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Ian Dunbar Born April 15
Great BritainResidence 
Berkeley, CaliforniaOccupation Director of The Center for Applied Animal Behavior Title Doctor Spouse Kelly Dunbar Contents
Dr. Ian Dunbar is a veterinarian, dog trainer, and writer.
Dr. Dunbar has helped popularize lure-reward based dog training. He founded his training school, Sirius Dog Training, based on that philosophy.
Biography
Dr. Dunbar was born in Great Britain and grew up there on his family’s farm. He went on to study veterinary medicine at the Royal Veterinary College (London University) and animal behavior at the University of California in Berkeley.
Dr. Dunbar joined the Society for Veterinary Ethology (now the International Society for Applied Ethology) over 35 years ago, at which time he was the only member specializing in dog and cat behavior problems. Later he was involved in the establishment of the American SVE (now the American Veterinary Society of Animal Behavior).
Dr. Dunbar has written numerous books, including How To Teach A New Dog Old Tricks, the Good Little Dog Book and a series of educational behavior booklets on the most common pet behavior problems. He also developed, and for seven years wrote, the American Kennel Club's Gazette behavior column.
In 1993, Dr. Dunbar founded the Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT)[1] in Canada and the United States and arranged their[ first two annual conferences. The APDT is now the largest pet dog training organization in the world.[2] Subsequently, Dr. Dunbar helped establish APDTs in the UK, Australia, Japan, France, and Spain. In 1996, he was inducted into the Dog Fancy Hall of Fame. His current project is the creation of the K9 GAMES -- a spectator event featuring fast-moving, motivating, competitive games for dogs and owners.
Education
Dr. Dunbar received his veterinary degree and a Special Honours degree in Physiology & Biochemistry from the Royal Veterinary College (London University) and a doctorate in animal behavior from the Psychology Department at the University of California in Berkeley, where he spent ten years researching olfactory communication, the development of hierarchical social behavior, and aggression in domestic dogs.
Associations
Dr. Dunbar is a member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, the American Veterinary Society of Animal Behavior, the California Veterinary Medical Association, the Sierra Veterinary Medical Association, and the Association of Pet Dog Trainers. He is also the vice président of the french association MFEC (Mouvement professionnel francophone des éducateurs de chiens de compagnie) : www.mfec.fr The french association promote friendly and positive training with dog.
For several years, Dr. Dunbar has been an honorary member of the International Association of Canine Professionals and has accepted entrance into their Hall of Fame. (http://canineprofessionals.com/Professionals/ContentPage.aspx?PageID=1137)
SIRIUS
In 1980 Dr. Ian Dunbar founded Sirius Dog Training,[3] the first off-leash training program specifically for puppies.[4] The program emphasizes the importance of teaching bite inhibition, early socialization, temperament training, and simple solutions for common and predictable behavior problems, as well as basic household manners, to dogs under six months of age.
Currently
Dr. Dunbar is currently Director of The Center for Applied Animal Behavior in Berkeley, California, where he lives with his wife Kelly, plus dogs Claude, Hugo, and Dune and cats Ugly and Mayhem. He is the founder of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers started in 1993.[5]
Dr. Ian Dunbar's wife, Kelly Dunbar, is a cofounder and the executive editor of Dog Star Daily and a contributing editor[6] at DogTime.
Dr. Dunbar also serves as a dog behaviorist expert [7] and on the advisory board for DogTime.com
Dr. Ian Dunbar is also the founder of the K9 Games and he organizes to an international level those games all over the world. With Catherine Collignon, director of the company ANIMALIN, he promotes the K9 Games in Europe. (www.animalin.net).
References
- ^ "Who We Are". APDT. http://apdt.com/about/who.aspx. Retrieved 2010-01-09.
- ^ About the Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers
- ^ "Sirius Dog Training". Siriuspup.com. 2006-10-15. http://www.siriuspup.com/about_founder.html. Retrieved 2010-01-09.
- ^ Puppyworks: Fun and Games and Extreme Quantification in Dog Training
- ^ "Who We Are". APDT. http://apdt.com/about/who.aspx. Retrieved 2010-01-09.
- ^ DogTime.com Expert, DogTime.com Kelly Dunbar Expert Profile and submitted articles.
- ^ DogTime.com Expert, DogTime.com Ian Dunbar Expert Profile and submitted articles.
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