pups to learn to deal with. When it’s been practised to death, it looks like this: You spot a horse/skateboard/moped/screaming child/fast cyclist/whatever has the […]
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Teaching your dog not to jump up
Why do dogs jump up? In most situations, they want to greet you, but are too rough about it. As innocent as it is, it can be annoying, scary and downright dangerous in some situations. Solution? Snubby princess Bob and his Obedience instructor Samantha demonstrate the *Snubby princess exercise to teach dogs not to jump […]
