Jim Barry, MA, CPDT, CDBC

Jim Barry, MA, CPDT, CDBC

Jim Barry is a Certified Dog Behavior Consultant (CDBC) and Certified Pet Dog Trainer (CPDT) in Middletown, Rhode Island. Prior to becoming a dog trainer, he was on the faculty at George Mason University where he specialized in ethics, international politics and conflict resolution. Barry brings his professional ethics experience to APDT serving as editor of the ethics column for the award-winning newsletter, The Chronicle of the Dog.

Barry is a certified member of the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants (IAABC), serving on the Standards Committee, which determines certification procedures for new members, and managing the online case study discussion program. He is the co-author of Positive Gun Dogs: Clicker Training for Sporting Breeds, one of the first publications on positive training methods for field sports.

Currently, Barry is a Senior Fellow at the Center for International Development and Conflict Management, University of Maryland, where he conducts training programs for government executives in ethics, negotiation and crisis leadership.

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