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Jean Donaldson is a native of Montreal, Canada.
She graduated from Vanier College in 1982 with a
DEC in Music and Psychology and then went on to
study at McGill University where she graduated in
1987 with degrees in both Music and Comparative
Psychology (differences among species in cognitive
and learning ability). She began in 1975 to compete
in dog sports such as Obedience, Tracking and
Flyball, winning numerous titles such as OTCh, TDX
and HIT.
She graduated from Vanier College in 1982 with a
DEC in Music and Psychology and then went on to
study at McGill University where she graduated in
1987 with degrees in both Music and Comparative
Psychology (differences among species in cognitive
and learning ability). She began in 1975 to compete
in dog sports such as Obedience, Tracking and
Flyball, winning numerous titles such as OTCh, TDX
and HIT.
While a student at McGill, she worked as an Adoption Counselor for the
Montreal SPCA and later served on its Board of Directors. In 1989 she
founded the Montreal Flyball Association, whose A team, the Montreal
Dogmatics competed at the Toronto Skydome tournament in 1990, taking
a fifth place among a field of over one hundred teams from across
Canada and the United States. In 1990 Jean founded Renaissance Dog
Training, the first positive reinforcement dog training school and
counseling service in the province of Quebec.
In 1996 James & Kenneth Publishers published Jean’s first book, The
Culture Clash, which has won numerous awards, including The Dog
Writer’s Association of America’s coveted Maxwell Award for the best
training and behavior book of the year. Since its publication, The Culture
Clash has been the number one recommendation for dog trainers of The
Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT) each year it has had a
recommended reading list. The second edition was released in 2005.
In 1999 she founded Academy for Dog Trainers at The San Francisco
SPCA, which has gained a reputation as the Harvard for dog trainers and
behavior counselors. The Academy offers a six-week full-time
accelerated program for aspiring dog trainers, as well as occasional
seminars and advanced continuing education sessions for trainers and
behavior counselors. The Academy has over three hundred graduates
practicing dog training and behavior counseling world-wide. Jean’s other
books are MINE! A Practical Guide to Resource Guarding in Dogs,
also a Maxwell Award Winner, FIGHT! A Practical Guide to the
Treatment of Dog-Dog Aggression and the soon to be released Oh
Behave! Dogs From Pavlov to Premack to Pinker. In 2006 her behavior
column for Dogs in Canada Magazine won her a third Maxwell Award for
best column in a periodical.
Jean has lectured to dog trainers in the United States, Canada, the UK,
Australia and Japan and her books have been translated into six
languages. A keen student of evolutionary biology, she lives in the San
Francisco Bay area with her dog Buffy, a chow chow adopted from
SF/SPCA in 2002 is, according to Jean, “a rude shock after twenty years
of border collies.”
Written by PerfectPaws Sunday, 25 March 2007
Montreal SPCA and later served on its Board of Directors. In 1989 she
founded the Montreal Flyball Association, whose A team, the Montreal
Dogmatics competed at the Toronto Skydome tournament in 1990, taking
a fifth place among a field of over one hundred teams from across
Canada and the United States. In 1990 Jean founded Renaissance Dog
Training, the first positive reinforcement dog training school and
counseling service in the province of Quebec.
In 1996 James & Kenneth Publishers published Jean’s first book, The
Culture Clash, which has won numerous awards, including The Dog
Writer’s Association of America’s coveted Maxwell Award for the best
training and behavior book of the year. Since its publication, The Culture
Clash has been the number one recommendation for dog trainers of The
Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT) each year it has had a
recommended reading list. The second edition was released in 2005.
In 1999 she founded Academy for Dog Trainers at The San Francisco
SPCA, which has gained a reputation as the Harvard for dog trainers and
behavior counselors. The Academy offers a six-week full-time
accelerated program for aspiring dog trainers, as well as occasional
seminars and advanced continuing education sessions for trainers and
behavior counselors. The Academy has over three hundred graduates
practicing dog training and behavior counseling world-wide. Jean’s other
books are MINE! A Practical Guide to Resource Guarding in Dogs,
also a Maxwell Award Winner, FIGHT! A Practical Guide to the
Treatment of Dog-Dog Aggression and the soon to be released Oh
Behave! Dogs From Pavlov to Premack to Pinker. In 2006 her behavior
column for Dogs in Canada Magazine won her a third Maxwell Award for
best column in a periodical.
Jean has lectured to dog trainers in the United States, Canada, the UK,
Australia and Japan and her books have been translated into six
languages. A keen student of evolutionary biology, she lives in the San
Francisco Bay area with her dog Buffy, a chow chow adopted from
SF/SPCA in 2002 is, according to Jean, “a rude shock after twenty years
of border collies.”
Written by PerfectPaws Sunday, 25 March 2007
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