#06 Jean Donaldson - Mine! & Fight!

OH MY DAYS BOOKSHELVERS!

Never meet your heroes they say... well Barks from the Bookshelf say a big BOO to that.

This episode features the one and only Jean Donaldson. Jean doesn't really require an introduction. She is a burning light in the Dog Training Community. It was our absolute honour to talk with Jean and we really hope you all enjoy it.

Jean's Bio

Jean is one of the top dog trainers in the world and has lectured extensively in the US, Canada, the UK, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. She is a four-time winner of The Dog Writers’ Association of America’s Maxwell Award, and her seminal book The Culture Clash was named number one training and behavior book by The Association of Pet Dog Trainers. Her other titles are Mine! A Guide to Resource Guarding in Dogs, Fight! A Guide to Dog-Dog Aggression, Dogs Are From Neptune, and Oh Behave! Dogs From Pavlov to Premack to Pinker.

Her most recent book, Train Like a Pro, was her first written training guide for a lay audience. In 2018, Jean authored and instructed Dog Training 101 for The Great Courses, another resource for dog guardians.

Before transitioning full-time to pet dog training, Jean competed in dog sports with dogs of various breeds, earning numerous titles and wins including OTCh, HIT, TDX, and FDCh, as well as a CGC. She ran a successful training school for fifteen years, and spent six years doing primarily referral aggression cases. She holds a degree in comparative psychology and is a keen student of evolutionary biology.

We recorded this podcast a few weeks ago before the real Covid 19 horror show hit. We sincerely hope everyone is coping out there and doing all they can to keep themselves, their loved ones and the entire planet safe. We hope this goes some way to making these uncertain time a tiny bit easier.

Love to you all.
Steve and Nat

Link to Jean Donalsons Animal Teaining Academy
https://www.animaltrainingacademy.com/podcast/training-tidbits/jean-donaldson/

Link to Jean's book 'Mine!'
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0970562942/ref=dbs_a_w_dp_0970562942

Link to Jean's book 'Fight!'
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0970562969/ref=dbs_a_w_dp_0970562969

Link to Steve & Corrins Goodall Dog Training Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/goodalldogs/

Link to Nat's Training & Behaviour facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/Natdogs/