Meet Your Dog: Insights from the Science of Canine Cognition
Wed, May 14
|Zoom Webinar
Take a brief dive into the fascinating topic of canine cognition to understand the world from your dog’s point of view. Speaker: Heather S. Gerrish, DVM FREE, donations optional!
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May 14, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CDT
Zoom Webinar
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About the event
Take a brief dive into the fascinating topic of canine cognition to understand the world from your dog’s point of view.
FREE event, donations optional!
Speaker:
Heather S. Gerrish, DVM, ACVB Resident, she/her
Dr. Gerrish felt a special connection to animals starting at a young age. She was fascinated with animal learning, and even spent time in high school volunteering to train rats to play basketball for a demonstration on operant conditioning at the Science Museum of Virginia.
Dr. Gerrish completed her undergraduate degree in music at the University of Pennsylvania, then worked in both general practice and emergency veterinary medicine as a veterinary assistant, prior to completing her veterinary degree at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine. Behavior remained a passion, and while in veterinary school Dr. Gerrish added a sweet and complicated smooth-coated miniature dachshund to the family, who taught her much more than can be learned from…
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