#38 Karen B. London PhD - Treat Everyone Like a Dog: How a Dog Trainers World View Can Improve Your Life

DAGNABBIT (Or should we say DOGNABBIT) BOOKSHELVERS!Back with ANOTHER stonkingly canine-tastic mind tickler of an episode for you! Just in time to cure those Monday blues...This week Steve & Nat are joined by the wonderful Karen London to talk all about her fabulous book Treat Everyone Like a Dog. As you can expect there is a whole load of topics and techniques to unpack on our journey to become better at employing the tactics we use with dogs upon our fellow humans.  That being said though we should be the blooming experts right? Lets find out.Karen FactsKaren B. London, Ph.D. is a Certified Applied Animal Behaviorist and CertifiedProfessional Dog Trainer who specializes in the evaluation and treatment of seriousbehavior problems in domestic dogs. She began working with dogs in 1997, and hasspent years working with clients in one-on-one consultations in addition to teachinggroup training classes, and giving seminars about canine ethology for trainers,veterinary and shelter staff, and the public.After graduation, Karen decided to switch to working with dogs. It was a naturaloutcome of her love for dogs in her personal life, and her scientific interest in speciesinteractions and aggressive behavior in her professional life. She has enjoyed thechange to becoming a dog behaviorist and trainer as dogs are easier to work with andless aggressive than the wasps she knows and loves.Karen is an award-winning author of six books on dog training and behavior, five ofthem co-authored with her mentor, Patricia B. McConnell, PhD. She blogs forTheBark.com and also writes the animal column, The London Zoo, for the Arizona DailySun. Her most recent book is Treat Everyone Like a Dog: How a Dog Trainer’s WorldView Can Improve Your Life.Karen lives in Flagstaff, Arizona with her husband and their two sons. She is an AdjunctProfessor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Northern Arizona University,where she teaches tropical field courses in Nicaragua and Costa Rica called “TropicalForest Ecology and Conservation” and a class for freshman about the importance ofinsects to society called “Sex, Bugs, and Rock N' Roll.Link to Buy Treat Everyone Like a Dog https://www.amazon.co.uk/Treat-Everyone-Like-Dog-Trainers/dp/1952960002/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=treat+everyone+like+a+dog&qid=1619377655&sr=8-1Karen's Instagram https://instagram.com/karen.london.dog.behavior?igshid=h7luuocp5bp4Karens Bark Columnhttps://thebark.com/category/author/karen-b-londonKarens  column about accidental recallshttps://thebark.com/content/teaching-dogs-come-when-calledLink to our Patreon page to help support us make the show!https://www.patreon.com/BookshelversLink to Steve & Corrins Goodall Dog Training Facebook pagehttps://www.facebook.com/goodalldogs/Link to Nat's Training & Behaviour Facebook pagehttps://www.facebook.com/Natdogs/Link to Drax's Galactic Adventure Facebook page (Nat's rescued Irish Wolfhound)https://www.facebook.com/Draxthewolfhound/<