Kathryn Lord received her Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts in Organismic and Evolutionary biology. Her dissertation focused on the evolution and development of dog and wolf behavior. This work involved thousands of hours of observation and hand rearing both dogs and wolves. She is interested in how evolutionary development can help inform our management of domestic and wild species. She accomplishes this research by investigating the origin of behavioral differences between the species, subspecies, and breeds of the genus Canis.
Kathryn is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor at Hampshire College. Her work has been published in peer-reviewed journals including Animal Behavior, Behavioral Processes and Ethology. She has also written chapters for edited volumes by Temple Grandin, Alexandra Horowitz and James Serpell. She has given lectures and workshops internationally including the Chienposium, Quebec, Canada; University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy; and Schweizerische Tierärztliche für Verhaltensmedizin, Bern, Switzerland; the University of Padova, Padova, Italy, and Adiestradores Mexicanos Y Aficionados D’Perros, Mexico City, Mexico. And her work on sensory development was recently featured on NOVA, Inside The Animal Mind.

Recorded OnDemand Lecture: The Development of Behavior in Dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) and Wolves (Canis lupus lupus); What does the dog say?

Cindy Ludwig is a licensed registered nurse and certified professional dog trainer who owns a dog training business called Canine Connection LLC. She holds a bachelor of science degree in natural science from the University of Findlay and a master of arts degree in higher and adult education from the University of Missouri as well as a diploma in professional nursing from Mercy School of Nursing in Toledo, Ohio.

Cindy has been teaching professionally for more than 40 years and has been a registered nurse for over 35 years with a previous specialty and certification in critical care. Later in her career she held administrative roles in healthcare quality improvement, compliance and education before making a career change to full time dog trainer and business owner.

In addition to being a Karen Pryor Academy Certified Training Partner, Cindy has completed coursework in animal behavior and nutrition at accredited North American universities. She has  bylines in various print and online publications and is a frequent presenter on clicker training, service dogs and bite prevention. Cindy was a 2010 member of the Education Committee of the Association of Professional Dog Trainers. A devoted positive reinforcement trainer, Cindy founded a new and unique therapy dog program in 2012 with strict force-free training requirements.

Recorded OnDemand Lecture: Pressure Wraps and Achieving Behavioral Calm in Anxious Dogs

Evan MacLean is an Assistant Professor in the School of Anthropology at the University of Arizona. He received his Ph.D. in Evolutionary Anthropology from Duke University in 2012 and served as Senior Research Scientist and Co-Director of the Duke Canine Cognition Center from 2012-2016.  His research investigates animal cognition with an emphasis on phylogenetic approaches to the study of cognitive evolution and the cognitive characteristics of canids and nonhuman primates.

Recorded OnDemand Lecture: Individual Differences in Dog Cognition: Psychological Underpinnings and Practical Applications

Krista Macpherson holds an Honours BA, as well as a Master of Science degree in psychology, from the University of Western Ontario. As a dog trainer and owner of two rough collies, Krista has had a longstanding interest in animal cognition. Her first formal research in this area, however, was her undergraduate thesis project, which was supervised by Dr. Bill Roberts, and dealt with anthropomorphism and the concept of “canine heroes”.  This study won the McClelland award, which is given annually to the best undergraduate psychology thesis at the University of Western Ontario.  Subsequently, this study was published in the Journal of Comparative Psychology, and gained extensive media coverage upon publication. Krista is currently continuing her research in canine cognition, and is currently pursuing her Phd in this area. Her research interests are numerous, but primarily include numerical discrimination, spatial memory, and timing.  Krista is a member of the Canadian Kennel Club, and regularly exhibits collies at all-breed dog shows.

Recorded OnDemand Lecture: Domestic Dogs: The New Darlings of Animal Cognition

Jo Maldonado is an animal reader. The information she  “translates” to humans from animals is based on intuitive, behavioral, and energetic processing. Jo helps people “shift their energy” to open channels of communication with their animals. On respite and recovery from two hip surgeries in 2007,  Jo Maldonado began studying her life long passion of animal-to-human communication, and the relationship of one to the other.  This led her to open Centers for Animal Therapies/C.A.T. an educational program for the understanding of animals in 2009. The program began with a handful of classes and quickly grew to over 50 classes a semester with local and well known national instructors offering the public general knowledge such as pet nutrition, training, alternative healing, animal communication, and pet first aid to name a few.   As the program grew, so did Jo’s ability to connect the relationship of the intuitive and behavioral aspects between the animal and human species. Volunteering at animal sanctuaries gave her the opportunity to observe and practice her studies. 100% of the time, all animals responded to the telepathic sending of messages, sending a response in return.  Continuing her observations led her to connect the theory that all thoughts, AS WELL AS SUBCONSCIOUS THOUGHTS, take on energy and that animals in turn responded to the energy that was being sent and were in fact responding to the thoughts that humans were sending. In addition to Centers for Animals, C.A.T.,  Jo is the founder of Kids N Kritters, a summer camp that teaches children respect and fun with animals and nature.  She also founded Rescue for the Rescue, a free educational program for animal sanctuary and shelter volunteers and employees.  Jo Maldonado is a writer for The New Barker Magazine , Velocity Magazine and Pet Planet. For more info on Jo Maldonado go to www.animalreader.com and www.cat-edu.com. Contact info: 386-279-0257/ jo@cat-edu.com

Recorded OnDemand Lecture: Tell Your Dog What To Do Without Talking