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Puppy class in The Hague: socialisation to kids
Last week was kids’ day at OhMyDog! hondenschool Den Haag. The idea behind the exercise? To expose the pups to as many calm and positive interactions with kids as possible without overwhelming them. This, to teach them that kids are neither something to be afraid of, nor something to get all excited about. We invited […]
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Dog training school: What is a Behaviour Coach?
Written by Chad van Gessel, Behaviour Coach, November 2016 Picture credits at the end of the post. No modifications were made to any of the illustrations. About Chad Chad studied Animal Management, has his own dog food delivery company here in The Hague, works for the Dierenambulance, and is one of our Behaviour Coaches at the dog […]
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Puppy socialisation in The Hague: wheelie bins
OhMyDog!’s puppy trainer Tommaso demonstrating the key to exposing the pups to potentially scary stimuli: at such a distance that the pup NOTICES but DOES NOT MIND This time, we are getting them used to the sound of a big wheelie bin being rolled around. We instruct the dogs’ guardians to make a reward sound […]
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Welcome to our dog training team in The Hague, Janneke
We are really happy to count Janneke van der Laan as one of our trainers. Janneke brings impressive baggage with her: Janneke… has a Master’s in neuroscience, is a PhD candidate in dog welfare, is a university lecturer on animal behaviour, has a postgraduate specialisation in applied companion animal behaviour, is an experienced foster-carer for special needs […]
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New obedience 1 classes start tonight
After our last bunch of happy graduates two weeks ago, we are happy to welcome, for the Dutch-speaking class: Sem, Jax, Roos, Muis, Nala (our first Chinese crested!) and Bindy for the English-speaking class: Sam, Alvin, Hamlet, Jarrah and Laos I will be the instructor for the English-speaking class. I will be assisted by our Janneke. For the […]
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New class schedule is out for March 2016
The latest class schedule is out. Our new cycle for Obedience 1 starts on Wednesday 2 March 2016. To register, click here. For the timetable in Dutch, click here.
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OhMyDog! is moving to the Meer en Bos
[photo and illustration credits at the bottom] What a crazy ride this has been for us since April 2015… This is the story of the sad exodus of your friendly dog nerds in The Hague… And those unicorns! For two years, we used to train in a beautiful quiet field in Scheveningen. We even had […]
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Janneke: One intern leaves, one intern arrives
As sad as we are that Debbie is approaching the end of her ten-week dog training internship, we are happy to welcome Janneke as she starts hers. Janneke studied Cognitive Neuroscience with a focus in animal behaviour and welfare. Janneke is a researcher at the University of Utrecht where she works on dog behaviour and welfare […]
