COAPE - Centre of Applied Pet Ethology

Peter Neville
Clinical Professor, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, Miyazaki University, Japan

Peter Neville is a founding Partner of COAPE and became Clinical Professor at the Department of Veterinary Medicine, Miyazaki University in 2008. He is also a Visiting Scholar at Ohio State University, USA. He established the behaviour referral clinic at the Dept of Vet Medicine, Bristol in 1990. In practice for the treatment of behaviour problems in pets for 20 years, he is a speaker in high demand at veterinary, behaviour and training meetings around the world.

Author of the best-selling books: ‘Do Cats Need Shrinks?’ and ‘Do Dogs Need Shrinks? Peter is a behaviour / marketing consultant to Nestle Purina PetCare and the European licence holder for the patented Gentle Leader® Headcollar training system for dogs.

He leads ‘behind the scenes’ special safaris observing the behaviour and studying the ecology of African Wild Dogs, big cats and elephants first hand with biologists and vets in the field.

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Val Strong MSc
Val Strong has been a Partner of COAPE since 1997 and now heads a large behaviour practice in the north of England. She has worked with dogs and horses for most of her life and was responsible for developing the first puppy socialisation classes in South Yorkshire.

She is an international speaker and is well known for her work in the assistance dog training industry, being the world leader in the training of Emergency Response Dogs for people with epilepsy and other complex medical conditions. Val has many years experience in the training and rehabilitation of problem dogs and horses and is an expert in the effects of diet on canine behaviour, rehabilitation and training. Val has written a number of booklets on canine behaviour and training and is co-author of several research papers.

Val divides her time between running a Boarding Cattery, training her 2 horses, teaching, lecturing and running a mentoring scheme for students wishing to specialise in training dogs for people with disabilities and special needs.

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Robert Falconer-Taylor
BVetMed DipCABT MRCVS
Robert Falconer-Taylor successfully passed his COAPE Diploma in 2002 and has since become Veterinary Consultant to COAPE and one of the three tutors on the COAPE Diploma course, as well as being the author and tutor of several other COAPE courses. He qualified from the Royal Veterinary College in London in 1981 and first went into mixed veterinary practice and then into exclusively companion animal practice.

Robert has also spent time in industry as a management consultant and IT specialist and as a trainer to the veterinary and allied professions. He is the website designer and manager for the COAPE websites.

He joined COAPE as a partner in September, 2008 where he plans to devote more time to education, lecturing, writing and animal welfare, while maintaining a link with a busy small animal veterinary practice in West Sussex.

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