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Classes at Annorlunda
12th of October 2024
Today we had a very interesting class at Annorlunda for our study Dog Behavioral Therapist. Theme for today: agressive behavior. Lots of new insights were shown! It was educational and we had a very nice day!
From now on our course packages are expanded with an online theoretical class
9th of October 2024
From now on we are expanding our course packages with an online theoretical class. This means that our Puppy Training and Basic Obedience 1 course packages will consist of 8 practical classes and 1 online theoretical class. Our Basic Obedience 2 Course Package will consist of 10 practical classes and 1 online theoretical class. Current Minerva students will receive an invitation to the online theoretical class.
No classes on the 15th and 22nd of September because of holidays
14th of September 2024
At this moment we are on Holiday. Therefore there will be no classes on the 15th and 22nd of September. We hope to see everyone back on the 29th of September!
Basic Workshop Tellington TTouch for Dogs
8th of August 2024
On July 20, 2024, we attended a great workshop with Aiden: Tellington TTouch for dogs! Highly recommended for all dog owners. The Workshop was given by Tellington TTouch Practitioner Saskia Blok. After a theoretical explanation of this method, she took us into the world of TTouch and explained and demonstrated various basic techniques. What is Tellington TTouch? This is a method to help animals with behavioural problems or physical complaints or even help with the upbringing. The founder of this method is Linda Tellington-Jones and she developed this technique in the 1970s. The method uses bodywork, groundwork and tools where you really work on relaxation, better posture and balance. Today we got acquainted with the different touches, which have been given very appropriate animal names or related to animals, such as Noah's March, Clouded Leopard and Llama TTouch!
Would you also like to follow this interesting workshop?
See for more information: TTouch4animals – Voor een huisdier in balans
New blog: Dangerous plants for dogs
6th of August 2024
We have already talked about it in our lessons. Which plants should you pay attention to this summer? To make this a little clearer, we have also put this in an overview in our new blog: Dangerous plants for dogs. Very handy to take a look at!
Coming soon: Hoopers for Beginners!
23rd of July 2024
It is almost time! Soon we will start the course Hoopers for Beginners! Do you want to be able to send your dog across a parcours? Do you want to be active with your dog and just have some fun? Then this is the course for you!
The course will be given on Saturday morning and consists of 5 lessons of 45 minutes for 98 euros. We train in small groups and are Nadac Hoopers certified trainers (https://www.nadac-hoopers-nederland.nl)
More details will follow. Are you already interested? Let us know via info@minervadogtraining.nl!
Certification for Hoopers Instructor
8th of June 2024
Today we obtained our certification as a Hoopers Instructor at Nadac Hoopers Netherlands! We have wanted to achieve this for a while and are proud to call ourselves Hoopers Instructor! Soon we will start with beginner courses for Hoopers!
We have been added to the website as certified trainers: Noord-Holland :: Nadac Hoopers Nederland (nadac-hoopers-nederland.nl)
Raad van Beheer Knowledge Tour: Help the overstimulated dog
18th of May 2024
Last Wednesday we went to the Knowledge Tour of the Raad van Beheer. The topic: Help the overstimulated dog. The lecture was given by Monique Bladder and Erica Bokelmann. The topic was overstimulation in dogs. When are we talking about overstimulation and especially when is it something else than overstimulationt? Dogs are often called overstimulated, but there are really big nuances in this and not every dog is overstimulated. It was an interesting lecture and we learned a lot from it!
Masterclass: Pain
11th of May 2024
Today we followed an interesting course at Annorlunda on the topic: Pain in dogs. Everyone recognizes acute pain. The dog clearly shows that something hurts. Most often, the dog will also whine from fright and if he stepped in something, the paw will go up!
With chronic pain it is a different story. A dog with chronic pain experiences pain for a longer period of time and the signs are less clear. Because a dog cannot talk, it is up to us to recognize pain in a dog as much as possible. Today we attended a day of lessons on chronic pain in the musculoskeletal system. Theory and practice were combined to create an interesting day full of new insights!
