PDTE 2013 Summer Newsletter

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Summer 2013 Issue 21
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Contents:
Board´s corner_____________________________________ 3
Welcome our new members ____________________ 4
To all Country Representatives _________________ 8
In memorian - Leonardo Massaro _ _____________ 9
Message from
the president
Dear members, committee members, and helpers,
Boards corner
Do
something
beautiful
Message from the new editor__________________ 10
Greetings from - The Netherlands______________11
Greetings from - Belgium _______________________ 12
Greetings from - Czech Republic _____________ 14
Greetings from - Belgium _______________________ 18
What’s up in 2013 _ _______________________________ 19
Invitation to the AGM 2013_____________________20
you will have noticed some changes in website, adress, editor,
and board - which is normal and natural in an organization.
There will always be an ongoing process of changes as long as
there are people involved, and even more so when the organization
is as international and widespread as ours. It means more
fun, but also more challenges of course, but I welcome changes
because it means there are certain dynamics going on - which is
necessary for a live and energetic organization.
We do see what happens when a group of people, or an individual,
gets stuck in ways and methods and cannot change at all -
not good. Always look around, look forward, and try to develop,
get better, try new things. Brain scientists tell us how important
it is to exercise your brain if you want to keep it fit for thinking,
and when you get stuck in the same things over and over again
the brain goes to sleep. The same happens to your dogs - the
same routines, walks and training every day deprive their brains
of any development. Go new places, do new things, but first
and foremost: let dogs explore, using their senses for all they are
worth. Make it a challenge to find new sources of exploration!
That way you also use your own brain a little, which is a bonus
effect, of course !
So I wish you all a wonderful summer with lots of exploring,
both for you and your dogs, challenging your senses and developing
brains - just imagine how smart and clever you will all be
when we meet in the autumn ! I can’t wait......
See you in the Netherlands at the AGM - at least most of you -
and do looking forward to that.
Turid
Turid Rugaas
President
Boks 109, 3361 Geithus, Norway
Phone: +47 (0) 32 780 987
E-Mail: turidrug@frisurf.no
Website: www.turid-rugaas.no
Max Muir
UNDERSTUDY
4 Borthwick Castle Terrace
North Middleton
By Gorebridge, Midlothian EH23 4QU
Scotland
Tel: +44 (0) 1875 825552
Mobile: +44 (0) 7999 866989
E-Mail: info@action4dogs.co.uk
Website: www.action4dogs.co.uk
Nelis Verhoeven
MEMBERSHIP AND MEETING
SECRETARY
Zandstraat 3, 5984 PA Koningslust
Tel: +31 (0) 7746 78 619
Mobile: +31 (0) 6227 55 214
E-Mail: membership@pdte.eu
Website: www.calmingsigns.nl
Winkie Spiers
CHAIRMAN
121 Harbut Road, London SW11 2RD
England
Phone: +44 (0) 207 924 3744
Mobile: +44 (0) 7718 332 914
E-Mail: winkie@winkiespiers.com
Website: www.winkiespiers.com
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(Albert Schweitzer)
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Welcome new our members
The Netherlands
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Hanneke van der Woud
Hi, my name is Hanneke van der
Woud. I have shared my life with many
dogs of many different breeds and
with different backgrounds. Some
of them were just pups and some of
them were already mature when I first
met them.
I am especially interested in how we
can enrich the life of our dogs. I’d like
to be able to teach people how they
can become their dog’s best friend. To
treat their dogs with respect and love,
just as we treat our human friends.
Nowadays I work in a shelter in
Amsterdam and there I do what they
call ‘brainwork’: groundwork, balance
exercises, treat search and so on.
England
I am a forty-six year old woman, a
wife (married twenty years), mother
of one nine and 3/4 year old boy and
a born lover of dogs! I was born in the
West of Canada and know the beauty
and pleasure of spending time with
a dog-friend in our pristine Canadian
nature, with mosses underfoot and
the smell of pine and salt air to inhale.
I was brought up by my mother, who
allowed me to choose a rescue dog
when I was ten years old. I named
him ‘Muffin’ much to the chagrin of
my parents! We also had two beagles
for Muffin to share our Northern
Canadian home with at the time.
Muffin was the only one of the dogs
to survive the harshness of the North.
I was lucky enough to spend almost
all my summers on the island of
Gabriola, off of Vancouver Island in
British Columbia, Canada. These were
idyllic days spent swimming in the
ocean, beachcombing and also doing
‘nothing’ for almost two months!
Our permanent family home is on
this island. When my husband Brett
and I first got married (three years
after our wedding), we convinced my
mother to give us their second dog, a
Westie puppy, who, at six months of
age, was proving too ‘active’ for them!
We named her Bonnie and we spent
almost seventeen glorious years with
her, experiencing many adventures,
living in three countries – we learnt
a lot from her. When Bonnie passed
away this late February, I realized a
dream of helping to foster better
understanding between dogs and
Laura Dobb
humans and by embarking upon taking
the Trainer Education Program with
Turid Rugaas starting next May 2014 in
The Netherlands, I hope to make this
dream a reality.
My name is Rachaël Jansen. I live with
my two children of 14 and 11 in the village
of Milsbeek. Near German woods
and small lakes and the bigger city of
Nijmegen. Our three dog companions
are: two Welsh corgi’s and a rescue
dog: a cross between a Rottweiler and
a Beaceron.
In 2003 I started to learn more about
dogs. O & O diploms and the diplom
of behaviourist from Barneveld followed.
I worked a couple of years as a
trainer and behaviourist. But I did feel I
..
Michelle Vrolijk
My name is Michelle Vrolijk. I was
born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
in 1963 and I moved to Amstelveen
in 1974. If I would explain my way of
thinking and working with dogs in key
words I would choose words as: com-
missed out an important link: the feeling
of living together with your dog
on more harmonic grounds. I was so
happy to be able to get the opportunity
to learn from Turid Rugaas. It felt
that what I missed could be filled in:
more necessary knowledge and room
for the love we feel for the dog. And
of course the owner.
Learning from dogs and their owners,
learning from you. Sharing experiences.
I’m looking forward to it. And hope to
make a good contribution myself.
munication, respect, trust, choices,
time, patience, mutual understanding,
experiences, support, (self)confidence,
looking at the bigger picture, the individuals
pace and balance.
Over the years I attended various
workshops and seminars, in my opinions
all based upon the above mentioned
key words.
Please find below the ones that had
the biggest impact on me:
• OCN accreditation level 4 – Sheila
Harper (I hope to finish this in 2014)
• IDBTS course – Sheila Harper
• Calming signals - Turid Rugaas
• The emotional lives of animals -
Marc Bekoff
I did not only learn a lot about dogs.
Rachael Jansen
It made me also think about life, my
own life and my influence on animals
and humans. And how they influence
my life again. I learned to look at the
bigger picture.
As to my fields of interest:
• Dog-dog, dog-human and humanhuman
relationships
• Whole-lifestyle approach re living
with dogs
• Canine communication and body
language
• Nose work
Roz Pooley
I grew up surrounded by animals. In
2010 I left my full time job to start my
own pet care company. One aspect of
the company is dog walking and I walk
groups of dogs together throughout
the day.
Heather has a wealth of canine experience
and knowledge which has been
gained by a lifetime of living, and
working with dogs, She is a qualified
dog psychologist and also a qualified
clicker trainer.
She has had dogs all her life. She
has worked with a full hunt pack of
hounds, and terriers, gun dogs and
other working breeds, advising on
welfare, breed type and often rehoming
and rehabilitating them on retirement.
All these dogs worked the field
I grew up surrounded by animals. In
2010 I left my full time job to start my
own pet care company. One aspect of
the company is dog walking and I walk
groups of dogs together throughout
the day.
I decided I wanted to understand
dogs as best as I could and fortunatly
Turid’s Calming Signals and Martina
Scholz Stress In Dogs were amongst
the first books I read. This pointed
me in the direction of communicating
with dogs in a way they understand
better and working towards helping
them be happy and stress free.
After studying for two and a half
years I started to help my clients who
daily. She has been working with and
advising people with their problems
for the last 20+ years, and currently
works alongside Vets 4 Pets Durham,
as their behaviour consultant and recommended
trainer as well as assessing
the temperaments of dogs for local
rescue and rehoming centres.
She runs HPPL Canine Services where
she works full time as a trainer/behavioural
consultant.
owned dogs with behavioural issues
and eventually started to offer it as a
service.
I have studied a diploma in canine
behavior with the British College of
Canine Studies and have also been
fortunate to persuade Turid to come
and teach me at my home in December
2012.
I have also recently started my IDBTS
with Sheila Harper.
I have three rescue dogs from abroad
and spend a lot of my free time helping
rescue organisations.
I visit spain once a year to volunteer
(assess dogs, create profiles and promote
for rehoming).
Heather Purdy
Welcome our new members 5
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The centre which offers a full range of
training services from puppy to severe
problems, including aggression, (dog
on dog, and dog on people aggression)
All types of positive re enforcement
training and also behavioural training
and modification, all programmes are
individually tailored to suit both dogs
and owners.
Karen Webb
My name is Karen, I live in the North
East of England with my husband Alan,
7dogs and 2 donkeys. I have been
a dog owner living in a multi- dog
household for almost 30 years, during
which time I have shared my life with
many wonderful dogs from puppy to
older rescue.
In 2005 Webster my Airedale Terrier
aged 9mths arrived. He had already
had two homes due to being “very
boisterous and un-trainable”. To say
he hit us like a whirlwind is an understatement!
I wanted to understand him and I
wanted a kind and compassionate
In July 2012, I left my job (where I was
an employee with a medical malpractice
insurance broker for over 17 years)
to pursue a career working with dogs,
which are my passion. I initially studied
for Levels 1 and 2 in Dog Grooming
(which I successfully passed) and was
accepted to undergo Level 3 at college,
however due to a shoulder/neck
injury, I was no longer able to pursue
this career. I still wanted to work with
dogs and therefore decided to study
canine psychology/behavior. I have
a Diploma with the Open College in
Canine Psychology and I am approximately
halfway through a Diploma
with the International School of
Canine Psychology. Upon graduation
(hopefully later this year), I am plan-
Clicker training courses, and one to
one lessons, temperament assessment
and rehabilitation of rescue dogs,
working lurchers and greyhounds.
Educational courses aimed at Ks1&2
students are also undertaken.
Heather is a master trainer with the
Guild of Dog Trainers and a Proud
member of The Pet Professional Guild
way of working with him. He was to
start me on a journey which I never
imagined.
Since attending Dog Communication
Courses in 2006, I have been working
with dogs and owners with behavioural
problems, together with supporting
my local RSPCA with rescue dogs. I
also receive veterinary referrals.
I found myself questioning information
and the various methods. Recognising
that a lot of the information I
had been given was not only outdated
but factually incorrect. There is “no
one size fits all” method and then of
course there is the “Alpha Myth”!
My search for information and knowledge
has taken me on several trips to
watch and study wolves in the wild in
Yellowstone’s National Park, Montana.
Also to Wolf Park in Indiana a
course studying The Ethology of Wolf
Behaviour & Captive Management of
Wolves. I will never forget the most
amazing and humbling experience
actually being in the presence of such
a magnificent animal.
ning to start my own canine psychology/behavior
company.
I additionally volunteer for a group
of rescue centers in the UK where
I undergo Home checks for dogs
looking for their ‘forever home’. I also
undergo transportation for the rescue
centers and have signed up as a foster
home also.
I have two dogs, a Dalmatian who is
4 years old and a chocolate Labrador
who is 17 months old. Our dogs are a
huge part of our family life and living
in a country setting, we are fortunate
to be able to take them for long walks
every day in the fields. My partner
and I also take the dogs to a training
She is currently awaiting assessment
dates from the Kennel Club for their
KCAi programme.
Heather is also a speaker for Medical
Detection Dogs, and and Educational
speaker for The Blue Cross canine and
equine.
She also trains dogs to be used as
disability aid dogs in her organisation
HPPL Assistance Support Alert dogs.
Being aware of the work and books by
Turid Rugaas I wanted to know more.
I have been very fortunate to attend
a 2 day seminar in Rome, and recently
a 4 day Intensive Behaviour Training
course with Turid Rugaas.
The PDTE AGM in Edinburgh was not
only interesting and informative but so
refreshing, as a non member to receive
such a warm and friendly welcome,
finding myself amongst like minded
people who wanted to share their
knowledge and experiences. A special
thank you goes to Winkie Spiers for
her wise words of advice and encouragement.
I recognise the importance of continued
education, and having up to date
knowledge & skills. I try to attend
as many seminars and educational
courses as possible .I am currently a
student on the Sheila Harper IDBTS
course. I am thrilled to be attending
the Dog Symposium in Oslo
I am very much looking forward to
being a member of the PDTE.
Karen Irwin
session each Sunday morning where
they have both progressed into the
intermediate class, which includes
agility work.
My name is Dawn Allen. I have current
qualifications in Canine behaviour and
training at OCN Level 4 (Equivalent to
a Foundation Degree) and an OCN L2.
I am the founder and sole proprietor
of Four Positive Paws, a business that
teaches canine life skills for real life,
calm dogs and happy owners. I provide
one to one behaviour consultations,
group classes and workshops and specialised
dog walking for dogs that are
unable to be walked or travel in groups
due to behaviour and or health issues.
My workshops include topics that
are of particalar interest to people
that own, are thinking about getting
or work with dogs. and are open to
anyone that wants to develop their
understanding and knowledge. The
topics include, Understanding Canine
Communication, Stress in Dogs’, Good
Socialisation and Understanding and
Preventing Dog to Dog reactivity.
Lauren Aitken
I love dogs and the more I learn
about them the more fascinating they
become! I am amazed that after the
way we humans have treated them for
millennia, they are still willing to walk
alongside us.
I’m originally from Virginia, USA, but
moved to the UK in 1980 and now live
I started my canine learning journey
with my first rescue dog seven years
ago. I now have three rescue dogs
and run a successful dog training and
behaviour business. I also volunteer
for Rescue Remedies Staffie Rescue as
a walker and fosterer. I have particular
interest in canine life skills and am
motivated to educate people with the
objective of creating and developing
a deeper understanding of dogs
that improves both owners and dogs
quality of life for those that have dogs
that present unwanted behaviour and
owners that wish to avoid unwanted
behaviour developing.
Historically I attended a number of
traditional obedience/instructor led
dog training classes. I felt that there
might be alternative possibilities to
teaching. educating and learning that
would help me to have a better understanding
of my dogs that embraced
in the Scottish Borders with my partner
and our lovely dog, Lucy, a young
and vibrant Deerhound Lurcher we
rescued at 10 weeks. She was a challenging
puppy but through positive
training and a gentle hand she is now
a sweet girl who shows no aggression
toward other dogs or people and who
has excellent recall.
I have shared a large part of my life
with dogs but have also had periods
when I felt that having a dog was not
the right choice because of my lifestyle
and work. Happily those days are
gone and our life is very well suited to
canine comfort!
A few years ago I started to study dog
behaviour and began volunteering at a
local shelter. I obtained one diploma
Dawn Allen
real life situations.My search led me to
Sheila Harper. I attended my first short
course in April 2010 and have since
attended many of Sheilas courses the
most recent being the IDBTS (International
Dog Behaviour and Training
School).
and am currently studying for an Advanced
Diploma in Canine Behaviour
Management. My goal is to work with
shelter dogs, to offer support to dog
owners, and to teach children/adults
how to understand and respect their
dogs. I am also interested in new ideas
about canine intelligence and higher
emotions.
Like many people my age, I was taught
to use punishment training (something
I was never comfortable with) but have
left that behind in favour of positive
reinforcement. So many people still
use punitive measures to train their
dogs and I want to be part of a movement
to help people change.
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Italy
Italy
Enrico Bonezzi
Greetings! My name is Enrico Bonezzi,
I ‘am 27 years old and I come from
Reggio Emilia (Italy). I ‘am a student of
Turid Rugaas IDTE in The Netherlands
(2012/2013) at ‘Calming Signs Centrum’
in Koningslust near Eindhoven.
As I remember my family had always
been with animals, my grandpa was a
‘Pigeon Trainer’. All summers we went
in a country house at 10 km. from the
city and there I had a lot of experience
with bugs, cats (we had 2) and also
‘Bullo’ (Duke was his real name) a
Dalmatian from a farmer’s house
nearby. He was my friend, I gave him
bread and he followed me for hours.
When I was still a kid we moved to
another house with a garden and we
adopted ‘Margot’ a German Sheppard
mix from the shelter. She was
found with her brothers and sisters in
a hole, made from the mom. She was
so sweet but a little stressed. Unfortunately
she died because she was
poisoned with a meatball thrown in
my garden when she was adult.
4 years later, I was 21 and decided to
have another dog, an American Akita
named Sound (my actual dog, now
5 years old). I had it when he was 10
weeks. From the beginning I started
learning a new world, this dog behaved
differently from my previous experiences
and I was fascinated. I learned a
lot and I didn’t gave back what that he
deserved, as always happened!
Now (thanks to Turid’s education) I
have the tools, the philosophy and I
feel I can do something for both dogs
and humans that live with them. I’ll
never stop being hungry for knowledge
and give all myself to help these
beautiful animals.
In memoriam
Leonardo Massaro
Italy
Vittoria Montanari
I am sorry there has been so few messages
from me this past half year, but
with the change of home page adress
and so on I did not have a common
adress for you all together, and then it
became complicated (for me !). Now
I get a group adress for you, and the
communication future seems much
brighter. I have missed the contact.
The new list of country representatives,
with a few changes since last,
will be published on the web site.
I remind you to send law changes in
your country, or whatever of interest
is happening, to me or the editor or
the board. If you arrange meetings
Hi everyone! My name is Vittoria
Montanari, I come from Italy (Fano –
Pesaro) and I’m 26 years old. I always
had a dog by my side, since I was a
baby girl. I’m currently studying at IDTE
Turid Rugaas’ education at ‘Calming
Signs’ near Eindhoven. I was always interested
and observing their language,
but only thanks to this education I can
understand and respect it completely.
I really love all kind of dogs. My actually
dog is a pointer mix named Danka
To all Country Representatives
with members, we would like to hear
about it, and if you would like to tell
about interesting seminars, speakers,
or other things: please remember to
share information with all our members
!
Have a wonderful summer - I will
meet many of you at seminars, AGM
and maybe the Oslo symposium in
March - in the meantime I hope you
enjoy summer wherever you are with
your dogs.
I will be here - at my little farm -
charging batteries for the next season.
Happy holidays, all of you.
Turid
(now 7 years old), I took her from the
animal shelter when I was 18 and she
was only 4 months and already being
used from an homeless guy…
She made me discover how much I
want to be with dogs. I really want to
help any other dog that needs a guide
in this world and make the people understand
how to love them properly.
I hope to help to make the difference!
Cheers!
One of our treasured members, Leonardo Massaro from Italy, died in April, and it is a big
loss to PDTE, dog people in general , and we who have been his friends also privately for
many years.
Leonardo and his wife Rita started Haqihana, and with creativity and insight and visions for
the future they have done more for dogs than we can imagine. For dogs in Italy, but also
for dogs all over the world.
They started to publish dog books in Italian, then started to make DVDs, spending a lot of
time, energy and money in making the DVDs that to-day are so popular and selling continuously
in several languages, all over the world. Leonardo had plans for many more, and Rita
and her helpers are continuing this work. Then they arranged seminars, dog trainer educations,
lectures in Italy, and Haqihana has sponsored several of PDTE AGMs the recent years,
helping us having the really good standard we have achieved with these annual meetings.
And they developed and started to produce the Haqihana harnesses and leashes - now
sold all over the world, and being such an incredible help to dogs everywhere.
Leonardo was a unique person with creativity and visions, but also the willpower to put
them into practice. I can truly say he was one of the most admirable people I have ever
met, and I am so grateful for having had the honour of knowing him and working with him.
He could teach any of us how it is possible to make dreams come true when it is important
to you.
Leonardo was never a dog trainer, but all the things he started and carried out for the benefit
of dogs were so much more important, and his love for dogs was absolutely genuine.
He was a doctor by profession, and used his medical insight building up a company that
produced some devices for hospital use, and this company, New Scientific, will go on also.
Leonardo’s creative mind is in that way also benefiting people.
It will always be an empty space after him, and I will always miss him, but we can honour his
work and this unique personality . His legacy will go on far into the future, and he cleared
the road for many of us. He will be remembered.
In loving memory of Leonardo,
Turid, President of PDTE
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Fellow PDTE members,
Laying here before you, is the newest issue of the PDTE
news! This magazine will arrive at your doorstep 4 times a
year, and is put together with content from us members, for
us members! That means that we need your input to inform
and educate others on: experiences, books or articles you
have read, seminars or workshops you have attended, and
things you have done (dog wise). If you have an article to
share with your fellow members, maybe with a nice photo
or 2… please send it to fenna@doggz.nl so we can use it in
the next issue of the PDTE news. Also if you have this brilliant
picture of your (or ‘a) dog, please share it with us!
I wish to thank the former editor (Raili) and Adelaide for all
the work they have done on the PDTE news up until now,
and I realize that there is a lot of work and input needed
to get it done on time, looking great and having wonderful
content to make it fun to read. Fenna (who does all the layout
and graphic work), and I will do our best to insure you
enjoy this newsletter for many issues to come.
That big yellow ball that used to be high above us, seems
to finally have returned to its rightful spot in the European
sky… summer is finally here! We (dog people) usually get
very excited when this time arrives, because we get to do
all this fun stuff with our canine (and somewhat less hairy)
friends! But this also means that the temperatures drastically
increase and we have to tell people to watch out for
ticks (check the dog on a daily bases), don’t exercise them
so much (they usually do way to much already), and don’t
leave them in the car! Not even for a minute…
Today I heard on the Dutch radio that a car was found
in the bleeding sun with a dog inside outside a big store.
Some people saw that the dog was nearly dead, and called
the police. They came, broke a window and took the poor
(nearly dead) dog to the police station. When the rightful
owner showed up at the police station to pick up their dog,
they were fined € 500,- for animal abuse! I was pleased to
Dylan (one of our dogs) takes his
daily skin care treatment
Message from the new editor
hear that the authority did not take this lightly. Although
personally I would first brake the window and rescue the
dog, and then call the police…
Oh, before I forget… on facebook I was following a group
that is called “dog observation skills” or something of this
order, I was added by a “friend” and sometimes I see these
post go by that contain a picture or short film of a dog
that gets scrutinized by all these people saying: Ummmm
yesss, I see a whale eye…. Tight muscles in the facial area….
Ummmm maybe the ears are turned backwards… Ummm
yessss…. Black spot on face with two holes in it… Ummmm
Oh, it’s a nose! No really, these people scrutinize all these
details but really can’t see the dog anymore! Last Friday I
saw they posted a dreadful short film of a man with a dog
on a choke chain standing in a store talking to someone
else. The man really yanks the choke chain compulsively
every 5 seconds no matter what the dog does (he is not
even watching the dog when he does this), and you see the
dog asking for help and you see him miserably waiting for
the pain to come… I read the remarks of this post… Everyone
starts summing up details of his body language! It’s
like watching someone get tortured and saying, Ummmm
yesss…. Blood from left ear…. Fingers have funny shape after
the thingie with the hammer… Hmmmm, tense facial muscles,
perhaps a little whale eye there? Hmmm….
Get my drift, dear readers? So I replied to this post, saying:
OMFG, why does nobody do anything about this dog being
abused!... and you know what? They removed my reply… not
because of the third of the first 4 letters, but because they
could not get emotionally involved…
So please fellow PDTE members, promise me this thing…
please DO be emotionally involved! Finally this is what
makes us “human” after all…
Cheers,
Ed van den Berg
Greetings from
member countries
The
Netherlands
Meeting Dutch and Belgian PDTE members
On April the 14th 2013 a meeting took
place in The Netherlands for all the
Dutch and Belgian PDTE members.
The meeting was organized to meet
each other, to get to know each better
and to exchange new experiences. We
were happy to see the positive
reactions on the invitations and that a
large portion of the members was
present on this day.
We started with a introduction round.
All who were present are mainly
trainers and behavioural therapist. During
the introduction round, we found
out we all are very busy already, which
is certainly a good sign. We talked
extensively about the way of teaching,
training and managing our dogs
schools.
We also agreed we wanted to talk
about a number of topics. So we
talked about the following topics, with
a nice lunch in between:
• Start with a Presentation by Ellen
Huijs she showed us self-made dogs
banks
• Discussion: ideal day care for dogs
realize by Ria
• Discussion: Bite incidents and
seizure in the Netherlands
• We create a list of vets, medical/
therapists for members, who do
good work in the Netherlands/
Belgium
• Shared upcoming events in the
Netherlands/Belgium and shared
experiences of events we visits
• Discussion: can each dog(breed) live
in a city or even in the Netherlands?
• Cases discussion: Lunging (shepherds)
dogs.
While discussing a topic we exchange
each other’s experiences and good
ideas regarding the topic.
On the side, we updated ourselves
with the latest movements in the dog
world in the Netherlands and Belgium.
Every PDTE member of the Netherlands
and Belgium have received an
extensive report of the day, specially
made by Ellen Huijs.
We had a lovely day, which is definitely
worth repeating. To keep the team
spirit high, we want to rebuild the
website of the AGM (pdte.nl) after the
AGM in Netherlands. We will use the
site to promote the Dutch and Belgian
members and our activities.
Agnes Degen and Ellen Huijs
Because we don’t see each other on a
very regular base, it was very pleasant
to be amongst professionals with the
same thoughts again. Also, it was very
good and nice to hear and share, how
to deal with time management or just
how other fill in the classes and
trainings.
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member countries
Rasemotte (“Ras”)
The whisky swilling foster
On 04/08/2011, gentle patient Rasemotte decided to continue her journey elsewhere.
Marina
Gates Fleming
Belgium
She appreciated being able to move
with greater ease and we put down
rubber backed carpet in the kitchen
to help her get out of the baskets and
bought her a new “non-rigid” basket
as we felt it would be easier for her to
get in and out of … but that tended to
get taken over by the younger ones if
she was not quick enough. As always
though, Ras allowed life to happen
around her and she enjoyed just
watching it happen.
Spring came early and Madame Ras
enjoyed sun bathing in her basket on
the terrace and on the grass.
She was found in some woods in
September 2010 and came to live with
us in November when the Rescue volunteers
put out an appeal for a foster
family as she was due to be put to
sleep. I drove some 2 hours unsure of
what I would find … the rescue centre
is very hard up with many kennels
having between 4 and 10 dogs in them
… parvo and other diseases rampant…
Ras had not been vaccinated when
she was brought in to the Centre as
they thought she would not survive …
and therefore was being kept separate
from the other dogs in the office
“bathroom”. Nevertheless she was not
recovering and hard decisions had to
be taken … hence the appeal by the
volunteers …
… as the winter set in we got some weight onto her, the osteopath came to
relieve some of her back and hip pain, we got some Bach flower remedies and
Schüssler salts sorted out for her and life became brighter … she was even able
to move with greater ease and come on short “plays” with the other members
of the pack…
But then Ras started to get herself ready for her next great journey – she added a
wee dram of whiskey to her daily staple and started to sleep more and more and
as the days went by, she ate less, then stopped eating… she was ready…
She went to sleep under the cherry tree in the garden… her friends all bid her
farewell in their own way.
As the weather was particularly kind
to old bones last spring with warmth
and minimal humidity, Ras’ mobility allowed
us to go on “mini-saunters” here
and there so that Ras could enjoy the
new grass and the smells of spring.
Ras, probably about 14 years old, was
in pretty poor condition some 10kgs
too thin and hardly able to walk…
nothing much was staying in her but
those gentle eyes had a will to live in
them… The first 3 weeks were touch
and go…
Very quickly though, a “special bond” developed between Ras and Imaree (the
then youngest member of the pack).
Her soulful eyes, her gentle touch, her soft tail swish – everything about Ras was
gentle. Not once had she minded the boisterous youngsters barging into her or
lying on top of. We will not forget her little kangaroo hops when food was being
presented.
A kind soul - she brought peace and we thank her
As spring approached – Ras was able to roll over onto her back … and this
seemed to give her such pleasure … I think probably had been a long time since
she had been able to do something like that…
Marina Gates Fleming
www.happyandrealxeddogs.com
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Greetings from
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The adventures of a little
Czech Veterinarian in Bilbao
Bilbao, Spain, David Mech seminar
The journey was funny. Fun started at
the Munich airport. While leaving the
plain I saw black BMW parking near
the plane, I thought that it is the
regular car for airport stuff, told to
myself – yes, they are much richer in
Munich than in Prague, so that even
airport stuff can drive black BMW
limousines. But than black guy stand
out with tag „airport limousine
service“ and that time I understand it
is the „bus“ for the first class passengers.
Munich airport is much bigger
than airport in Prague and such a small
planes land far away from gates. I left
the plane among last passengers, so
that I was able to leave the bus among
first. I was still in sleep mode and
sovereignty hit the glass door of
Terminal 2 (flight to Bilbao was from
this terminal), It was closed but I
recognized that too late. The flight
was at 6:30 am from Prague, I was still
sleeping in Munich and that was the
result. One guy from France asked me
if I am from USA, mend that I am so
stupid, so that I have to be from USA,
but I did not get this “joke” at that
moment.
Than I wanted to buy some water to
drink, the woman had so strong
Bavarian accent, so that I was not able
to understand what she was asking. I
can speak German quite well, but in
my sleeping mode and together with
how she was speaking was my German
useless. Despite that I managed to buy
the water and finish small paper for
Czech woman magazine about how to
pick up the puppy or kitten. I was
lucky, because it was my only chance
to finish that paper.
Bilbao airport is really small, much
smaller that in Prague, only about 10
gates and among hills where are many
cows. I was able find in my dictionary
how to ask the driver if he goes to the
city and which stop should I leave. He
answered „terminario“, but this
vocabulary was not in my dictionary. I
was thinking what does it mean, but
finally decided that it has to be the
last stop, I was lucky, that was true.
While leaving the bus I asked in
Spanish which direction I should go to
the hotel. He was speaking only
Spanish so that he has to use his hand
and legs to explain, because I was not
able to understand the directions in
Spanish.
When I arrived to the hotel, I found
out in dictionary how to say in Spanish
„Do I have the reservation for tonight?“
The woman at the reception
was happy, when finished the sentence
for me with the smile, later I found out
that she is able to speak Spanish only.
So that every time I needed something
I have to use my dictionary, hands and
legs. I finished 8 lessons of audio
course only, before I left Czech
Republic. So that I was able to
understand something somehow, but
was not able to speak so much. But
she remembered me and was giving
me the keys automatically every time I
passed around. I did not know how to
say numbers in Spanish, so that I was
so happy about that. The poor woman
did not ever see Czech ID card I have
to show her, where is the number and
the name, she was totally confused.
Bilbao is very nice city, reminded me
Karlovy Vary, nice Czech spa city. River
flowing deep in-between hills and nice
old houses on the bank. I arrived on
Martina
Naceradska
czech republic
Friday, the day before the seminar to
be able to see the city. I found heaven
in the old town – small shop filled
with the meat only – mostly prosciutto
and pork, have to make some
photos and sent them home. Those
are the only photos I have from Bilbao.
I visited some churches too and was
surprised what they use instead of
candles. There were electric boxes
filled with electronic candles, you can
pay 20 cent and one of the electronic
candles will switch on. I have never
seen such stuff in Czech Republic we
still use candles in churches.
I was so hungry after the walk in rainy
city. I got some snack at the plane, but
it was small. I was thinking where to
go, where is the chance to find
somebody speaking English. Finally
decided to go to shopping center.
Nice lady helped me with the menu
paper, which was all in Spanish, she
was able to speak Spanish only, but her
colleague was able to speak little
English and was able to translate the
names of food for me. I took the
whole menu with chicken. The soup
was fine but the chicken was raw. I
spend few minutes finding in my
dictionary how to say; „That chicken is
raw!“ in Spanish. Nobody paid attention
to me for at least 20 minutes and
I did not know how to ask for some,
but finally when he came I used my
new sentence and showed the meat.
He apologized many times, in English
that the chef will take responsibility
for that, than he gave me an extra
cappuccino, 2 Euros discount and
strawberries with whipped cream. I
was so angry, but stayed calm, because
of he thought that I came from
England, but I was too tired to freak
out. I was flattered that I can speak
English so good:-) That day I thought
that thee worse what could happen to
me is to get raw chicken for dinner...
that was way too wrong!
It was nice walk around the city,
despite rain and cold weather, because
there were not much people and I
liked that. I learned very quickly „no
comprendo“ means I do not understand.
Because there were many
people offering me something. One
woman tried so hard, even started to
speak English to make me to take a
small picture with motorbike with
some stamp in Spanish. She behaved
like she was a member of some
denomination. When I got back to the
hotel I was dead tired, wrote some
emails and fell a sleep.
Seminar started at 10, which was nice
time for me. Prof. Mech is really nice
person, spoke about his research. He
told us that he observed wolves in
1957-62 on Isle Royal wolves, Superior
national east forest 1968-present
(approx. 700 wolves radio collared), in
1986-1995 Denali national Park, in
1996-96 wolf restoration in Yellowstone,
Elle more Island in 1986-2010
during summers. Last place, is very
interesting, there live tame wolves and
during the summer only 1/3 of the
area is melted. Once he disturbed
those wolves while they were about
to go hunting but they surrounded him
and sniff around, were curious. He
made a photo of one of them, when
he turned his head to a side from the
ground. Than his cap felt out and one
of the wolves catch it and chew it,
when he found it is not the food he
let it go. Inbreeding is very common in
this small island population of wolves,
but it does not cause health problems,
only that these wolves have more or
less vertebrae in their spinal cord. He
was observing those wolves only in
summer, was not able do that in
winter, but one year he came and the
wolves were on different place behind
the river which he was not able reach
with his car. So that he decided to use
tracking collar and than he found out
that these wolves travel more than
hundreds of kilometers during the year
even on another islands. That was
really interesting.
Longest recorded dispersal distance
for a wolf was recorded in Finland
- 1092 km. Prof. Mech told us that he
did not go to visit the island for the
research first, he was supposed to
write an article for National geographic
journal first, but the tameness of
those wolves surprised him so much
so that he decided to observe them.
Prof Mech said, that he is sad that he
has not the opportunity to change his
book The wolf, because many years
ago he saw things different as he see it
now. For example the alpha wolf.
There is no fight to became a pack
leader. They just find the partner and
give arise to the family, so that he do
not recommend to use the alpha term
anymore, he rather use the term
breeding wolves. Wolf packs are family
units were parents (breeding wolves)
have naturally highest rank and for
example get first to eat (except for
pups, which get fed). Breeding female
gets food before male does if there is
not much to eat, if they have enough
food they eat all together. Another
interesting information was that the
most frequent natural cause of death
for wolves is to be killed by another
wolf. Other causes are e.g. parvovirus,
mange, human-caused. Natural
mortality in a wolf pack is approximately
30% and about 20% wolves
leave the pack in one year.
He was telling many interesting
information’s for me, like that his
followers on Isle Royal found out that
wolf population do not have huge
influence on reindeer population in
USA – they gave tracking collars to
wolves and to reindeer calves (since
they are 2 days old) and follow both
populations. They also found out that
when if there is high snow is much
easier for the wolves to hunt and the
can kill much more pray in short time.
But they do not kill for fun; they keep
coming back until they eat them all.
They keep them like we keep our food
in refrigerator. During his observations
he found out that wolves hunt inferior
prey (depleted marrow, ticks, hydatid
cysts, arthritis, old, weak, inexperienced
youngsters under weight,
animals with deviant blood markers).
They even filmed whole hunt, how the
wolves find and kill animal suffering
from arthritis.
There is a National wolf center in Ely,
Minnesota, www.wolf.org, where you
can get the right scientific information
about wolves.
I came to ask Prof. Mech during the
first coffee break if he knows about
calming signals. I was surprised with
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the answer. He did not know them; he
told me that he is watching the wolves
mostly from a long distance so that he
did not see anything like that. I
promised him to send Turid Rugaas
work and webpages and I already did
so. It made me so happy that he found
this information interesting and want
to share it with his colleagues. I told
him about Barry Eaton’s book Dominance
and he did not know about that
either so that I was happy to send him
some new information too.
During the lunch break we managed
with Nelis Verhoeven to talk about my
speech in Amsterdam this year in
September. He is really a nice person
and we became a friends after all
things what happened later. We found
out a nice restaurant near the old
town. Had a nice talk and lunch.
While finishing a coffee I turned my
head towards him wanted to tell
something and than two people run
from behind us and grabbed my bag
which I was holding. They were sitting
behind me and waiting for the right
moment. It was too quick I had not
any chance to fight for my bag, and my
husband was glad I did not do that;
those people could harm one easily. I
was standing and watching the ground
where was suppose to be my bag
worth everything – ID card, phone,
driving license, money, camera,
notebook, dictionary. I found out that
I do not remember any phone number
in this stupid situation... I remembered
an email of my husband…
Nelis was so kind that he borrowed me
his phone and I was able to wrote my
husband. I tried to call my parents but
they did not pick up the phone, so
that I left the message to their
neighbor.
I tried to ask the people from restaurant
to call police, but everybody
spoke only Spanish. They gave us only
local number, which we were not able
to reach from Nelis phone. Than I
started to scream in Spanish on them
“call the police!”, that was the moment
when they started to do something. It
was like in bad dream. Police came in
about 15 minutes, spoke all Spanish
only! They were talking to me in
Spanish trying to make me understand,
spoke loud and slow to me... I can
speak English and German but only
bad Spanish. Police guys spoke to
some other guys who had no signs of
Police, their car was not labeled as a
police car, the made me to jump in. I
was thinking, is this a kidnapping or
not? That could happen only to me! I
was thinking, should I scream, or
should I stay calm? I finally decided to
stay calm and wait until they stop the
car, because when you scream
something bad could happen to you...
It was so frustrating,
I did not understand anything, I was
frightened to death...
Finally we stopped at the police
station, that was nice surprise! They
brought me to the waiting room and
left. I was waiting alone in empty
room, than another police guy came,
was also speaking Spanish only. I was
alone in alien environment with
people speaking alien language
without dictionary – it was stolen
together with all my things. But luckily
that guy was able to call somewhere
where was somebody speaking Czech
on the phone. So that I was telling the
phone what was in he bag and the
phone was translating my words into
Spanish. They did not even ask me
how did it happen! Only cataloged
what was in the bag and wrote to the
paper that I left my bag somewhere
and did not pay attention to that.
But I did not know that! Until one guy
at Czech bank, who was speaking
Spanish, translated that to me, when I
was asking them about insurance.
Police guy made me to sign the paper
whole in Spanish, which I did not
understand at all. I did not want to
sign the paper which I do not understand
at all but had no other choice.
Czech embassy was closed until
Monday and my plane was leaving on
Sunday early morning. And without
Passport or ID card or note what
happened to me I did not have
anything. I won’t have a chance to get
home! Because of what the police
wrote how did it happen, without
asking me, I have no chance get
fulfillment of insurance?
But despite that they were nice to me,
tried to call VISA to block my credit
card and than drove me back to the
congress center. I was surprised that
police cannot call outside the Spain. I
needed to let somebody home what
happened, but it was impossible with
the police phone. So that I hoped that
my husband got the email from Nelis
phone. I made it only to the end of
seminar. So that I spend almost half of
Water building, Bilbao
this great one day seminar with
Spanish Police trying to communicate
with hands and legs. Poor Nelis had to
communicate with my frightened
husband on his phone. But he said he
is multitasking, so that he was able to
follow the seminar and write my
husband that I am fine but homeless. I
did not make to pay the hotel, so that
Nelis went with me to the hotel and
paid instead of me.
Than we went to Bilbao shopping
center to have something for dinner.
We chose different restaurant, did not
want to have raw chicken again. All the
restaurants were almost full, because
there was football match in Bilbao
that night; finally we found some nice
calm place near baby corner. Fortunately
there was waitress speaking
little English, so that we were able to
order some food. Nelis food was not
salted enough so that I was happy to
do something for him like use my bad
Spanish to bring some salt for him.
We got the message from my husband
who called German Lufthansa office
to ask them if they allow me to enter
the plain in Munich. They told him
that I have to have English version of
Police report, because if not, nobody
will understand that. My husband was
finding other opportunities how to get
home when Lufthansa Company
would not allow me to enter the plain
because I was not having any ID card.
He concluded that I have to enter the
plain in Bilbao no matter what,
because otherwise I am not able to
make it to my practice until Monday.
We got an idea with Nelis to use the
offer of help of Christina Moro, who
gave me some red “Bilbao”plastick
bags to be able to carry back home my
things, which were at the hotel. We
found some phone number, but an old
woman was picking it up and when we
asked her to tell us the mobile phone
number of Christina she was telling
the number which we were calling.
Since she was speaking only Spanish
and I was speaking only bad Spanish I
asked the waitress to write the
number, which the old woman was
spelling. It was hopeless try.
Finally we decided to find the police
station where I was before and try to
ask the Police to write the report in
English. I did not remember the way,
I was so frightened, but I knew the
direction and how to ask in Spanish
where is the Police station, so that we
finally got there.
When I entered the reception I started
to speak with my bad Spanish “today, I,
am, here”, he looked at me like I was a
small ill creature and than he told me
in English, that we can use English!
I almost jumped through the thick
glass to hug him! Than I told him what
I need, he talked at least 10 minutes on
the phone but finally explained that
he cannot help. The police are allowed
to print reports only in Spanish.
I begged him to do something,
because I really needed to go to work
on Monday. Finally he gave me
business card of his Police station with
phone numbers, but he assured me
that if somebody from Munich will
call the station on Sunday there would
not be anybody speaking English or
German. I felt like a trapped animal.
After that I got an idea, that I can print
a copy of my passport, which I remembered
I left home. So we went to Nelis
hotel reception, because the stuff
there was able to speak English. There
was possible to get 20 min access for
free to the Internet. It took me 40
minutes and many phone calls with
my husband from Nelis phone. Guy at
the reception told me that I have to
pay if I want to use the computer for
ore than 20 minutes.
I was so despaired! I explained him
what happened to me, showed him
the Police report. Than he told me
that he should do nothing about that
and I asked him to allow me to work
with the computer long enough to get
the copy of my passport and boarding
passes.
I usually do not drink gin or liquor, but
that evening I was glad that Nelis
bought us one. We were talking about
life and universe, exchanged our
unlucky stories. I have to confess that
some of Nelis stories were really
challenging. Than we went together
out side the hotel and Nelis was
having his last cigar, when one guy,
friend of Prof. Mech, who visited the
seminar went around us and tried to
grab my plastic bag with all my
“documents” from behind me. I did not
see him and almost blacked out. Nelis
saw in my eyes the pure frightfulness
“NO! Not again today!”. I was shaking
few minutes after that, he wanted to
make a joke, but was really not funny
for me. Than we hugged with Nelis
and said good night.
When I entered my hotel I asked the
receptionist to woke me up at 5 a.m.
because the bus to the airport was
leaving at 5:55. I packed my things into
two red plastic “Bilbao “bags putted
together and cached the bus. The
driver kicked me out, because he did
not take 50Euros, only coins. I showed
him the paper what happened and
tried to explain with my bad Spanish
but it did not help, he kicked me out
- not literally...
The bus was empty and he kicked me
out, I wanted to sit on some stone and
cry... but hopefully there was one cab.
The price was 20 times higher than the
price of the Bus, but he took me to the
airport. I went to the police station
near my gate, they did not speak
English either, but they called on a guy
from Spanish Flight Company who
was. They explained that they are
different police, not the same which I
visited the day before, but they called
them and than said that I can fly to
Munich! The woman at the gate asked
me for ID card, I gave her the copy of
my passport and police report. She
asked me, if I would like to go home...
that was my “last drop”. I literally
exploded and screamed on her, that I
hate this country and the only thing
I want is to go home! Than I grabbed
my papers and ran to the plane. That
poor woman was standing like I kicked
her stomach, but I could not help my
self, it was way too much for me.
I found out that one of the stewardess
spoke Spanish, so that I decided to ask
them if they can help me with the
translation of my police report, but
they had to go on another plain. Than
I almost have to run on the Munich
airport place where the aero planes
land, because the bus forgot about me
and left me in the plane alone, so that
the stewardess have to chase the bus
on the airport place and scream, but
luckily was successful in catching the
bus with her own body...Than I tried to
speak to the police at the Munich
airport and they told me that they can
not speak English either so that I have
to speak German with them and they
were excited how good I was and
made jokes that they should learn
English...My German is much better
than Spanish, so that it was not
necessary use hands and legs. Those
Police guys told me that I can go to
gate, because they are not checking ID
cards and that was true. I felt a great
relief, when the plane landed in Prague
airport.
I have to confess I have learned a
lesson. I would like to thank Eeva
Roininen, because she sent me her
notes and photos from Prof. Mech
seminar. I have a program for backups
on my new computer, which is
working automatically – every day,
back up. From all that bad stuff what
happened I got something positive
too. My parents gave me a new great
camera, which is able to make short
movies too, so that I can film my
puppy school. My husband has bought
to me a new mobile phone and I am
not able to fly on the plane anymore. I
call it shock therapy, I was so happy to
be able to get home, so that I forgot
about my anxiety. And the most
important positive output is that I got
a great new friend Nelis, who really
saved me and now I understand that
PDTE is real family of people who help
each other.
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Greetings from
member countries
ria Caeyers
Belgium
What’s up in 2013
The first nights
Falco’s story
PDTE events, courses, seminars, workshops…
It was almost 9 pm when we got back
home from the groomer’s. In a couple
of hours we had to go to bed and we
both wondered what this first night
would be like, for us and for Falco.
When we entered, Falco went immediately
to his place in the living room as
if he had been nowhere else ever. I was
surprised how he knew it was his?
We were very pleased with such a
well-mannered dog.
I had been doubting what we could do
best, let Falco sleep in the living room
or in the laundry room. We agreed to
put his basket in the laundry room
only for this night. If everything were
OK in the morning, he could spend the
nights in the living room. After all, we
didn’t know very much about him and
I didn’t want to have to clean the
whole house next morning. With a
strange dog, you never know, do you?
And he was still suffering from that
bad diarrhoea.
With a treat and a ‘goodnight Falco’
we left him and went to bed. Of
course we didn’t fall asleep right away.
We both concentrated on every little
sound. We heard him padding around
for a while but that was all. We must
have fallen asleep after all because it
was way after midnight when I woke
up. I decided to take a look how Falco
was doing. As soon as I opened the
door he jumped on me like a bushranger.
Immediately he put his paws on
my shoulders and licked my face,
friendly. I was surprised, didn’t know
what to think about it. When I put him
back on the ground he started to
whine very softly. I tried to calm him,
led him to his place and went back to
bed.
The next morning everything was OK.
He hadn’t peed , he hadn’t destroyed
anything. Good, tonight he could stay
in the living room. I couldn’t help
waking up every night. I had to see
how Falco was doing. Every time it was
the same ritual. The moment I entered
the room, he jumped up, put his paws
on my shoulders and started licking
my face. I put his paws back on the
ground and he whined. I tried to sooth
him by talking nice and softly to him
and every time I led him to his place
again. I knew I didn’t want this to go
on for the rest of his life. I didn’t want
this to happen night after night. But
how could I stop it?
I had no idea that he was trying to tell
me something. Some people who I
thought would know, advised me to
ignore this behaviour completely, turn
my back, not look at him nor say
anything. I did although it didn’t feel
right. Was the way I felt a valid
argument against this advice? After all,
they were specialists!
What I didn’t know then was that he
was showing stress signals all the time.
And what surprised me most, later on
was that no one of the ‘specialists’
recognised the stress. The advice to
ignore Falco, to act as if he wasn’t
there, was so wrong. Falco was
anxious, felt alone and abandoned. He
was on his own at night in an environment
he was not familiar with, not
seeing or hearing anyone. Poor dog,
what did we do to you!
Sometimes it is said that when a dog is
showing anxiety, you should not
comfort him or help him because if
you do, you confirm his fear and it will
get worse next time. Can someone
explain me how this is possible?
When you try to comfort an anxious
child, do you increase its fear? You
don’t ignore a child that is fearful, do
you? Why should we do that to our
dogs? I want my dog to trust me, to
feel safe with me. Isn’t that basic to a
real good relationship?
If I could do this all over again, I would
do it completely differently. From the
first night on I‘d prepare him a sleeping
place in our bedroom and leave the
doors open so he would have a choice
where to lie. Dogs are social animals,
they need company, dogs or humans.
They’re also social sleepers. They feel
more at ease when there is someone
around. I don’t say you have to put him
in your bed, although that can be very
cosy! In the same room is ok, or at
least where he can see or hear you.
FRANCE
« Behaviour problems solving »
Practical workshop
with Turid RUGAAS
This workshop is about dogs with behavior problems. We are going
to mix theory with practice; size of each part will be decided by Turid
regarding participant’s knowledge.
Turid is going to talk about several behavior problems and how to
deal with, how solve them and how help a dog.
Attention!! During workshop we cannot talk about all behavior
problems! We will choose several of them!
Important for participants with dogs: we wouldn’t accept dogs which
cannot coup with this situation! There isn’t a place for dogs with
behavior problems! Please think about it BEFORE you decide to take
your dog. The decision if dog can participate will be given by Turid
before workshop.
You can participate in this workshop if you already know
Turid’s work and you participated in one of her seminars.
Maximum 20 persons, 10 dogs maximum will work by day
(so maximum 10 dogs at Saturday and 10 dogs during Sunday).
Workshop host: « Dog Adventure » www.dog-adventure.fr ,
Moux en Morvan & Paulina Druri “Chien (Presque) Parfait”
www.chienpresqueparfait.fr
Price: 385 EUR (discount for PDTE members)
For booking please contact: contact@chienpresqueparfait.fr
The Netherlands
PDTE Annual Meeting
28 - 29 - 30 September 2013
Theme:
health & happiness
(Look advertisement
on the last page)
2 day Seminar
Problem Solving
Solutions
Turid Rugaas
19 and 20 Oktober 2013
Koningslust, the Netherlands
Price: € 250,00 (included lunch both days)
More information:
info@calmingsigns.nl
After breakfast, off we went for a
morning walk. We went to a place
where Jacky liked to walk. A lot of
people with and without dogs came
to walk there every day. There was a
lot to sniff.
That’s a story for another time!
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Welcome to the Netherlands for the 15th Annual General Meeting
of the Pet Dog Trainers of Europe
28-30 September 2013
Both PDTE members and non-members are welcome.
The AGM expands knowledge and friendship!
Stay in contact and meet colleagues and new people, and share ideas.
The speakers (all PDTE members) on Saturday and Sunday will share
about new developments, their own experiences and projects concerning
dog welfare.
On Monday we have a special programme that will differ somewhat from
the years before.
Main theme: Health and Happiness!
Please do not hesitate to contact usfor more information:
www.PDTE.nl
Hope to meet you in Volendam!
Hosted by the Dutch PDTE team:
Nelis Verhoeven, Natalya Verhoeven,
Ellen Huijs, Astrid Verkuyl, Ed van den Berg
and Agnes Degen.
Sponsor AGM 2013