Dog attacks, dog training, animal control officer

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www.dogbiteexpertcatherinecrawmer.com Animal Control Officer 33 years More than 150 NY State Agriculture and Markets Art.7 Sec 123 Dangerous Dog Cases. Involved in some of the largest animal cruelty cases in New York State. Member of county District Attorney's Animal Cruelty Task Force. Expert on Pitbull terriers. Was one of the four presenters on the subject of PItbull legislation along with Senator Paul Tonko at Albany Law School. Was president of the board of one of the state's largest animal shelters. Conducted training seminars on recognizing and handling dangerous dogs for police, animal control officers for NY State Department of Agriculture. animal shelter employees, shelter volunteers, rescue groups and day care centers. Conducted temperament testing with the American Temperament Test Society . Developed temperament testing systems and protocols for animal shelters and rescue groups. Conducted training in safe handling practices and demonstration of equipment use for handling dangerous dogs. Conducted many court ordered temperament evaluations. Expert witness with TASA more than 25 years. Dangerous dog evaluation and handling a specialty. Program evaluations for NY State Dept of Education Proprietary Schools. Owner animal training and grooming business 52 years , dog training classes basic, advanced, agility. and exhibitions. Private and on location sessions. Breeding and showing dogs in conformation 60 years , many AKC champions. Exhibitor in AKC obedience trials with many titles including the youngest Doberman ever to obtain a UD title and the youngest standard poodle ever to obtain a CDX title. Many students with multiple titles and major wins in obedience, conformation and agility competitions. Former field trainer and regional representative with Paws With A Cause, service/hearing dog organization. Author of many articles in multiple publications on dog training, dog behavior, animal control. Articles in police dog publication on training, scent detection behavior. Extensive media experience. Appeared on regular news segments on MSNBC station on animals, with Benita Zahn and other hosts. Two exclusive TV specials on dog training on MSNBC with host John Gray. Consultant on various dog matters, and behavior for other media outlets, many radio shows including Waking Up With The Wolf. Professional groomer of all breeds of dogs and cats. Conducted many seminars and demonstrations on various aspects of dog grooming at international conventions including the Groomerama, Intergroom and others on grooming shop business procedures, tooth scaling and dog show coat conditioning. Presenter at conventions of the International Association for Behavior Analysis. Produced videos demonstrating applied behavior analysis with multiple species including a parrot, vulture, house cat doing agility , a lion, a tiger and a goldfish. These videos have been shown all over the world by these behavior experts to teach the subject of applied behavior analysis including Karen Pryor, Jon Bailey of Florida State University, Kent Johnson of the Morningside School and by myself at many venues including North American Falconry Assoc., Tuft University, Marine Mammal Trainers Association, Hudson Valley Community College. Children's Museum of Science and Technology and others. Was publisher of the Trainers Forum, publication for the Int. Association for Behavior Analysis, special interest group . Publisher and editor the American Animal Trainer Magazine, a full color magazine for zoo professionals on the training zoo animals, mailed to more than 60 countries around the world. Owner Crawmer's Animal Training, training all species of animals and the people who want to learn about training. Was awarded Safety Specialist and Advanced Operational Awareness Certification by the Code Enforcement Officer Safety Foundation. and a National TIM Management Training Certificate from the Emergency Responder Safety Instit