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<p><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Hello tout le monde - Hello everybody (for English please see below)</span></span></strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color:rgb(255, 140, 130);"><span style="font-size: 14px"><span style="font-family: Helvetica"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">Bonne nouvelle pour 2026 Nos tarifs restent inchangés.&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color:rgb(255, 140, 130);"><span style="font-size: 14px"><span style="font-family: Helvetica">Nouveauté :</span></span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px"><span style="font-family: Helvetica"><span style="font-weight:normal;"> nous vous proposons de créer un groupe What's app "Marina&amp;co". Objectif: pouvoir partager vos trucs &amp; astuces ou demander conseil. &nbsp;Par exemple. Besoin d'un dogsitter ? Conseil pour une rampe ? Trouver un ostéopathe ou autre spécialiste ? Proposer vos services en bien-être canin ? Si vous êtes intéressés, répondez simplement à ce mail, en nous transmettant votre numéro de gsm.</span></span></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14px">Nos dates pour aout.</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);">🐾&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><em><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);">JEUX DE FLAIR</span></strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px">Nous savons que nos chiens sont des&nbsp;</span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">"nez sur pattes"</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px">.&nbsp;Utiliser cette compétence olfactive a quelques effets bénéfiques: augmenter la confiance en soi, augmenter la capacité de concentration, améliorer la perception du corps dans l'espace, apprendre à gérer dans le calme, entre autres.&nbsp; Nous vous proposons de découvrir ou redécouvrir quelques idées de jeux pour occuper sainement votre chien.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Au programme: recherche de friandises ou de boites de pâté, recherche de jouets ou d'objets, recherche de l'objet perdu, discrimination, mantrailing...&nbsp;</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px"><br><br><img src="https://newsletter.happyandrelaxeddogs.com/uploads/5053d182-124f-b93d-d249-b26f7ec85efb.jpg" style="border: 0px; width: 640px; height: 269px; margin: 0px; max-width: 624px;" width="624" height="262"><br></span><em><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Le jeu de boites &nbsp;- &nbsp;Shura&nbsp;à la recherche d’une boite&nbsp;cachée dans un zoning coaché par Carole.</span></span></strong></em><br>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14px">🐾&nbsp;</span><em><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">MARCHES PARALLELES&nbsp;: &nbsp;HABITUATION</span></span></strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px">Pour les chiens</span><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">&nbsp;</span></span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">qui ne sont pas à l’aise en promenade&nbsp;</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px">et qui tirent, sautent, grognent ou encore aboient vers d’autres chiens, personnes, objets, voitures, etc…&nbsp; ou qui ont des problèmes en laisse ou encore qui manquent de rappel … : nous proposons des</span><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">&nbsp;</span></span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">sessions de marche en parallèle</span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size: 14px">pour augmenter le self control et la confiance en soi pour mieux gérer leur environnement.<br></span><strong><span style="font-size: 14px">Nous vous invitons à lire</span></strong><a href="https://mypeacefuldog.wixsite.com/coach-chien-humain/une-promenade-stimulante" target="_blank" tabindex="-1"><strong><span style="font-size: 14px">&nbsp;cet article</span></strong></a><strong><span style="font-size: 14px">&nbsp;en français qui explique tellement bien comment "faire une promenade agréable et stimulante avec son chien". Merci Alix :)</span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px"><br><br><img src="https://newsletter.happyandrelaxeddogs.com/uploads/be14a388-ee65-fd8d-bde7-3859f954026d.png" style="border-image: none; width: 740px; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 624px;" width="624" height="332" data-proportional="true"><br></span><em><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Cours chiots: Mira et Laika - Bel exemple d'une rencontre avec un chien adulte dans un Environment Enrichi, coachés par&nbsp;Carole et Marina .</span></span></strong></em><br>&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14px">🐾&nbsp;</span><em><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">MANTRAILING</span></span></strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Il s’agit de demander à un chien de retrouver une victime</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px">&nbsp;(consentante, rassurez-vous&nbsp;😊) en suivant la piste de la victime (= le chemin parcouru par cette personne).&nbsp;<br>Les chiens de toute race et de tout âge peuvent pister. Les pistes sont étudiées et adaptées au niveau de chaque binôme humain-chien.<br>Les séances sont majoritairement organisées sur Louvain-La-Neuve&nbsp;et +/- une fois par mois sur Namur et ses environs.<br><br><img src="https://newsletter.happyandrelaxeddogs.com/uploads/3e270f60-ff17-c1fe-5e1b-7f2f3653e049.jpg" style="border-image: none; width: 1017px; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 624px;" width="624" height="288" data-proportional="true"><br></span><em><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Mantrailing: Ulysse accompagné de Geneviève et coaché par Carole qui retrouve son autre humaine Brigitte avec Iska. </span></span></strong></em><span style="font-size: 14px"><br><br><br>🐾&nbsp;</span><em><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">MODALITÉS</span></span></strong></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14px">Nous proposons différents formats de cours (nous ne travaillons qu'en harnais ergonomique et longue laisse. &nbsp;Si nécessaire, nous pouvons vous prêter initialement):</span></p>
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    <p><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Cours de groupe</span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size: 14px">(40 €)&nbsp;: malgré l’appellation «&nbsp;cours de groupe&nbsp;», chaque chien "travaille" individuellement pendant 2 sessions et se repose en voiture entre les 2 sessions. Comptez en moyenne 1h par chien (exemple&nbsp;: un groupe de 3 chiens dure +/- 3 heures).</span></p>
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    <p><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Cours individuel</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px">&nbsp;dans nos environs (70 €)&nbsp;: durée +/- 1 heure</span></p>
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    <p><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Cours à domicile</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px">&nbsp;(140 € + frais de déplacement)&nbsp;: durée +/- 2 heures</span></p>
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    <p><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Cours «&nbsp;chiots&nbsp;»</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px">&nbsp;: cours théorique de préférence&nbsp;avant l’adoption (100 €) d’une durée de +/-2h30) + cours pratiques (200 € pour 6 cours de +/- 45 minutes).</span></p>
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<p class="mcePastedContent"><br><span style="font-size: 14px">🐾&nbsp;</span><em><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">NOS DATES</span></span></strong></em>
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<span style="color:rgb(139, 69, 19);"><span style="font-size: 14px">N'hésitez&nbsp;pas à vous </span></span><strong><span style="color:rgb(139, 69, 19);"><span style="font-size: 14px">inscrire les dimanches aussi pour du mantrailing</span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(139, 69, 19);"><span style="font-size: 14px"> :)</span></span></p>
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    <p class="mcePastedContent"><span style="font-size: 14px">dimanche 6&nbsp;marche&nbsp;parallèle/jeux de flair</span></p>
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    <p class="mcePastedContent"><span style="color:rgb(139, 69, 19);"><span style="font-size: 14px">samedi 12: mantrailing&nbsp;</span></span><strong><span style="color:rgb(139, 69, 19);"><span style="font-size: 14px">(Namur et les environs)</span></span></strong></p>
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    <p class="mcePastedContent"><span style="font-size: 14px">dimanche 20: marche&nbsp;parallèle/jeux de flair</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px">L'heure (le&nbsp;</span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">matin</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px">) et le lieu (un&nbsp;</span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">parking</span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">)</span></span><span style="font-size: 14px"> sont généralement communiqués par mail +/- 48 heures avant le cours.</span><strong><span style="color:rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">!!! N.B.&nbsp;Le prix du cours sera dû pour toute annulation transmise après l’envoi de ce mail&nbsp;!!!</span></span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px">Comptez&nbsp;</span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">en moyenne une heure par chien</span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">,</span></span><span style="font-size: 14px"> soit 3 heures&nbsp;de cours si 3 chiens inscrits par exemple. &nbsp;Et il y a toujours de la place pour les&nbsp;</span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">observateurs</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px">&nbsp;sans chien (c’est&nbsp;</span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">gratuit</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px">).<br><br></span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Inscrivez-vous en répondant simplement à ce mail</span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">,</span></span><span style="font-size: 14px"> en nous indiquant quelles dates / quelles activités vous intéressent. &nbsp;N’hésitez pas à nous faire part de vos préférences horaires, ou encore à nous transmettre toute demande particulière.<br></span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Premiers inscrits, premiers servis&nbsp;! </span></span></strong></p>
<p class="mcePastedContent"><span style="font-size: 14px"><br>🐾&nbsp;</span><em><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">VOUS SOUHAITEZ NOUS REJOINDRE&nbsp;?</span></span></strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px">Avant d’intégrer nos cours de groupe, nous vous proposons les choix suivants&nbsp;:</span></p>
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    <p><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Avec chien</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px">&nbsp;- une évaluation en 1 to1 (coût de&nbsp;€70&nbsp;– sur RDV)</span></p>
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    <p><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Sans chien</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px">&nbsp;– 3 séances de cours de groupe, où vous pourrez&nbsp;</span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">apprendre à observer d’autres binômes et à vous adapter aux chiens observés, à gérer une longe, à pratiquer votre langage corporel, et bien d’autres choses</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px">&nbsp;encore (</span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">gratuit</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px">)</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center; margin: 0px;"><br><em><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">NOS LECTURES</span></span></strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px">🐾. </span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Un petit gars du nom de Koumack </span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px">de Carole:&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.activiteschiens.be/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/K_FR_V1.pdf" tabindex="-1" style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 14px">https://www.activiteschiens.be/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/K_FR_V1.pdf</span></a><span style="font-size: 14px">&nbsp; </span><strong><span style="color:rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">ce petit livre est très facile à lire et hautement recommandé.</span></span></strong><br><span style="font-size: 14px">🐾</span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Les signaux d'apaisement: Les bases de la communication canine&nbsp;</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px">de Turid Rugaas. Il s’agit de la base de l’observation de votre chien, ce qui vous permettra d’encore améliorer la relation entre votre chien et vous. Nous en avons en stock (€16). </span><strong><span style="color:rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">La lecture </span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px">(et relecture) </span><strong><span style="color:rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">dece livre est&nbsp;</span></span></strong><em><strong><span style="color:rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">obligatoire.</span></span></strong></em><br><span style="font-size: 14px">&nbsp;🐾 &nbsp;</span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Comprendre <span style="font-family: Helvetica">la communicat</span>ion silencieuse des chiens</span></span><span style="font-size: 14px">,&nbsp;</span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px">le livre de Rosie Lowry a été traduit en français par les bons soins d'Elise Monfort de Animalices. Rosie nous guide vers une compréhension globale, fine et nuancée, des chiens. &nbsp;Nous en avons de&nbsp;stock (€25).</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px">🐾 &nbsp;</span><strong><span style="color:rgb(15, 112, 1);"><span style="font-size: 14px"><span style="font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif">Sagesse Canine - quand les chiens nous apprennent a voir le monde autrement&nbsp;</span></span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px"><span style="font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;">d</span></span><span style="font-family: Times"><span style="font-weight:normal;">e </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;">Sindhoor Pangal.&nbsp; Ce livre est </span></span><span style="font-weight:normal;">une immersion dans l’univers intérieur des chiens : leurs pensées, leurs émotions, leurs signaux et cette façon subtile qu’ils ont de communiquer… entre eux, mais aussi avec nous.&nbsp; Avec son expérience de terrain, son regard d’éthologue et ses récits vivants, Sindhoor nous guide à travers la complexité de leur langage social et de leurs comportements parfois mal compris.&nbsp; Comment les chiens des rues apprennent-ils à gérer la peur, à interagir, à affiner leurs compétences sociales, et comment nos chiens de famille peuvent-ils en bénéficier ?&nbsp; À travers des histoires touchantes, des observations fines et des références en comportement canin, ce livre éclaire le lien profond, ancien qui unit les chiens et les humains. </span></span><strong><span style="font-size: 14px">A LIRE !!</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14px"><br></span><em><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Au plaisir de vous accueillir / retrouver bientôt&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size: 14px">😊</span></strong></em><span style="font-size: 14px"><br></span><strong><span style="font-size: 14px">Si vous connaissez quelqu’un que ceci pourrait aider, n'hésitez pas à faire suivre ce message.</span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px"><br><br></span><strong><span style="font-size: 14px">Passez de bons moments avec votre ami à 4 pattes.</span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px"><br></span><em><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Carole, AnneC &amp; Marina</span></span></strong></em></p>
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<p><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Hello All,</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px"><br></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color:rgb(255, 140, 130);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Good news for 2026: Our rates remain unchanged. </span></span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color:rgb(255, 140, 130);"><span style="font-size: 14px">New</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px">: We are offering to create a WhatsApp group called “Marina&amp;co.” The goal is to share your tips and tricks or ask for advice. &nbsp;For example. Need a dog sitter? Advice on a ramp? Looking for an osteopath or other specialist? &nbsp;If you are interested, simply reply to this email with your mobile number.<br></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14px">Our dates for August :) </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14px">🐾 </span><em><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">SCENT GAMES</span></span></strong></em></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14px">We know that our dogs are</span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px"> ‘noses on legs’.</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px"> Using this olfactory skill has a number of beneficial effects: boosting self-confidence, increasing the ability to concentrate, improving the perception of the body in space, learning to manage in a calm environment, among others.&nbsp; We suggest you discover or rediscover a few ideas for games to keep your dog occupied in a healthy way.&nbsp; </span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">On the "menu": Treat or pâté searches, searching for toys or objects, searching for lost objects, discrimination, mantrailing...&nbsp;</span></span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14px"><img src="https://newsletter.happyandrelaxeddogs.com/uploads/5053d182-124f-b93d-d249-b26f7ec85efb.jpg" style="border: 0px; width: 640px; height: 269px; margin: 0px; max-width: 624px;" width="624" height="262"><br></span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Shura playing&nbsp;"find the box" game coached by Carole.</span></span></strong><br>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14px">🐾 </span><em><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">PARALLEL WALKS: HABITUATION</span></span></strong></em></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">For dogs who are not comfortable on walks</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px"> and who pull, jump, growl or bark at other dogs, people, objects, cars, etc... or who have problems on the lead or lack recall...: we offer dogs (and their humans) </span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">parallel walking sessions</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px"> to help increase their self-confidence and therefore their self-control to better manage their environment.&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14px">Should you just want to know how to teach your dog how to walk on a loose lead (***) … or to have a better recall…. this group is the one to join. &nbsp;<br>(***) good article from the Smiling Leash group:&nbsp;</span><a href="https://happyandrelaxeddogs.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a0961cd74cc028130149d8965&amp;id=916dfeeae4&amp;e=f75e88fe69" tabindex="-1"><span style="font-size: 14px">https://www.smilingleash.com/blog/why-do-you-take-walks-with-your-dog</span></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0px;"><br><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><img src="https://newsletter.happyandrelaxeddogs.com/uploads/be14a388-ee65-fd8d-bde7-3859f954026d.png" style="border: 0px; width: 829px; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 624px;" width="624" height="332" data-proportional="true"><br><span style="font-size: 14px">Puppy class - &nbsp;Mira and Laika: beautiful example of an adult dog and puppy interacting calmly whilst sharing an Enriched Environment, coached by Carole and Marina.</span></span></strong></p>
<p><br><span style="font-size: 14px">🐾 </span><em><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">MANTRAILING</span></span></strong></em></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">This involves asking a dog to find a runner/victim </span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px">(rest assured, a willing one😊) by following the victim's track (= the path travelled by that person).&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14px">Dogs of all breeds and ages can track. The tracks are researched and adapted to the level of each human-dog pair.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14px">Sessions are mainly held in Louvain-La-Neuve and about once a month in Namur and the surrounding area.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14px"><img src="https://newsletter.happyandrelaxeddogs.com/uploads/3e270f60-ff17-c1fe-5e1b-7f2f3653e049.jpg" style="border-image: none; width: 1017px; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 624px;" width="624" height="288" data-proportional="true"><br></span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Mantrailing: &nbsp;Ulysse accompanied by </span></span></strong><em><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Geneviève, coached by Carole, finding his other human and Iska.</span></span></strong></em><span style="font-size: 14px"><br><br>🐾 </span><em><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">CONDITIONS</span></span></strong></em></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14px">We offer different course formats (we only work with ergonomic harnesses and long leads.&nbsp; If necessary, we can lend you equipment for a few weeks) :</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Group lesson&nbsp;</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px">(€40): despite the name ‘group lesson’, each dog ‘works’ individually for 2 sessions and rests in the car between the 2 sessions. Allow an average of 1 hour per dog (example: a group of 3 dogs lasts +/- 3 hours).<br></span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">1to1</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px">in a car park or similar near us (€70): +/- 1 hour<br></span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">1to1 </span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px">in your home</span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">&nbsp;</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px">(€140 + travel expenses): +/- 2 hours<br></span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Puppy classes:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px"> theory (usually a zoom call) preferably before adoption (€100) +/-2h30 + practical classes (€200 for 6 classes of +/- 45 minutes).</span></p>
<p><br><span style="font-size: 14px">🐾</span><em><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px"> OUR DATES</span></span></strong></em><br><span style="color:rgb(139, 69, 19);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Do not hesitate to join us </span></span><strong><span style="color:rgb(139, 69, 19);"><span style="font-size: 14px">on a Sunday morning for some mantrailing </span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(139, 69, 19);"><span style="font-size: 14px">:)</span></span></p>


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<p><span style="font-size: 14px">The time (in the </span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">morning</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px">) and place (a </span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">car park</span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">)</span></span><span style="font-size: 14px"> are generally communicated by email +/- 48 hours before the course.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">!!! N.B. the price of the course will be due for any cancellation sent after this e-mail has been sent !!!</span></span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14px">As mentioned above, </span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">allow +/- 1 hour per dog,</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px"> i.e. 3 hours if 3 dogs are enrolled. &nbsp;And there is usually always room for </span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">observers</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px"> without dogs (it's </span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">free</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px">). &nbsp;<br>Simply sign up by replying to this email, telling us which dates/activities interest you.&nbsp; Do not hesitate to let us know your preferred times, or to send us any special requests.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">First come, first served! &nbsp;</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px"><br><br><br>🐾 </span><em><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">SHOULD YOU WISH TO JOIN US?</span></span></strong></em></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14px">In order to join our group classes, we offer the following options:</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">With your dog </span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px">- a 1 to1 assessment (cost €70 - in a car park near us by appointment)<br></span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Without your dog </span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px">- observing group lessons on 3 different days, </span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">where you will be able to observe other pairs and adapt to the dogs being observed, learn how to manage a long lead, practise your body language, and much more ... (as we have said this is free)</span></span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><br><em><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">THE BOOKS WE RECOMMEND</span></span></strong></em></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14px">🐾&nbsp;</span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Once upon a time, there was a little guy called Koumack </span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px">by Carole :&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.activiteschiens.be/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/K_English_V1.pdf" tabindex="-1"><span style="font-size: 14px">https://www.activiteschiens.be/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/K_English_V1.pdf</span></a><span style="font-size: 14px">&nbsp; </span><strong><span style="color:rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">this is an easy &nbsp;read and will give you some insight as to how we can help you and your dog.</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px"><br>🐾&nbsp;</span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">On Talking Terms with Dogs: Calming Signals</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px"> by Turid Rugaas This is the basis for observing your dog, which will allow you to further improve the relationship between you and your dog. We have some in stock (€15) or you can purchase the kindle or audio options on the internet. </span><strong><span style="color:rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Reading</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px">(and re-reading) </span><strong><span style="color:rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">this book is compulsory.</span></span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14px">&nbsp;🐾 </span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Understanding the Silent Communication of Dogs</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px"> by&nbsp;Rosie Lowry.&nbsp;&nbsp;Rosie guides us towards a comprehensive, fine and nuanced understanding of dogs.&nbsp;We also have some in stock (€15).<br><br></span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Dog Knows - learning how to learn from dogs&nbsp;</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px">by&nbsp;Sindhoor Pangal .&nbsp;&nbsp;Sindhoor guides us towards a comprehensive, fine and nuanced understanding of dogs. Her&nbsp;book examines many common misconceptions and training practices from a physical, psychological and physiological point of view. She strongly emphasises respect for dogs, their autonomy and learning skills.&nbsp; Her book urges a shift in perspective on understanding dog behaviour.</span><br>&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">We look forward to seeing/meeting&nbsp;you soon </span></span><span style="font-size: 14px">😊</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: 14px">If you know anyone this might help, please feel free to forward this message.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Enjoy your 4-legged friend(s)</span></span><span style="font-size: 14px"><br></span><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Carole, AnneC &amp; Marina</span></span></strong></p>
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<p><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Hello tout le monde - Hello everybody (for English please see below)</span></span></strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color:rgb(255, 140, 130);"><span style="font-size: 14px"><span style="font-family: Helvetica"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">Bonne nouvelle pour 2026 Nos tarifs restent inchangés.&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color:rgb(255, 140, 130);"><span style="font-size: 14px"><span style="font-family: Helvetica">Nouveauté :</span></span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px"><span style="font-family: Helvetica"><span style="font-weight:normal;"> nous vous proposons de créer un groupe What's app "Marina&amp;co". Objectif: pouvoir partager vos trucs &amp; astuces ou demander conseil. &nbsp;Par exemple. Besoin d'un dogsitter ? Conseil pour une rampe ? Trouver un ostéopathe ou autre spécialiste ? Proposer vos services en bien-être canin ? Si vous êtes intéressés, répondez simplement à ce mail, en nous transmettant votre numéro de gsm.</span></span></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14px">Nos dates pour aout.</span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);">🐾&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><em><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);">JEUX DE FLAIR</span></strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px">Nous savons que nos chiens sont des&nbsp;</span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">"nez sur pattes"</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px">.&nbsp;Utiliser cette compétence olfactive a quelques effets bénéfiques: augmenter la confiance en soi, augmenter la capacité de concentration, améliorer la perception du corps dans l'espace, apprendre à gérer dans le calme, entre autres.&nbsp; Nous vous proposons de découvrir ou redécouvrir quelques idées de jeux pour occuper sainement votre chien.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Au programme: recherche de friandises ou de boites de pâté, recherche de jouets ou d'objets, recherche de l'objet perdu, discrimination, mantrailing...&nbsp;</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px"><br><br><img src="https://newsletter.happyandrelaxeddogs.com/uploads/5053d182-124f-b93d-d249-b26f7ec85efb.jpg" style="border: 0px; width: 640px; height: 269px; margin: 0px; max-width: 624px;" width="624" height="262"><br></span><em><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Le jeu de boites &nbsp;- &nbsp;Shura&nbsp;à la recherche d’une boite&nbsp;cachée dans un zoning coaché par Carole.</span></span></strong></em><br>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14px">🐾&nbsp;</span><em><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">MARCHES PARALLELES&nbsp;: &nbsp;HABITUATION</span></span></strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px">Pour les chiens</span><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">&nbsp;</span></span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">qui ne sont pas à l’aise en promenade&nbsp;</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px">et qui tirent, sautent, grognent ou encore aboient vers d’autres chiens, personnes, objets, voitures, etc…&nbsp; ou qui ont des problèmes en laisse ou encore qui manquent de rappel … : nous proposons des</span><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">&nbsp;</span></span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">sessions de marche en parallèle</span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size: 14px">pour augmenter le self control et la confiance en soi pour mieux gérer leur environnement.<br></span><strong><span style="font-size: 14px">Nous vous invitons à lire</span></strong><a href="https://mypeacefuldog.wixsite.com/coach-chien-humain/une-promenade-stimulante" target="_blank" tabindex="-1"><strong><span style="font-size: 14px">&nbsp;cet article</span></strong></a><strong><span style="font-size: 14px">&nbsp;en français qui explique tellement bien comment "faire une promenade agréable et stimulante avec son chien". Merci Alix :)</span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px"><br><br><img src="https://newsletter.happyandrelaxeddogs.com/uploads/be14a388-ee65-fd8d-bde7-3859f954026d.png" style="border-image: none; width: 740px; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 624px;" width="624" height="332" data-proportional="true"><br></span><em><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Cours chiots: Mira et Laika - Bel exemple d'une rencontre avec un chien adulte dans un Environment Enrichi, coachés par&nbsp;Carole et Marina .</span></span></strong></em><br>&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14px">🐾&nbsp;</span><em><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">MANTRAILING</span></span></strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Il s’agit de demander à un chien de retrouver une victime</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px">&nbsp;(consentante, rassurez-vous&nbsp;😊) en suivant la piste de la victime (= le chemin parcouru par cette personne).&nbsp;<br>Les chiens de toute race et de tout âge peuvent pister. Les pistes sont étudiées et adaptées au niveau de chaque binôme humain-chien.<br>Les séances sont majoritairement organisées sur Louvain-La-Neuve&nbsp;et +/- une fois par mois sur Namur et ses environs.<br><br><img src="https://newsletter.happyandrelaxeddogs.com/uploads/3e270f60-ff17-c1fe-5e1b-7f2f3653e049.jpg" style="border-image: none; width: 1017px; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 624px;" width="624" height="288" data-proportional="true"><br></span><em><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Mantrailing: Ulysse accompagné de Geneviève et coaché par Carole qui retrouve son autre humaine Brigitte avec Iska. </span></span></strong></em><span style="font-size: 14px"><br><br><br>🐾&nbsp;</span><em><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">MODALITÉS</span></span></strong></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14px">Nous proposons différents formats de cours (nous ne travaillons qu'en harnais ergonomique et longue laisse. &nbsp;Si nécessaire, nous pouvons vous prêter initialement):</span></p>
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<p class="mcePastedContent"><br><span style="font-size: 14px">🐾&nbsp;</span><em><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">NOS DATES</span></span></strong></em><span style="font-size: 14px"><br><br></span><span style="color:rgb(139, 69, 19);"><span style="font-size: 14px">N'hésitez&nbsp;pas à vous </span></span><strong><span style="color:rgb(139, 69, 19);"><span style="font-size: 14px">inscrire les dimanches aussi pour du mantrailing</span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(139, 69, 19);"><span style="font-size: 14px"> :)</span></span></p>
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    <span style="font-size: 14px">dimanche 16: marche&nbsp;parallèle/jeux de flair</span></p>
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    <span style="color:rgb(139, 69, 19);"><span style="font-size: 14px">samedi 22: mantrailing&nbsp;</span></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px">L'heure (le&nbsp;</span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">matin</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px">) et le lieu (un&nbsp;</span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">parking</span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">)</span></span><span style="font-size: 14px"> sont généralement communiqués par mail +/- 48 heures avant le cours.</span><strong><span style="color:rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">!!! N.B.&nbsp;Le prix du cours sera dû pour toute annulation transmise après l’envoi de ce mail&nbsp;!!!</span></span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px">Comptez&nbsp;</span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">en moyenne une heure par chien</span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">,</span></span><span style="font-size: 14px"> soit 3 heures&nbsp;de cours si 3 chiens inscrits par exemple. &nbsp;Et il y a toujours de la place pour les&nbsp;</span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">observateurs</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px">&nbsp;sans chien (c’est&nbsp;</span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">gratuit</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px">).<br><br></span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Inscrivez-vous en répondant simplement à ce mail</span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">,</span></span><span style="font-size: 14px"> en nous indiquant quelles dates / quelles activités vous intéressent. &nbsp;N’hésitez pas à nous faire part de vos préférences horaires, ou encore à nous transmettre toute demande particulière.<br></span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Premiers inscrits, premiers servis&nbsp;! </span></span></strong></p>
<p class="mcePastedContent"><span style="font-size: 14px"><br>🐾&nbsp;</span><em><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">VOUS SOUHAITEZ NOUS REJOINDRE&nbsp;?</span></span></strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px">Avant d’intégrer nos cours de groupe, nous vous proposons les choix suivants&nbsp;:</span></p>
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    <p><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Avec chien</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px">&nbsp;- une évaluation en 1 to1 (coût de&nbsp;€70&nbsp;– sur RDV)</span></p>
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    <p><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Sans chien</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px">&nbsp;– 3 séances de cours de groupe, où vous pourrez&nbsp;</span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">apprendre à observer d’autres binômes et à vous adapter aux chiens observés, à gérer une longe, à pratiquer votre langage corporel, et bien d’autres choses</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px">&nbsp;encore (</span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">gratuit</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px">)</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center; margin: 0px;"><br><em><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">NOS LECTURES</span></span></strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px">🐾. </span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Un petit gars du nom de Koumack </span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px">de Carole:&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.activiteschiens.be/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/K_FR_V1.pdf" tabindex="-1" style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 14px">https://www.activiteschiens.be/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/K_FR_V1.pdf</span></a><span style="font-size: 14px">&nbsp; </span><strong><span style="color:rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">ce petit livre est très facile à lire et hautement recommandé.</span></span></strong><br><span style="font-size: 14px">🐾</span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Les signaux d'apaisement: Les bases de la communication canine&nbsp;</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px">de Turid Rugaas. Il s’agit de la base de l’observation de votre chien, ce qui vous permettra d’encore améliorer la relation entre votre chien et vous. Nous en avons en stock (€16). </span><strong><span style="color:rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">La lecture </span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px">(et relecture) </span><strong><span style="color:rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">dece livre est&nbsp;</span></span></strong><em><strong><span style="color:rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">obligatoire.</span></span></strong></em><br><span style="font-size: 14px">&nbsp;🐾 &nbsp;</span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Comprendre <span style="font-family: Helvetica">la communicat</span>ion silencieuse des chiens</span></span><span style="font-size: 14px">,&nbsp;</span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px">le livre de Rosie Lowry a été traduit en français par les bons soins d'Elise Monfort de Animalices. Rosie nous guide vers une compréhension globale, fine et nuancée, des chiens. &nbsp;Nous en avons de&nbsp;stock (€25).</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px">🐾 &nbsp;</span><strong><span style="color:rgb(15, 112, 1);"><span style="font-size: 14px"><span style="font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif">Sagesse Canine - quand les chiens nous apprennent a voir le monde autrement&nbsp;</span></span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px"><span style="font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;">d</span></span><span style="font-family: Times"><span style="font-weight:normal;">e </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;">Sindhoor Pangal.&nbsp; Ce livre est </span></span><span style="font-weight:normal;">une immersion dans l’univers intérieur des chiens : leurs pensées, leurs émotions, leurs signaux et cette façon subtile qu’ils ont de communiquer… entre eux, mais aussi avec nous.&nbsp; Avec son expérience de terrain, son regard d’éthologue et ses récits vivants, Sindhoor nous guide à travers la complexité de leur langage social et de leurs comportements parfois mal compris.&nbsp; Comment les chiens des rues apprennent-ils à gérer la peur, à interagir, à affiner leurs compétences sociales, et comment nos chiens de famille peuvent-ils en bénéficier ?&nbsp; À travers des histoires touchantes, des observations fines et des références en comportement canin, ce livre éclaire le lien profond, ancien qui unit les chiens et les humains. </span></span><strong><span style="font-size: 14px">A LIRE !!</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14px"><br></span><em><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Au plaisir de vous accueillir / retrouver bientôt&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size: 14px">😊</span></strong></em><span style="font-size: 14px"><br></span><strong><span style="font-size: 14px">Si vous connaissez quelqu’un que ceci pourrait aider, n'hésitez pas à faire suivre ce message.</span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px"><br><br></span><strong><span style="font-size: 14px">Passez de bons moments avec votre ami à 4 pattes.</span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px"><br></span><em><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Carole, AnneC &amp; Marina</span></span></strong></em></p>
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<p><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Hello All,</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px"><br></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color:rgb(255, 140, 130);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Good news for 2026: Our rates remain unchanged. </span></span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color:rgb(255, 140, 130);"><span style="font-size: 14px">New</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px">: We are offering to create a WhatsApp group called “Marina&amp;co.” The goal is to share your tips and tricks or ask for advice. &nbsp;For example. Need a dog sitter? Advice on a ramp? Looking for an osteopath or other specialist? &nbsp;If you are interested, simply reply to this email with your mobile number.<br></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14px">Our dates for August :) </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14px">🐾 </span><em><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">SCENT GAMES</span></span></strong></em></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14px">We know that our dogs are</span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px"> ‘noses on legs’.</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px"> Using this olfactory skill has a number of beneficial effects: boosting self-confidence, increasing the ability to concentrate, improving the perception of the body in space, learning to manage in a calm environment, among others.&nbsp; We suggest you discover or rediscover a few ideas for games to keep your dog occupied in a healthy way.&nbsp; </span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">On the "menu": Treat or pâté searches, searching for toys or objects, searching for lost objects, discrimination, mantrailing...&nbsp;</span></span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14px"><img src="https://newsletter.happyandrelaxeddogs.com/uploads/5053d182-124f-b93d-d249-b26f7ec85efb.jpg" style="border: 0px; width: 640px; height: 269px; margin: 0px; max-width: 624px;" width="624" height="262"><br></span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Shura playing&nbsp;"find the box" game coached by Carole.</span></span></strong><br>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14px">🐾 </span><em><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">PARALLEL WALKS: HABITUATION</span></span></strong></em></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">For dogs who are not comfortable on walks</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px"> and who pull, jump, growl or bark at other dogs, people, objects, cars, etc... or who have problems on the lead or lack recall...: we offer dogs (and their humans) </span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">parallel walking sessions</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px"> to help increase their self-confidence and therefore their self-control to better manage their environment.&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14px">Should you just want to know how to teach your dog how to walk on a loose lead (***) … or to have a better recall…. this group is the one to join. &nbsp;<br>(***) good article from the Smiling Leash group:&nbsp;</span><a href="https://happyandrelaxeddogs.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a0961cd74cc028130149d8965&amp;id=916dfeeae4&amp;e=f75e88fe69" tabindex="-1"><span style="font-size: 14px">https://www.smilingleash.com/blog/why-do-you-take-walks-with-your-dog</span></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0px;"><br><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><img src="https://newsletter.happyandrelaxeddogs.com/uploads/be14a388-ee65-fd8d-bde7-3859f954026d.png" style="border: 0px; width: 829px; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 624px;" width="624" height="332" data-proportional="true"><br><span style="font-size: 14px">Puppy class - &nbsp;Mira and Laika: beautiful example of an adult dog and puppy interacting calmly whilst sharing an Enriched Environment, coached by Carole and Marina.</span></span></strong></p>
<p><br><span style="font-size: 14px">🐾 </span><em><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">MANTRAILING</span></span></strong></em></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">This involves asking a dog to find a runner/victim </span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px">(rest assured, a willing one😊) by following the victim's track (= the path travelled by that person).&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14px">Dogs of all breeds and ages can track. The tracks are researched and adapted to the level of each human-dog pair.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14px">Sessions are mainly held in Louvain-La-Neuve and about once a month in Namur and the surrounding area.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14px"><img src="https://newsletter.happyandrelaxeddogs.com/uploads/3e270f60-ff17-c1fe-5e1b-7f2f3653e049.jpg" style="border-image: none; width: 1017px; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 624px;" width="624" height="288" data-proportional="true"><br></span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Mantrailing: &nbsp;Ulysse accompanied by </span></span></strong><em><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Geneviève, coached by Carole, finding his other human and Iska.</span></span></strong></em><span style="font-size: 14px"><br><br>🐾 </span><em><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">CONDITIONS</span></span></strong></em></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14px">We offer different course formats (we only work with ergonomic harnesses and long leads.&nbsp; If necessary, we can lend you equipment for a few weeks) :</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Group lesson&nbsp;</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px">(€40): despite the name ‘group lesson’, each dog ‘works’ individually for 2 sessions and rests in the car between the 2 sessions. Allow an average of 1 hour per dog (example: a group of 3 dogs lasts +/- 3 hours).<br></span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">1to1</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px">in a car park or similar near us (€70): +/- 1 hour<br></span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">1to1 </span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px">in your home</span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">&nbsp;</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px">(€140 + travel expenses): +/- 2 hours<br></span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Puppy classes:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px"> theory (usually a zoom call) preferably before adoption (€100) +/-2h30 + practical classes (€200 for 6 classes of +/- 45 minutes).</span></p>
<p><br><span style="font-size: 14px">🐾</span><em><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px"> OUR DATES</span></span></strong></em><br><span style="color:rgb(139, 69, 19);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Do not hesitate to join us </span></span><strong><span style="color:rgb(139, 69, 19);"><span style="font-size: 14px">on a Sunday morning for some mantrailing </span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(139, 69, 19);"><span style="font-size: 14px">:)</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14px">The time (in the </span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">morning</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px">) and place (a </span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">car park</span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">)</span></span><span style="font-size: 14px"> are generally communicated by email +/- 48 hours before the course.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">!!! N.B. the price of the course will be due for any cancellation sent after this e-mail has been sent !!!</span></span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14px">As mentioned above, </span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">allow +/- 1 hour per dog,</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px"> i.e. 3 hours if 3 dogs are enrolled. &nbsp;And there is usually always room for </span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">observers</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px"> without dogs (it's </span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">free</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px">). &nbsp;<br>Simply sign up by replying to this email, telling us which dates/activities interest you.&nbsp; Do not hesitate to let us know your preferred times, or to send us any special requests.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">First come, first served! &nbsp;</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px"><br><br><br>🐾 </span><em><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">SHOULD YOU WISH TO JOIN US?</span></span></strong></em></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14px">In order to join our group classes, we offer the following options:</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">With your dog </span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px">- a 1 to1 assessment (cost €70 - in a car park near us by appointment)<br></span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Without your dog </span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px">- observing group lessons on 3 different days, </span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">where you will be able to observe other pairs and adapt to the dogs being observed, learn how to manage a long lead, practise your body language, and much more ... (as we have said this is free)</span></span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><br><em><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">THE BOOKS WE RECOMMEND</span></span></strong></em></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14px">🐾&nbsp;</span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Once upon a time, there was a little guy called Koumack </span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px">by Carole :&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.activiteschiens.be/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/K_English_V1.pdf" tabindex="-1"><span style="font-size: 14px">https://www.activiteschiens.be/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/K_English_V1.pdf</span></a><span style="font-size: 14px">&nbsp; </span><strong><span style="color:rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">this is an easy &nbsp;read and will give you some insight as to how we can help you and your dog.</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px"><br>🐾&nbsp;</span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">On Talking Terms with Dogs: Calming Signals</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px"> by Turid Rugaas This is the basis for observing your dog, which will allow you to further improve the relationship between you and your dog. We have some in stock (€15) or you can purchase the kindle or audio options on the internet. </span><strong><span style="color:rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Reading</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px">(and re-reading) </span><strong><span style="color:rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">this book is compulsory.</span></span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14px">&nbsp;🐾 </span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Understanding the Silent Communication of Dogs</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px"> by&nbsp;Rosie Lowry.&nbsp;&nbsp;Rosie guides us towards a comprehensive, fine and nuanced understanding of dogs.&nbsp;We also have some in stock (€15).<br><br></span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Dog Knows - learning how to learn from dogs&nbsp;</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px">by&nbsp;Sindhoor Pangal .&nbsp;&nbsp;Sindhoor guides us towards a comprehensive, fine and nuanced understanding of dogs. Her&nbsp;book examines many common misconceptions and training practices from a physical, psychological and physiological point of view. She strongly emphasises respect for dogs, their autonomy and learning skills.&nbsp; Her book urges a shift in perspective on understanding dog behaviour.</span><br>&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">We look forward to seeing/meeting&nbsp;you soon </span></span><span style="font-size: 14px">😊</span></strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Enjoy your 4-legged friend(s)</span></span><span style="font-size: 14px"><br></span><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px">Carole, AnneC &amp; Marina</span></span></strong></p>
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