Dog Listener training in Holland has finished - but here's a quick question for you. Can you name 3 good things to come out of Belgium? Before last week I would have struggled after French fries (true) and Jean-Claude Van Damne (and that's not with much commitment).

However, one student on the Dog Listener Training Course in Holland was employed by the Belgian government to teach children how to behave correctly with dogs. Brilliant!! They go straight to the top of my list.

Of course, she had LOADS of questions, but it seemed she went away with plenty of good ways to use Dog Listener Training techniques to get an even better message across.

I don't know if there are other governments that have taken this initiative (as far as I know the UK government has shown no signs yet - maybe whoever wins next week will think differently), but it is a good start.

Of course, the first and most important message to give children and adults alike is simply "DON'T APPROACH DOGS; CALL THEM TO YOU".

This little piece of knowledge will drastically cut down the incidences of dog bites in the world. Check out my reference to owing pirahna fish on one of the blogs I did while in New Zealand for another way of looking at this subject.

So now I have French fries (still true), the Belgian Government.... and maybe Johnny Hallyday (but again that's pushing it a bit).

A que coucou, Tony Knight

P.S. For those who do not know who Johnny Hallyday is, think the French version of Cliff Richard!