Honoring the No, Shaping the Yes with Dr. Susan Friedman [Episode 250]
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Dr. Susan Friedman Bio
Dr. Susan G. Friedman is a professor emeritus in the Department of Psychology at Utah State University who has pioneered the application of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) to captive and companion animals. She has co-authored chapters on behaviour change in five veterinary texts, and her articles have been translated into 17 languages.
Her acclaimed online course, How Behavior Works: Living & Learning with Animals, has reached students in over 60 countries, and she consults with zoos and animal organisations around the world. She served on the US Fish & Wildlife Service California Condor Recovery Team and chaired the Scientific Advisory Committee of the American Humane Association’s Film and TV Unit.
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I have been communicating closely with animals since I was a small child, and have continued to do so throughout my life, living in a suburb now my love and acceptance of the wildlife has caused a small wild sanctuary to develop around my home, with wonderful wild creatures/ They have no fear of me and, in fact. I have had a mother wild duck usher her babies quickly to me, till they were standing between my feet as she turned and headed back to a predator that was following her. It was a most stunning display of Motherly rage I have ever seen.