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Sindar Kennel, LLC

About Us

All canine boarding care and behavior services are provided by Melissa R. Hartley. Melissa is a Professional Biologist and Canine Behavior Consultant with yearly continuing education credits in the subjects of Applied Behavior Analysis, Canine Cognition and Emotion, Origins of Dog Behavior, Canine Sensory Perception, Canine Evolution and Ethology, Genetics of Behavior, Social Hierarchy and Relationship Dynamics, Pharmacological Complimentary Therapy, and Canine Aggression. Melissa has twenty-seven years of experience shaping behavior in canines and thirteen years experience as a department head in a major zoological park during which time she developed and implemented animal enrichment and operant conditioning programs for sharks, rays, chambered nautilus, octopus, teleost fishes, and loggerhead sea turtles.

Education

Bachelors of Science, Marine Science
University of South Carolina

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Continuing Education

  • The Biology of Socialization

    JESSICA HEKMAN, DVM, PH.D.

  • Cat Behavior Consulting: From Intake to Resolution (Case Studies) (Seminar)

    MIKEL DELGADO, PH.D.

  • Applied Behavior Analysis: Living and Learning with Animals for Professionals, Part I

    SUSAN FRIEDMAN, PH.D.

  • Applied Behavior Analysis: Living and Learning with Animals for Professionals, Part II

    SUSAN FRIEDMAN, PH.D.

  • Canine Hormones: from Molecules to Behavior (Certificate)

    JESSICA HEKMAN, DVM, PH.D.

  • Pre-Natal Stress and Anti-Depressants (Certificate with Honors)

    JESSICA HEKMAN, DVM, PH.D.

  • Behavioral Effects of Spaying and Neutering

    CHRISTOPHER PACHEL, DVM, DACVB

  • The Genetics of Canine Behavior (Certificate)

    JESSICA HEKMAN, DVM, PH.D.

  • Chicken Camp: Poultry in Motion (Shaping Behavior in any species)

    TERRY RYAN, B.S. CPDT-KA

  • Fixing the Unfixable: A New Look at Separation Anxiety

    MALENA DE MARINI-PRICE, CTC, GINA PHAIRAS, CTC, BSC COMMS

  • Deconstructing the Growl: Rethinking Aggression

    DR. SOPHIA YIN, DVM, AND SARAH KALNAJS

  • Feisty Fidos: Reintegrating Them into The Canine Community

    PIASILVANI

  • The Umwelt of the Domestic Dog: Imagining the Dog's Point of View

    DR. ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ, PH.D.

  • The Wow and How Factor

    VICTORIA STILWELL AND KYRA SUNDANCE

  • Are You Thinking What I Am Thinking: Cognition and Emotion in Dog Behavior

    DR. PATRICIA MCCONNELL, PH.D.

  • Origins of Scientific Study of Puppy Love: A Literature Review and History of the Field

    DR. CLIVE WYNNE, PH.D.

  • New Discoveries About Dog's Understanding of Humans

    DR. MONIQUE UDELL, PH.D.

  • Human/Canine Cognition and Emotion as These Relate to Problem Canine Behaviors

    DR. MYRNA MILANI

  • Dogs and Dominance: An Ethological Perspective

    DR. PAMELA REID, PH.D.

  • Dogs and Dominance: Diagnosis and Treatment of Dominance

    KRISTEN COLLINS

  • A Dog Is A Terrible Thing to Waste: Behavior Problems and Solutions

    DR. PAMELA REID, PH.D.

  • Veterinary Use of Behavioral Drugs: A Review of Drug Studies

    DR. BARBARA SHERMAN Ph.D

  • How Veterinary Behaviorists and Trainers Can Work Together

    DR. BARBARA SHERMAN