Kim Brophey, with over two decades of experience, is using her background in applied ethology within the dog training industry to redefine how we perceive, talk about, and treat our canine companions, both as a society and as individuals.
As an applied ethologist, she uses the method of examining the specific effect that captivity and other human interventions have on various species living under direct human control.
She noted that most people don’t consider companion animals to be “captive” like farm and zoo animals are. With this approach, she aims to show that there is a much larger picture about our dogs’ behavior than is generally appreciated in our modern culture….