"The Most Rational Voice in Dog
Training Today", Director
of the acclaimed Academy for Dog
Trainers (SPCA; San Francisco);
Certified Professional Dog Trainer
(CPDT); and award-winning
author of the Best-Sellers
"Oh Behave!, Dogs from Pavlov to
Premack, to Pinker"; "The Culture
Clash", "MINE! A Guide to
Resource Guarding in Dogs",
"Dogs are From Neptune", and the
newly released "FIGHT! A Guide
to Dog-Dog Aggression", Jean
continues to be notable for all
types of training in successful,
positive, programs, and has
introduced her
DVD, Perfect Paws in 5 Days, now
available.
Born in Montreal, Canada, Jean
studied at McGill, where she founded
both the Montreal Flyball
Association and Renaissance
Dog Training, the first
positive reinforcement based school
and counseling service in the
province. Jean's own dogs,
and dogs she has trained, have
earned numerous titles and wins
in various dog sports including FDCh
(Flyball Champion), CGC (Canine Good
Citizen) and HIT (High In Trial)
OTCh (Obedience Trial Champion), UD
(Utility Dog), TDX (Tracking Dog
Excellent), .
As an early student, she worked as
an adoption counselor at the
Montreal SPCA and later served on
its Board of Directors.
Her background in science and keen
interest in evolutionary biology,
the subject in which she is
currently pursuing a doctorate
degree, uniquely suit her to view
behavior as an evolutionary
adaptation.
In 1999 Jean Donaldson relocated to
San Francisco, where she was the
Director of Training for the
SF-ASPCA, and where she now directs
the San Francisco SPCA’s
Academy for Dog Trainers,
regarded as "The Harvard"
for dog trainers. The
Academy has trained and certified
over 200 trainers in class training
and private behavior counseling, and
has a three to six month
wait-list for its courses.
Course certificates include
"Behavior and Training" and "Dog
Aggression", among others.
Jean has lectured to a wide variety
of groups in North American, the UK,
Japan and Australia, and continues
to be pro-active in the consumer
community with her latest release
DVD, Pefect Paws in 5 Days,
Modern Dog Training Methods.
You will learn
the principles used by professional
animal trainers to efficiently build
any behavior you can think of to any
degree of diffulty you can imagine.:
In five clear and enjoyable
step-by-step
lessons, teach your dog:
A reliable sit and
down-stay
To come when called
regardless of distractions
To sit politely and
watch you on cue, refraining
from naughtiness such as
jumping on people or lunging
at dogs
Heeling, tricks,
equipment and MUCH MORE
Menu-driven, organized format.
Over 2
1/2
hours running time
Jean Donaldson (SPCA)
Jean
Donaldson, CPDT
