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June 7, 2023

Dr. Laura Donaldson

Somatic Self-Resilience: Why It's Critical for "Reactive" Dogs

 

Key Points From Our Interview

  • The body holds the wounds of trauma but also is the source of wisdom
  • Self-resilience, i.e., strategies of calmness and ability to adapt that comes from within, is the path to well-being and healing in our dogs
  • Practical suggestions for how to partner with your dog in learning somatic self-resilience.

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Meet Laura Donaldson

Dr. Laura Donaldson, Ph.D., is a Professor Emeritus from Cornell University located in Ithaca, New York, United States. She is an award-winning writer on dog behavior who has worked as a canine behavior specialist for 20+ years.

Laura is a Certified Dog Behavior Consultant (CDBC), a Karen Pryor Certified Training Partner (KPA CTP), and a Certified Control Unleashed Instructor (CCUI). She is also a Certified Trauma Professional and she created the very popular program, Slow Thinking is Lifesaving for Dogs® for traumatized as well as aggressive dogs.

She has presented at many conferences and given a number of online talks, podcast interviews, and webinars, including Trauma and Aggression in Dogs and courses such as Somatic Self-Resilience for Dogs.

Laura currently lives in upstate New York (Fingerlakes region, northeastern United States) with her husband; working Border Collies; 3 rescued cats, including Rocky, a severely traumatized kitten of social media fame; Obi, a Timneh African Gray parrot who loves to talk with all my clients; and a flock of Navajo Churro sheep.

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