Big Dog Master Class - Day 1 - KEYNOTE (Block 1) - Irreconcilable Differences? Maybe Not! A New Look at 50 Years of Data about Behavioral Incompatibilities and Dog Relinquishment to Shelters (49 minutes)

A review of research into reasons owners surrender dogs, with the surprising finding that behavior concerns were not a primary risk factor for owner surrender.

Presenter: Janis Bradley, MA, Director of Communications & Publications, National Canine Research Council

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Big Dog Master Class - Day 1 - KEYNOTE (Block 1) - Irreconcilable Differences? Maybe Not! A New Look at 50 Years of Data about Behavioral Incompatibilities and Dog Relinquishment to Shelters (49 minutes)
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Janis Bradley

Director of Communications and Publications

National Canine Research Council

Janis holds a B.A. in Philosophy and a Masters in English. She first pursued a career as a college teacher, counselor, and administrator. Leaving academia, she then took up professionally her passion for the human-canine relationship. From 2000 through 2009, Janis trained more than 400 professional pet dog trainers.

Janis is the co-author of the articles: “No better than flipping a coin: Reconsidering canine behavior evaluations in animal shelters” , “Who is minding the bibliography? Daisy chaining, dropped leads, and other bad behavior using examples from the dog bite literature,” and “Defaming Rover: Error-Based Latent Rhetoric in the Medical Literature on Dog Bites”. She is also the author of Dogs Bite, But Balloons and Slippers are More Dangerous (James and Kenneth), the complete guide to research on dog bites; Dog Bites: Problems and Solutions (Animals and Society Institute); and The Relevance of Breed in Selecting a Companion Dog (National Canine Research Council Vision Series). All of this comes from an abiding interest in finding the very best information about the remarkable relationship between dogs and people. She lives in California with her rescued Greyhounds.