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 Carolyn has been training dogs professionally since 1985. In 1991 she founded Gemini Dog Training, a full service training and daycare facility. Since selling Gemini in 2006, Carolyn is concentrating on behavior consulting and training classes for reactive dogs as well as her popular agility classes, beginner and advanced clicker classes and workshops, earth dog and tracking. Carolyn has trained and mentored 100’s of potential dog training instructors. Many of her previous students and staff trained through her instructor programs have gone on to become Certified Pet Dog Trainers (CPDT-KA), running their own classes and businesses.
Carolyn's interest in training started in childhood rearing a foal, training several young horses, and preparing them for competition and pleasure riding. It was a natural transition to start formalizing her interests through her undergraduate education that included course work in art education and a heavy interest and course load in psychology. Carolyn has been an Association of Pet Dog Training (APDT) member since 1995, having served on the Ethics Committee for several years. In November 2001, Carolyn made dog training history along with 117 other dog trainers in the USA, passing the first standardized professional certification test created by what is now known as the Certification Council of Professional Dog Trainers.
The desire for a better understanding of the canine mind and behavior has been the motivating factor in all aspects of her dog experience. Beginning with traditional training techniques, she knew there had to be a better way. Pursuing that better way has evolved into clicker training and a more thoughtful scientific and effective use of operant and classical conditioning. Carolyn believes that training and behavior modification should be safe, enjoyable, and successful for both the dog and the humans who love them. Most importantly, she maintains an open mind to new information and what every dog has to teach the human student. Carolyn has been training, competing, and titling dogs for over 25 years in obedience, conformation, tracking and more recently earth dog. For the past 13 years she has concentrated on agility, titling multiple dogs.
Along with her training and behavior work, Carolyn wrote Clicker Basics for Dogs and Puppies and has an agility foundation book ready for publication. Carolyn has 2 DVD’s from the Clean Run Instructor Conference, one on Agility Foundation and one on Scaredy Dogs. Carolyn co-teaches two canine cognition/behavior courses at Harvard University Extension School with Bruce Blumberg PhD, lectures to dog trainers occasionally and works as a behavior consultant for the MSPCA, providing Reactive dog training classes and behavior therapy for shelter dogs and their families. Carolyn is also an instructor for the Karen Pryor Academy and teaches out of her business, DOGS! Learning Center in Hudson, MA.
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 Vincent Catalano, M.B.A., CPDT, CPBC (“Vinny”) is the Assistant Director of Training and Behavior at St. Hubert’s Dog Training School. A full time Professional Dog Trainer and highly experienced Behavior Counselor, Vinny specializes in aggression, multiple dog issues, and other behavior problems. Vinny has counseled countless owners for over fourteen years. Vinny is a Certified Pet Dog Trainer (CPDT-KA) through the Certification Counsel of Pet Dog Trainers and a Certified Pet Bereavement Counselor through the Association of Pet Loss and Bereavement (APLB). In addition, Vinny helps provide pre-adoption temperament evaluations and rehabilitation for shelter dogs, at St. Hubert’s Animal Welfare Center. In his role as Assistant Director, Vinny developed the Paws for People Therapy Dog testing protocols, helped streamline the canine coach training program and continues to provide educational presentations at the shelter for staff and volunteers. Vinny co-developed St. Hubert’s Feisty Fidos program, a group of courses designed to rehabilitate dog-aggressive dogs. This program has since become one of the models for other growl classes and is recommended by many Behaviorists across the country. Dedicated to continuing education, Vinny has attended numerous educational seminars. Vinny is a recognized lecturer and has been a speaker at the Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT) National Conference and at the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants (IAABC) inaugural conference. Vinny has been a guest lecturer at County College of Morris for their Animal Control Officer Training course for the past ten years.
Suzanne Hetts, Ph.D., CAAB |
 Dr. Suzanne Hetts has worked with pet owners and pet professionals for over 25 years. Suzanne has helped thousands of pet owners improve their pets’ behavior and relationships. She is often called upon to consult with animal professionals, veterinarians, dog trainers, humane societies and personal injury attorneys to help them understand and work with animal issues. Dr. Hetts and her husband, Dr. Dan Estep, are co-owners of Animal Behavior Associates, Inc., a behavior consulting firm in Littleton, Colorado. Their firm provides behavior education products and services to pet parents and pet professionals throughout North America and other countries through their websites www.HelpingKitty.com, www.HelpingFido.com, and www.BehaviorEducationNetwork.com in addition to www.AnimalBehaviorAssociates.com. Suzanne co-founded the pet loss education program at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital at CSU (now part of the Argus Center) and created all the initial materials for the Behavior Help-Line at the Denver Dumb Friends League, as well as administered that program from 1991-1994. Dr. Hetts is a popular, award winning international speaker and author of Pet Behavior Protocols, published by AAHA Press, and co-author of the award winning books Raising A Behaviorally Healthy Puppy and Help! I’m Barking and I Can’t Be Quiet. Suzanne has lectured on 4 continents to both pet owners and pet professionals and also consults with major corporations in the pet industry. Suzanne is a past columnist for Dog Watch and a contributor to Animal Wellness magazine and her articles have appeared in both popular dog magazines and professional journals. Dr. Hetts’ publications and videos are used in nationwide training programs for animal caretakers and pet owners. Dr. Hetts has a Ph.D. in zoology, with a specialization in animal behavior from Colorado State University. Suzanne is an affiliate member of AVMA, CVMA and AVSAB. She is certified by the Animal Behavior Society as an applied animal behaviorist and has served on many boards and committees for the Association of Pet Dog Trainers, the Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers, The Delta Society and the Animal Behavior Society. She and Dan share their lives with rescued Dalmatian Ashley, and diva-dog Coral, a field-bred Irish setter.
 Trish King is the Director of the Animal Behavior & Training Department at the Marin Humane Society in Marin County, California, and the author of a critically acclaimed book for dog owners, “Parenting Your Dog.” (TFH Publications), Besides running the behavior and training department, Trish teaches workshops and seminars on behavior, canine management, temperament assessment, and handling difficult dogs. She established the Canine Behavior Academy at the Marin Humane Society for new or interested trainers, which covers training theory and techniques, handling dogs and teaching people. She is a popular speaker and has presented at several well-known venues, including Association of Pet Dog Trainer Conferences, the Animal Care Conference, Humane Society of the United States and American Humane Association. Trish shares her home with a formerly stray German Shepherd, two Australian Shepherds, and a Bull Terrier/heeler/something mix.
 Dr.
Emily Levine has had a life long interest in animal
behavior and welfare. Since childhood, she has
wanted to be a veterinarian and wanted to help both
people and animals. When she was a student in
veterinary school, she started to study ethology
(animal behavior) and was hooked! It was at this
time that she realized just how many misperceptions
there were about animal behavior that resulted in
the neglect of or mistreatment of animals and how
behavior problems can lead to very frustrating and
difficult situations for families that cause many
owners to relinquish or euthanize their pets. It was
at this time that she decided to pursue a residency
in animal behavioral medicine.
After completing veterinary school in 2000 at
Mississippi State University College of Veterinary
Medicine, she was accepted to do an internship at a
specialty medical and surgical referral practice in
Arizona. She then stayed in Arizona and worked as a
general practitioner for 1 year after which she
moved to Ithaca, NY to begin her residency in animal
behavioral at Cornell’s College of Veterinary
Medicine. After successfully completing her
residency she accepted a position in England at The
University of Lincoln’s Animal Behaviour, Cognition,
and Welfare Department. Here, she ran the behavior
clinic, taught students, and did research on
clinical behavioral problems.
After several years of living in England, she
returned to the states to work in a private practice
where she could dedicate all of her time to helping
pets with behavioral problems.
Dr. Levine is a published author for both lay
articles and scientific articles in peer reviewed
journals, and has authored several chapters in
textbooks. She has done interviews for radio,
television, and articles. She has appeared in an
award winning documentary on animal welfare and has
lectured internationally on topic on animal
behavior. She is one of 46 board certified
veterinary behaviorists in the United States.
She currently works in Fairfield New Jersey at the
Animal Emergency & Referral Associates (www.animalerc.com).
Patricia McConnell, Ph.D., CAAB
Keynote Speaker |
 Patricia McConnell, Ph.D., CAAB is an Ethologist and Certified Applied Animal Behaviorist who has consulted with cat and dog lovers for over twenty two years. She combines a thorough understanding of the science of behavior with years of practical, applied experience. Her nationally syndicated radio show, Calling All Pets, played in over 110 cities for fourteen years. She is the behavior columnist for The Bark magazine (the New Yorker of Dog Magazines) and a Consulting Editor for the Journal of Comparative Psychology. She is Adjunct Associate Professor in Zoology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, teaching "The Biology and Philosophy of Human/Animal Relationships." Dr. McConnell is a much sought after speaker and seminar presenter, speaking to training organizations, veterinary conferences, academic meetings and animal shelters around the world about dog and cat behavior, and on science-based and humane solutions to serious behavioral problems. She is the author of twelve books on training and behavioral problems, as well as the critically acclaimed books The Other End of the Leash, For the Love of a Dog and Tales of Two Species. For more information on her books and DVDs, go to www.patriciamcconnell.com or visit her blog, at www.theotherendoftheleash.com
Alice Moon-Fanelli, Ph.D., CAAB |
Due to unforeseen
circumstances, Dr. Moon-Fanelli is unable to
attend.
Alice Moon-Fanelli received her Master's (1989) and Ph.D. (1993) in Biobehavioral Sciences specializing in ethology and animal behavior genetics at the University of Connecticut. As a Certified Applied Animal Behaviorist she is internationally known for her expertise in animal behavior and regularly advises animal owners, veterinarians and other animal professionals, the public and students on a variety of animal behavior problems. She offers a highly successful remote consulting service (Your Pet’s Got Mail) and resolves pet behavior problems around the country and as far away as Japan through her business Animal Behavior Consultations, LLC.
Dr. Moon-Fanelli teaches courses and educational seminars on applied animal behavior, ethology & evolution of behavior and animal behavior genetics for animal professionals and pet owners. She has published articles in professional journals on her research as well as pet behavior problems, presents research papers and speaks at scientific and veterinary conferences. Her media experience includes National Geographic, Animal Planet, and various radio and local television programs. She has been featured on numerous occasions in major newspapers and magazines.
She is a Clinical Assistant Professor, at Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine where she pursues her current research interests including the causes, treatment and inheritance of compulsive behaviors in dogs, cats and horses. She has studied wolf social behavior and the inheritance of the coyote defensive threat in coyote-beagle hybrids. She continues research on wild canid behavior, shares her home with her New Guinea Singing dog, and is on the Board of Directors for the New Guinea Singing Dog Conservation Society. Dr. Alice Moon-Fanelli is a professional member of the Animal Behavior Society, the American Veterinary Society of Animal Behavior and the Association of Pet Dog Trainers.
Dr. Moon-Fanelli is available for behavior consultations at the Brooklyn Veterinary Hospital in Brooklyn, CT where she conducts in-person consultations for pet owners. She also offers E-mail and telephone consultations on companion animal behavior (aggression, fears and phobias, compulsive behavior), including horses.
 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. She and her colleagues are developing a national program to educate people about behaviour and how to work through pet behaviour problems. Pam is also adjunct professor at the College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois. In conjunction with the ASPCA, she directs a Masters Degree program in Biology with a specialization in companion animal behaviour. Prior to joining the ASPCA, Pam established a thriving behaviour consultation practice in Toronto Canada and was assistant professor with the Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph. Pam lectures worldwide on animal behavior, learning theory, and agility training. She writes award-winning articles for both professional journals and popular magazines and is author of the acclaimed book Excel-erated Learning! Explaining (in plain English) how Dogs Learn and how Best to Teach them (James & Kenneth Publishers 1996). Pam has served on committees for APDT, Delta Society, American Humane, PETsMART, and HSUS on topics relating to canine learning and dog training. For several years, she consulted with the U.S. Department of Defense on the use of dogs for narcotics and explosives detection. She has served on the Animal Behavior Society’s Board of Professional Certification and the Certification Council for Pet Dog Training. She is a member of the American Psychological Association, Animal Behavior Society, Comparative Cognition Society, and Association of Pet Dog Trainers. In her spare time, Pam competes in agility. Her best buddy has been her 14-year-old Border-Border, Eejit, ADCH, FbMCH, 2000 and 2002 USDAA National Steeplechase Champion (runner-up in 2001), 2004 2nd place DAM Team Championship, 3-time DAM Team Regional Champion, USDAA Top Ten 2002-2006, 2004-2005 Tournament Top Ten (No. 4 in Lifetime Top Ten). Pam’s Border Collie, Ciaran, ADCH, MADC, AM CDX, FbCH (1989-2000) was once a serious contender at regional and national USDAA events. He also earned Dog World awards for his obedience work. Pam is also known for her beloved Saluki Shaahiin, CDX, AD, FbCH, FCh (1986-2000), who was an awesome obedience competitor, the first Saluki to earn an agility title, and for 15 years held the record as the only Saluki to earn NAFA flyball titles. Pam is now enjoying Fidget, a shelter mystery, and her young Lurcher, Snafu.
 Pia's love of teaching began over 30 years ago as a private fitness trainer, dance instructor, and swimming and track and field coach for the Special Olympics. She was also Regional Clinician for an international aerobics corporation where she trained new instructors in the field. After 13 years of paralegal/office management work, she decided to make her part-time teaching career a full-time dream. She combined her love of teaching people with her other fondness--dogs. Pia is Director of Training and Behavior at St. Hubert's Animal Welfare Center in Madison, New Jersey. The nonprofit organization’s Dog Training School offers one of the largest and most comprehensive training programs in the United States. Pia has developed various courses focusing on positive, reward-based techniques, which are extremely effective in the enhancement of the human-animal bond. The result of her efforts is an astounding 100+ classes per week, which includes eight levels of pet training classes, specialty courses designed for dogs with extreme behavioral problems and much more. She has written six training manuals, which are being used around the country as a resource guide for other trainers. Pia also developed a behavior department and conducts private consultations specializing in aggressive and anxiety-related problems for dogs and cats. She contributes behavior articles for the shelter's newsletter and library and has been featured many times in national and international publications. Pia has made numerous guest appearances on television and radio and is called upon frequently to lecture all over the United States as well as Canada, Japan, Belgium and Bermuda. She shares her expertise with various shelters to assist them in improving and expanding their programs. Pia’s recently published book, Raising Puppies and Kids Together - A Guide for Parents, was voted in the top three parenting books for a Franklin D. Roosevelt Foundation Award. She is a contributor to several other published books including: Professional Standards for Dog Trainers: Effective, Humane Principles, sponsored by Delta Society, The Dog Trainer's Resource, published by Dogwise, as well as The Dog Behavior Answer Book by Storey Books Publications.
Nancy Williams MA,
RVT, ACAAB |
 Nancy Williams is certified by the Animal Behavior Society as an associate Certified Applied Animal Behaviorist. She operates a private pet consulting business that specializes in behavior evaluations, training and behavior modification of dogs and puppies, Ms. Williams has been training dogs for 30 years in all areas, including basic puppy training, temperament evaluations, obedience and agility and is actively involved with local rescues and shelters. Ms. Williams specializes in aggression and phobias, maintaining several “rehabilitated” rescue dogs as her working partners! Ms. Williams is also an expert consultant in the field of dog behavior. She routinely conducts risk assessments during the evaluation of aggressive dogs, and behavioral modification plans for pet owners, rescues, and other animal related organizations. She serves as a member an Animal Appeals Hearing Board in order to evaluate and make recommendations on dangerous dogs. Ms. Williams was a member of the team that evaluated the Michael Vick fighting dogs, and currently is involved with several of the dog’s rehabilitation in Maryland. She also provides seminars and workshops for veterinarians on behavior assessment, behavior modification and handling problem dogs. Ms. Williams is also a registered veterinary technician, and an AKC (emeritus) and UKC judge. Ms. Williams has served as a committee member and expert for many dog-related organizations, such as the Past President of the Certification Council for Pet Dog Trainers and has spoken nationally at scientific and other conferences such as APDT. Ms. Williams is also actively involved with several scientific studies in order to contribute to the understanding of dog behavior and practical training techniques.
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