Linda is a world-leading dog trainer, canine nutritionist and science writer who specialises in topics about canine nutrition, health, training and behaviour.

Linda teaches the nutrition elements of the PACT Canine Training Instructors Course, our Introduction to Clinical Animal Behaviour course and our Perfect Puppy course.

Linda is a dog trainer, canine nutritionist and science writer who specialises in topics about canine nutrition, health, training and behavior. Her academic training is in animal sciences, specifically in canine/feline nutrition and companion animal behavior. She has a B.S. in Animal Science from Cornell University and an M.S. in Canine/Feline Nutrition earned at the University of Illinois. Following graduate school, she taught the undergraduate program in companion animal science in the Animal Sciences Department at the University of Illinois for 15 years and also taught companion animal behavior/training at the College of Veterinary Medicine for 5 years.

She left academia several years ago to concentrate on writing and teaching. Linda teaches canine nutrition courses through The Science Dog Courses.

She is the author of numerous publications and eight books. Her most recent books are “Dog Smart: Evidence-based Training with The Science Dog” (2018), Beware the Straw Man: The Science Dog Examines Dog Training Fact and Fiction” (2016) and “Dog Food Logic: Making Smart Decisions for Your Dog in an Age of Too Many Choices” (2014). Her most recent book “Feeding Smart: Evidence-based Nutrition with The Science Dog” was published in 2021. Information about all of her dog books can be found in the Books section of her website’s blog.