Association of Pet Dog Trainers - Dog Training Resources

Speakers

We have a schedule of speakers who were innovative, interesting, educational, and just plain fun! Click on their name for complete bio information.

	Roger Abrantes, PhD, DHC, DF, MAPBC Dr. Abrantes is scientific director at the Etologisk Institute where he teaches ethology, anthropology, and epistemology. As a guest lecturer in universities world wide, he teaches canine and human behavior. He his also the author of 17 popular books and numerous articles on pet behavior and advice.
	Teoti Anderson, CPDT A professional dog trainer for more than 13 years, Teoti Anderson is a Certified Pet Dog Trainer and the owner of Pawsitive Results, L.L.C. in Lexington, South Carolina (www.getpawsitiveresults.com). Teoti served on the Board of the APDT for six years, serving as President from 2004 through 2006.
	Sarah Babcock Sarah grew up in Southern California and started training the family dogs at a very young age. She turned her attention to horses and rode and competed with hunters throughout high school and college. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Sweet Briar College with a BA in Math/Economics and almost immediately went to work for IBM.
	Chris Bach, CDBC Chris Bach is a lot like you: She loves dogs! She began to study them as soon as she was old enough to hold a leash. The result of her life-long passion for dogs is her unique, innovative, reliable, and most importantly, distinctly dog-friendly approach to training called THE THIRD WAY.
	Veronica Boutelle, MA, CTC Veronica Boutelle, MA, CTC, ran a successful training and walking business before taking up the mantle as the San Francisco SPCA’s Director of Behavior & Training. In this role she supported a large staff of trainers, academy students, and interns in their quests for skills development, program design, and professional growth.
	Janis Bradley, CTC Janis Bradley is the author of Dog Bites, But Balloons and Slippers are More Dangerous. Her academic background is in adult education, and since 2000 she has educated more than 300 professional dog trainers at the San Francisco SPCA Academy for Dog Trainers, where she also co-authored the curriculum for the Society’ s Growly Dog classes, instructing guardians of leash reactive dogs.
	Kristen Collins, CPDT Kristen is the full-time trainer at the Richmond SPCA in Virginia. She oversees all behavior modification and enrichment programs for the dogs and cats providing educational programs for staff members; and the “Green Team,” a special group of volunteers who provide training for shelter dogs.
	Jean Donaldson Jean Donaldson directs The San Francisco SPCA Academy for Dog Trainers. She is the award-winning author of The Culture Clash, Dogs Are From Neptune, MINE! A Guide to Resource Guarding in Dogs and FIGHT! A Guide to Dog-Dog Aggression.
	Beth Duman, Dip CB Originally a high school biology teacher, Beth Duman has been doing wolf education programs in Michigan since 1972 and has been the Michigan representative for Wolf Park since 1974. She has lectured to over 1,000 groups, including the American Veterinary Medical Association, the Timber Wolf Alliance, the Michigan Association of Animal Control Officers, The Nordjyllands Dyreadfaerdsklinik, and the International Wolf Center.
	Ian Dunbar, Ph.D., MRCVS, CPDT Veterinarian and animal behaviorist, Dr. Ian Dunbar is currently Director of the Center for Applied Animal Behavior in Berkeley, California. Dr. Dunbar received his veterinary degree and Special Honors degree in Physiology & Biochemistry for the Royal Veterinary College (London University) and a doctorate in animal behavior and aggression in domestic dogs.
	Roger Fouts, PhD Roger Fouts is Director of University Research at Central Washington University (CWU) and co-director with Deborah Fouts of the Chimpanzee and Human Communication Institute. In addition, Roger is a Professor of Psychology and CWU Distinguished Research Professor.
	Lauren Fox Lauren Fox graduated Cum Laude from Florida State University in 1996 with a degree in Theater and Cum Laude from The University of Colorado with a degree in English Literature. She worked in veterinary offices from 1993 to 2001 where she managed three large practices. She was trained in technician work, diet and nutrition, and has had many hours of practical experience working with vets.
	Keri Gorman Keri Gorman is a TAGteach Instructor, teaches seminars, and owns an education consulting business. She was formerly an animal trainer at Sea World, California where she worked with a variety of animal species including birds of prey, river otters, and parrots who performed in daily shows. It was there that she began using marker-based teaching methods and it carried over into her work at the Humane Society for Southwest Washington, where she worked as the Director of Education and Behavior.
	Randy Kidd, DVM, PhD Dr. Randy Kidd is a veterinarian with a special interest in the human-animal bond. He has practiced as a “normal” veterinarian and more recently as a holistic vet, specializing in alternative medicines such as acupuncture, chiropractic, homeopathy, herbal medicines, aroma therapy, and flower essences.
	Trish King, CPDT, CDBC Trish King is the Director of the Animal Behavior & Training Department at the Marin Humane Society in Marin County, California. MHS’s programs include behavior consultations, dog training, dog adoption evaluations, and classes for dogs up for adoption. Other innovative programs help to screen incoming animals, and train dogs waiting for adoption.
	Janice Koler-Matznick, MS, CPDT Janice Koler-Matznick has been working with dogs professionally in various capacities for 35 years. She has taught behavior observation in private classes, at Southern Oregon University, and collaborated with Dr. Brian Hare, Harvard University and Max Planck Institute, on cognitive testing in New Guinea singing dogs (NGSDs), in addition to ethogram for the NGSD consists of over 240 behaviors, some of the apparently unique to this candid.
	Jennifer Messer, DVM Jennifer Messer is a veterinarian working in a small animal practice in Preston, Ontario. In addition to routine clinical medicine, Jennifer conducts private canine behavior consultations and has implemented an in-clinic puppy parenting program to educate dog-owning clients about puppy behavior and training.
	Leslie Nelson Leslie Nelson is the owner and training director at Tails-U-Win!® Canine Center, LLC in Manchester, CT. She oversees over 50 classes a week and a staff of more than 30 instructors and assistants. In the mid nineties, after being introduced to Ted Turner, the head trainer of Sea World of Ohio, Leslie developed a training program for family dogs based on the training done at Sea World.
	Karen Overall, PhD, VMD, CAAB Dr. Karen Overall received her BA and MA degrees concomitantly from the University of Pennsylvania in 1978. After a year spent at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama she was awarded her VMD from the University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine in 1983.
	Pamela J. Reid, PhD, CAAB Dr. Pamela Reid is a certified applied animal behaviorist. She received her Ph.D. in Psychology with a specialization in animal learning and behavior from the University of Toronto. Pam is the Vice President of the ASPCA Animal Behavior Center. At the ASPCA, Pam consults with pet owners, veterinarians, trainers, legal professionals, and shelter personnel on animal behavior.
	Barbara Schoening, DVM, MSc, PhD Barbara graduated from vet school in Berlin, Germany in 1986 and finished her German doctorate thesis 1990 in Berlin. She received her MSc (Behavioural Ontogenesis in the Rhodesian Ridgeback) from the University of Southampton in 2000 and her PhD (Evaluation and Prediction of Agonistic Behavior in the Domestic Dog) from the University of Bristol in 2006.
	Kathy Sdao, CAAB Kathy Sdao is an associate certified applied animal behaviorist who has earned her living as a full-time animal trainer for the past two decades. Kathy graduated summa cum laude from Niagara University with a bachelor’s degree in psychology in 1983. She went on to obtain her master’s degree in Experimental Psychology at the University of Hawaii, where she worked with Dr. Louis Herman as part of a team that trained dolphins to solve complex cognitive puzzles.
	Pia Silvani, CPDT Pia's love of teaching began over 30 years ago as a private trainer, dance instructor, track, field and swimming coach for the Special Olympics and Regional Clinician for an international aerobics corporation where she trained new instructors in the field. After 13 years of para-legal/office management work, she decided to make her part-time teaching career a full-time dream.
	Cheryl Margaret Smith Cheryl Margaret Smith is a charter member of both the APDT and CAPPDT who has been a dog training professional for over thirty years. She has specialized in the area of inappropriate aggressive behavior for over twenty years.
	Angelica Steinker, M.Ed., C.D.B.C., CAP2, and NADOI endorsed Angelica has over 10 years of full-time dog training experience, and specializes in: Aggression, Agility, Rally Obedience, Learning, and Behavior. She used her education as a foundation to establish extensive knowledge in dog behavior and operant and classical conditioning, the science of how animals and people learn. Angelica has testified as an expert witness in dog bite cases.
	Lieutenant Joel Walton, CPDT Joel Walton served twenty five years total service in the U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard. He served successfully in ten different pay grades - from seaman recruit to Lieutenant. He retired from the U.S. Coast Guard in1988 and became a full time dog trainer. Joel helped start the Association of Pet Dog Trainers in1993.
	Kim Wilson, CABA, CPDT Kim Wilson has been training dogs for competition since she was a child. She began training dogs professionally in 1991, after a career as a horse trainer and equine husbandry instructor. She owns and operates k9Crazy Play Skool in Kingston, NY.
	Deborah Wood Deborah Wood is one of America’s most popular pet writers. She is the award-winning pet columnist for The Oregonian newspaper, writes regularly for magazines, and is the author of eleven books.