Dr. Laura Donaldson is a Professor Emeritus from Cornell University located 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 has also successfully completed a seven-month certificate program in traumatic stress studies from Dr. Bessel van der Kolk’s Trauma Research Foundation. Laura founded Four Paws, Four Directions Dog Training & Behavior Consulting LLC as well as the very popular program, Slow Thinking is Lifesaving for Dogs®. She has presented at many conferences and given a number of online webinars, including one on Trauma and Aggression in Dogs. Laura currently lives in upstate New York (northeastern US) with her husband, working Border Collies, household cats, an African Gray parrot named Obi and a small flock of Navajo Churro sheep. She can be reached through her website, https://fourpawsfourdirections.com or by email: [email protected].
