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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 […]
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Hoog Risico Honden seminar: 26 oktober, Den Haag
In English below Photo courtesy of Pxhere, CCO license. Original can be found here. Hoog Risico Honden seminar op 26 oktober (55 euro pp, 19.15 uur tot 22.15 uur) Een objectieve blik naar het Hoog Risico Honden dossier. Ik Laure-Anne (zoöloog en honden gedragstherapeut, en co-presentatrice van het seminar) ga veel om met Pit Bulls en verwante honden. […]
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Dog behaviour seminar in The Hague: Zoologists’ secrets to a happy dog (March 2017)
On Wednesday 29 March, we are giving our seminar on dog behaviour again, a science- and fun-packed two hours by Zoologist Laure-Anne Visele, sharing little known but useful secrets behind your dog’s behaviour. Book now Location: OhMyDog Den Haag, Wijndaelerweg 12. Directions here. Presenter: Laure-Anne Visele, Zoologist and Dog Behaviourist. Date and time: Wednesday 29 March […]
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OhMyDog theory evening on dog behaviour in The Hague
I had a great time presenting the theory evening in The Hague last night, even though I had my puppy brains on (supervising the puppy class before the theory can be hard on ye old trainer). Thank you so much for your participation, particularly Zehra, who was our ‘French’ victim for the free-shaping game. As promised, […]
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OhMyDog! behaviour seminar in Den Haag
I had a great time presenting the theory evening in The Hague tonight. Teaching you about the science of dog behaviour so you an raise a well-adjusted, well-behaved pooch. A dog who is dying for his next training session and works for you with all his heart. Thank you to the students for being their […]
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Dog training seminar and day out for the team
We got to go to an all-day seminar by the IMDT‘s Nando Brown all together. It was a ton of fun, as expected. Nando is a true showman. He uses his informal, funny, irreverent style to get his passionate message across: we need to train dogs in a humane and playful way. Nando is one […]
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A sample from our puppy class
Many dog owners are curious about what our puppy classes entail. They sign up, but they are not sure what is involved. This is why we asked Lucy Irvine to create a video of our classes. Note: this was filmed on our old field. We have moved since then. Enjoy the cuteness! Click […]
