Registration is now OPEN for ACOAM’s 2025 Day of Training: From Signals to Safety – Canine & Feline Behavior in Animal Welfare, instructed by Trish McMillan.
This training seminar will be available at two separate locations on Tuesday, October 7th and Wednesday, October 8th.
To register for this seminar please use to the QR code in the flyer, or click here.
Instructor:
Trish McMillan
M.S. in Animal Behavior
CPDT-KA, CDBC, ACCBC
Trish McMillan is a certified professional dog trainer and certified dog behavior counselor who holds a Master’s degree in Animal Behavior from the University of Exeter in England. She specializes in training and behavior modification work with dogs, cats, and horses. She is an internationally recognized speaker, sharing her expertise in behavior modification, defensive handling, and animal welfare to trainers, shelter workers, veterinarians & vet techs, and dog daycares across the country and around the world.
Trish spent 7 years with the ASPCA, where she gained a wide variety of experience in the field of animal behavior. For three years she was the director of the animal behavior department at the ASPCA’s New York City shelter, helping staff, volunteers, and adopters work with animals and make great matches. Trish has also helped assess and rehabilitate animals from cruelty, hoarding, and dogfighting cases, as well as pets rescued from natural disasters. In addition to writing for the ASPCA’s Virtual Pet Behaviorist and other publications, she helped create and present several very popular webinars on dog and cat behavior and handling for the ASPCA Pro website.