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Dog behaviour therapy: what?!
Blog post by The Hague dog behaviourist Laure-Anne Visele about the profession of Hondengedragstherapeut Photo credits at the end of the post My grandmother was born in 1919. She grew up on a farm just after World War One with pigs and cows and… dogs. One of them bit her dad (as he was being […]
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Funclass demo in Den Haag
Today, we gave demos of our fun class for the municipality of The Hague, to celebrate the opening of a new fenced off dog field in Bezuidenhout West. We got to meet local dog owners, and taught them how to teach their dogs to: – skateboard, – find their owners’ keys, – pick up […]
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Seminar about dog behaviour: Zoologist’s secrets
It is time for the Zoologist’s secrets to dog behaviour seminar again tomorrow (Wednesday 17 April, 20.00-22.30). An evidence-based seminar in English about dog behaviour, and how we can understand and guide our dogs in a scientifically and ethically responsible way. And of course, as you have come to expect of all OhMyDog activities, it […]
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Puppies and kids: some words of advice from dog professionals
We have prepared this quick fact-sheet to help you steer the interactions between your do and your kids. Puppies and kids: The link leads to a collection of resources for safe child-dog interactions. The core points are: Understand dogs: Familiarise kids with dog body language, and teach them to respect it. Mine! Kids never grab […]
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Cavalier King Charles vs. King Charles: what is the difference?
Article about the difference between King Charles and Cavalier King Charles spaniels. By Laure-Anne Viselé, June 2010. Re-released and updated on 3 May 2019 Photo credits at the end of the post I am often surprised to see that that a lot of Cavalier King Charles Spaniels owners think it is the same breed as […]
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OhMyDog is now a partnership
I am happy to announce that, as of April 2019, Stephanie Neijts is officially co-running the school as partner. I got to work very closely with Stephanie when she was completing her BSc in Animal Management, when she chose us for her internship. We worked together daily and I got a fantastic companion and sounding […]
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Dog training school safety management
#hondenschool #hondentraining #dogtraining #dogtrainingschool At OhMyDog, we don’t kid around with safety: We have strict screening rules for acceptable dog behaviour for group class. We have clear, often repeated and diligently implemented policies about distance between the dogs. We have a compulsory team safety guide. Our First Aid boxes are in order and always in […]
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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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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 […]
