Canine Science Symposium on May 20-21, 2023 in San Francisco, United States

The Canine Science Symposium is an animal behavior, welfare, and dog training conference featuring top scientists in the field of companion animal behavior. This year’s Symposium speakers include national and international canine science experts, including: Dr. Monique Udell, Dr. Erica Feuerbacher, Dr. Lisa Gunter, Dr. Alexandra Protopopova, Lindsay Merhkam, Victoria Cussen, Sarah Marshall-Pescini and Angela Perri, and they will be speaking on the theme of Our Interconnected Lives with Dogs. 

Our goal is to promote professional education in canine behavior, welfare, and training. This year's presentations include:

Opening Plenary - Wolves, pets and free-ranging dogs: Exploring the spectrum of their relationships with humans

Understanding dog sheltering from a One Welfare perspective: Lessons from our research in Canadian and Indian shelters

Unleashing applied behavior analysis to improve canine training and enrichment programs through a university-based animal behavior research clinic

Behavioral phenotypes of shelter dog populations: Obstacles and opportunities

Waking up on the wrong side of the dog bed: Mood, motivation, and learning

Pushing your dog's (preferred!) buttons: Toward a science of communication training and "consent" for community dogs

Characterizing excessive arousal in the shelter dog population: A multi-site pilot study 

Why child-dog bonds matter and how to improve them

Social interaction as reinforcers for dogs: What, when, and how to use it

The proximate & ultimate benefits of field trip, sleepover, & weeklong fostering programs