Current Professional Activities
- Owner, Veterinary Behavior Consultations St. Louis, Missouri
- Editor of Blackwell’s Five Minute Veterinary Consult Clinical Companion Canine and Feline behavior Second Edition 2018
- Frequent lecturer and industry consultant on behavior
- Creates and implements behavioral learning modules and programs for veterinarians and staff
- Author of the BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Behavioural Medicine 1st and 2nd editions and the
- Co-author of the Lifelearn Behavior programs materials
- Section Editor for Behavior in The 5 Minute Veterinary Consultant 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th editions
- Co-author Blackwell’s Five-Minute Veterinary consult Clinical Companion Canine and Feline Behavior First edition
- Co-editor of Decoding your Dog-a book by the American College of Veterinary Behaviorist on dog behavior for the public
- NAVC Small Animal Speaker of the year in 2012 and 2014
Past Professional Activities
- Past-President of the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists
- Past President of the American Veterinary Society of Animal Behavior
- Private medicine practice
Children
- Three grown children - not a veterinarian among them:
- Jeff – Head of the lower school City Academy St. Louis, MO
- Laura – Co founder and executive director of We Stories, a nonprofit that helps families have meaningful discussions about race with their young children through the use of children’s literature
- Ben – New Orleans Police Department information technology for implementation of US Consent decree
Hobbies
- I like traveling and relaxing with family and friends.
Favorite Quote
"Everything works some of the time, nothing works all the time." (Seems apropos for behavioral therapy!)
What I Like Most About VIN
The ability to easily reach so many in the veterinary community.