"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
