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Happy cats. Happy dogs. Thanks to science.
Zazie Todd, PhD, is an animal behaviour expert and award-winning writer. She is at the forefront of the move towards positive animal welfare and kind, humane dog training methods. Todd's highly-anticipated third book, Bark! The Science of Helping Your Anxious, Fearful, or Reactive Dog is out now.
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"This insightful book gave me--a lifelong dog guardian with a passion for all things dog--much to think about. I'll be referring to it often."Teresa J Rhyne, #1 NYT-bestselling author of The Dog Lived (and So Will I) and Poppy in the Wild.
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Zazie Todd's first 2 books, Wag: The Science of Making Your Dog Happy and Purr: The Science of Making Your Cat Happy, are available from all good bookstores.
New and Trending
- Bark! Fest Recording: Dogs, Trauma, and the Other End of the Leash with Patricia McConnell PhD (Youtube)
- How to help anxious dogs, CJAD Now Trending Show, 6 October 2024
- Thumps, bumps, and bangs: When your dog fears loud noises (The Psychologist, excerpt from Bark!)
- Upcoming events on anxious and fearful dogs with Zazie Todd PhD
- Get the checklist for a happy dog from Wag: The Science of Making Your Dog Happy
- Cats vs Dogs: Here's who's smarter (according to science) (BBC Science Focus
Recent Media Mentions and Interviews with Zazie Todd
Zazie Todd returns, A Dog's Life with Anna Webb, 20 October 2024 also on Youtube
Barking at the Moon, Late Night Jo, BBC Radio, 18 October 2024 (interview starts just before the 44 min mark)
Bark! The Science of Helping Your Anxious, Fearful, or Reactive Dog with Zazie Todd (podcast), The Tree Lady Talks, 16 Oct 2024, also on Youtube
Got an anxious, fearful, and reactive dog? Vancouver author has some tips, The Vancouver Sun, 12 October 2024
The science of helping your fearful dog with Zazie Todd, Dogkind Training, 9 October 2024
How to help anxious dogs, CJAD Now Trending Show, 6 October 2024
Review of Bark! The Science of Helping Your Anxious, Fearful, or Reactive Dog, All Things Chihuahua, 5 October 2024
Dog-Person Interview: Dr. Zazie Todd, author of "Bark!", on helping an anxious or fearful dog, The Farmer's Dog, 1 October 2024
How to help your fearful dog feel safe, Dog Talk (and Kitties Too), 30 September 2024
The science of helping anxious, fearful, or reactive dogs, Zazie Todd interviewed by Marc Bekoff at Psychology Today, 30 September 2024
Interview with Zazie Todd, All Things Chihuahua, 29 September 2024
Upcoming Events
Counter-conditioning for farful and anxious dogs: How to get it right with Dr. Zazie Todd, Webinar for the Pet Professional Guild, October 23 2024 2pm Pacific / 5pm ET
Chat & Chuckle with the Pet Professional Guild. Live-streamed to the Pet Professional Guild's Facebook page; PPG members can join via Zoom. October 24, 2pm to 3pm Eastern (11am to 12 noon Pacific time).
Zazie Todd: Bark! at the Toronto Public Library (online), Nov 6 2024 12 noon Eastern (9am Pacific)
The Dog Behavior Conference online, April 4-6 2025. With speakers Victoria Stilwell, Julia Robertson, Amber Batson, Carmaleta Aufderheide, Sarah Fisher, Andrew Hale, Tom Candy, Sindhoor Pangal, Niki Tudge, Jo Pay, Irith Bloom, and Zazie Todd.
Praise for Companion Animal Psychology
"Companion Animal Psychology is, bar none, the single best resource for accessible information on dog and cat behavior."--Jean Donaldson, Academy for Dog Trainers.
"My favourite animal-related blog"--Patricia McConnell, PhD
"My favourite animal-related blog"--Patricia McConnell, PhD
"For your average pet lover, it can be hard to figure out the best way to make their animals’ lives better. Enter Companion Animal Psychology, a blog packed with research-based information on how pets think."--Erin Blakemore, Washington Post.
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