Category Archives: Science

Dog training: classical versus operant conditio-what now?

By Canis bonus | Published: 7 June 2018

Blog post by dog behaviourist Laure-Anne Visele, The Hague, cracking the old chestnut of operant versus classical conditioning and why it matters. Written in: June 2018. Illustration credits at the end of the post. About the author: certified dog trainer in The Hague My name is Laure-Anne and I am the dog behaviour therapist at […]

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Review of Monique Bladder seminar on dogs and dominance

By Canis bonus | Published: 23 January 2015

Review of Monique Bladder’s 22 January seminar about dogs and dominance in Maasland, The Netherlands By Laure-Anne Visele, Jan 2015 Full illustration credits at the end of the post. About the author: certified dog trainer in The Hague I am a behaviour therapist for dogs (Canis bonus, The Hague, Westland, Delft and region) and the co-founder and head trainer […]

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Canine McCarthyism – Dog owners on an anti-vaccination witch hunt

By guest | Published: 16 January 2015

Anti-antivax opinion piece about dog vaccinations in The Netherlands By Laure-Anne Visele, Jan 2015 Full illustration credits at the end of the post. About the author: certified dog trainer in The Hague I am a behaviour therapist for dogs (Canis bonus, The Hague, Westland, Delft and region) and the co-founder and head trainer at OhMyDog! (dog training school […]

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Latest dog book review is out: How the dog became the dog

By Canis bonus | Published: 3 October 2014

Shout-out about book review on dog’s evolutionary history By Laure-Anne Visele, October 2014 About the author I am the co-founder and head trainer at OhMyDog! (dog training school in The Hague) and run a behaviour therapy practice at Canis bonus. I graduated in Zoology, certified in dog training, and got a postgrad specialization in applied animal behaviour. When […]

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Dog jealousy: not a myth after all?

By Canis bonus | Published: 26 September 2014

Quick review of a research paper on dogs and jealousy (Harris & Prouvost, 2014) By Laure-Anne Visele, Sep 2014. About the author I am the co-founder and head trainer at OhMyDog! (dog training school in The Hague) and run my own canine behaviour therapy practice at Canis bonus. I graduated in Zoology, certified in dog training, […]

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