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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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It’s back to school for The Hague’s dogs
After two weeks of well-deserved rest, your friendly dog nerds are back for the obedience and puppy lessons from Wednesday 27 July 2016. Click here for the lesson schedule. We can’t wait to meet our new students! Welcome back to school, doggies! Na twee weken rust en vakantie, zijn jouw vriendelijke hondennerds terug voor de gehoorzaamheid en puppy lessen vanaf woensdag 27 […]
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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 […]
