Dr Nicholas Rutter
Nick completed his thesis titled “Developing and Evaluating a Volunteer-based Model of Conservation Detection Dog Training and Deployment” in 2022.
He works as a Wildlife Detection Dog Officer at Zoos Victoria, training and deploying detection dogs to find evidence of Victoria’s most threatened species.
Dr Jimmy Mai
Jimmy completed his thesis titled “Human Factors that Promote Successful Puppy Raising” with ARG in 2021.
Jimmy currently works as an associate lecturer in the Department of Psychology, Counselling and Therapy at La Trobe University.
Dr Jennifer Gravrok
Awarded the Nancy Millis Award for theses of exceptional merit, Jennifer completed her thesis titled “How Do Assistance Dogs Help Their Handlers to Live Their Best Possible Lives?” in 2019.
Jennifer works as a Client Services Coordinator at Can Do Canines.
Dr Sarah Byosiere
Sarah completed her thesis titled “Visual Perception in Dogs (Canis lupus familiaris): Are Dogs Susceptible to Visual Illusions?” with ARG in 2019.
She is currently the director of Canine Research and Development at Guide Dogs for the Blind.
Dr Lynna Feng
Lynna completed her thesis titled “Questioning the Clicker: Investigating Perceived and Actual Benefits of Clicker Training Companion Dogs” with ARG in 2018.
She currently works as a Canine Behaviour, Research and Educational Manager at Guide Dogs for the Blind in the USA.
Dr Kate Mornement
Kate completed her thesis with ARG in 2016, titled “Shelter dogs in Australia: public perceptions and assessment of behaviour for adoption suitability.“
Kate currently consults to pet owners, local government, shelters/pounds and industry on animal behaviour, training, welfare and management.
Dr Tammie King
Tammie completed her thesis titled “Identifying ‘ideal’ companion dogs: development of the canine amicability assessment (CAA)” with ARG in 2014.
Tammie currently works as the Technical Leader (Applied Behaviour) for WALTHAM Centre for Pet Nutrition, Mars Petcare, based in the UK.
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