Category Archives: Dog writing

Hot vet, cancer scare, tough days

Article about a veterinary cancer scare By Laure-Anne Viselé, Aug 2011 Hiatus from blogging I am on my knees, exhausted, done-for, steam-rolled… My day-job is crazy busy, my studies crazy demanding, and my dog customers are asking for my ‘spare’ time. In the meanwhile, I am neglecting myself, my dog, and my kid. Something’s got [...]
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Guide to finding a good dog training school

Article about finding a training school in the Hague By Laure-Anne Viselé, May 2011 The lost art of finding a good dog training school When it comes to searching for a decent training school, I think I have seen it all: from clueless, but adorable, to downright nasty. Not one to let frustrating experiences go [...]
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Dog book reviews in the Dog Training Daily

I made it to the front page of the Dog Training Daily again! I am chuffed to bits. This time, it was for my dog book reviews. Don’t blame me if you end up spending your month’s wages in dog books! Canis bonus navigation Canis bonus home page Canis bonus dog trainer and behaviour therapy in the [...]
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Canis bonus shortlisted for best blog 2010/2011

Blog post about Expatica best blog contest By Laure-Anne Viselé, April 2011 Multi-tasking addict It’s no secret that I love being overworked. I forever have a million and a half balls up in the air, and a few projects up my sleeve. Child, dog, husband, two jobs, studies, … I might have (slightly) over-extended myself this [...]
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Front page of the Dog Training Daily again

Two-liner promoting the Dog Training Daily By Laure-Anne Viselé, February 2011 Another bit of shameless self-promotion, if you’ll allow me. I am chuffed that my article on the How to respond to fallacies in dog training is on the front page of the Dog Training Daily. Thanks for the hard work Tim (DTD editor)! Further [...]
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Our human pet: instructions

This one’s nothing to do with dogs, apologies. But if you’re contemplating having kids, read this first and you’ll thank me. They’re my instructions to the baby-sitter (well, his Godfather) of my fifteen months old kid. That’s just for 8 hours of ‘quality time’! Every 3 hours Or whenever nappy feels full/heavy or when smelly: [...]
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Shout out about Dogcast

Hi readers. If you are, like me, often stuck in traffic for hours, do yourself a favour and download the excellent podcasts from Dogcast.com. They have excellent features like famous dog experts, touching stories, utility dogs, etc. Check it out!
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Front page of the Dog Training Daily

I love the Dog Training Daily. It’s all the more special that my article about dogs in the Blitz made it to the front page today (bit of shameless self-promotion never hurt anybody, did it?)! insert line here insert line here Hurray for “Hondentrainer Tim” for hosting this fantastic e-paper. insert line here Canis bonus [...]
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Welcome to Canis BLOGus

Canis BLOGus – Dog blogging Who am I My name is Laure-Anne and I am an English-speaking expat dog specialist based in the Hague (the Netherlands). What the blog is about In a nutshell, this blog tries to spread good science about dogs, and relates tales from life in the Netherlands’ dog world. I am on [...]
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The D-Word: On dogs and dominance

Reference to Helium article about dogs and dominance. By Laure-Anne Viselé, July 2010; Last updated April 2012 Writing for Helium I have just published my first article for Helium. You can find it on: The D-Word. It’s about my favourite subject: debunking the dominance myth. Like the article? Vote for it on Helium. This is the article. [...]
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