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Advanced obedience competition at OhMyDog!
On Monday 13 May 2019, 19.00-21.00, OhMyDog Hondentraining Den Haag is organising its first Advanced Obedience olympic games. The Advanced Obedience students will be showing off what they have learnt over the past ten weeks, and will be competing for the Golden cup! Students who have competed will be entertained with a free […]
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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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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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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 […]
