Michael Shikashio, CDBC, is the past president of the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants (IAABC), and provides private consultations working exclusively with dog aggression cases through his business AggressiveDog.com. Michael is fully certified through the IAABC and is a full member of the Association of Professional Dog Trainers (APDT). He also hosts the popular podcast show “The Bitey End of the Dog.” He is sought after for his expert opinion by numerous media outlets, including the New York Times, New York Post, Baltimore Sun, WebMD, Women’s Health Magazine, Real Simple Magazine, SiriusXM Radio, The Chronicle of the Dog, and Steve Dale’s Pet World. Michael is a featured speaker at conferences, universities, and seminars around the world, and offers a variety of workshops, webinars, and online courses on the topic of canine aggression, including the Aggression in Dogs Master Course.

Amber Batson is a vet and clinical behaviourist, having qualified from the Royal Veterinary College in 1999. Amber has undertaken a number of behaviour qualifications and has been working as a behaviourist since 2000 including teaching behaviour qualifications to professionals. Amber works part-time in veterinary practice, alongside teaching worldwide behaviour and welfare in dogs, cats and horses. She also works as a legal expert witness to help resolve animals welfare issues. Amber presents up to date scientific information in an easy to understand, practical format with her goal to help animals and their owners/carers enjoy happier, healthier lives together.

Dr Clive Wynne studied at University College London and the University of Edinburgh. He has served on the faculty of the University of Western Australia, and the University of Florida, before arriving at Arizona State University in 2013. His broad interest is in comparative psychology understood to include the evolution, development and progress of the behaviour of individuals and groups of nonhuman animals. The behaviours Wynne is interested in range from simple conditioning to complex cognitions. His approach is behaviourist in his emphasis on parsimonious explanations, cognitive in his interest in rich behaviours, and ethological in his concern to see behaviour as a tool in animals’ adaptation to their environments. The specific focus of ongoing research is the behaviour of dogs and their wild relatives. In this domain Wynne’s group studies the ability of pet dogs to react adaptively to the behaviours of the people they live with; the deployment of applied behaviour analytic techniques to the treatment of problem behaviours in dogs; the behaviours of shelter dogs that influence their chances of adoption into human homes, as well as the welfare of shelter dogs; improved methods for training sniffer dogs; the development of test banks for studying cognitive ageing in pet dogs; humans as social enrichment for captive canids; among others.

Susan Garrett’s interest in animal behaviour started at the University of Guelph where she earned a B.Sc. in Animal Science. Since then she has developed into a pre-eminent canine sports instructor and competitor. Susan is one of the most consistently successful dog agility competitors of the last two decades. She has been on the podium of World and National Championship events more than 50 times winning those events a total of 38 times. This success turned Susan into one of the most popular presenters in dog sports worldwide. A natural teacher and an entertaining speaker today, Susan is recognized as a leading educator of dog trainers. Her understanding of how to apply science-based learning principles to both competitive and family pet dog training has been pivotal in changing the way dogs are currently trained. Susan’s philosophy is a simple one, create an environment where work turns into play for the dog. This is the same philosophy that has given Susan’s online dog training programs massive appeal. Susan’s online memberships and courses now help thousands of dog lovers reach their goals while having the best relationship possible with their dogs.

Nick is a fully trained vet with over 20 years of experience. He has also trained in homoeopathy, acupuncture, natural nutrition and veterinary herbal medicine. He uses both ‘complementary’ and conventional approaches, together with a large dose of old-fashioned common sense to try to establish what is really wrong with your animal and fix it. Nick has a special interest in immunology, internal medicine in all species and Autism spectrum behaviour in dogs and horses.