{"id":6018,"date":"2024-12-16T14:11:44","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T14:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hondenschool.vanstal.nl\/about-us\/the-van-stal-method\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T17:19:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T17:19:36","slug":"the-van-stal-method","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hondenschool.vanstal.nl\/en\/about-us\/the-van-stal-method\/","title":{"rendered":"The Van Stal-Method"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6018\" class=\"elementor elementor-6018 elementor-5179\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e10d850 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e10d850\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-667e61e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"667e61e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77e81ba e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"77e81ba\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c41ce09 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c41ce09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Really get to know your dog<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3291110 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3291110\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Every dog owner knows the feeling: your dog knows how to \u201csit\u201d or \u201cstay,\u201d but what do you do when he jumps up at visitors, lunges at the leash, or is completely distracted by another dog?<\/p>\n<p>At Van Stal, it&#8217;s not about teaching individual commands, but about the skills that underlie them. 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