Dr. Ian Dunbar is a veterinarian, animal behaviorist, and writer. He received his veterinary degree and a Special Honors degree in Physiology & Biochemistry from the Royal Veterinary College and a doctorate in animal behavior from the Psychology Department at the University of California,Berkeley, where he researched olfactory communication, the development of hierarchical social behavior, and aggression in domestic dogs.

Dr. Dunbar is a member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, the International Society for Applied Ethology, the American Veterinary Society of Animal Behavior, the California Veterinary Medical Association, the Sierra Veterinary Medical Association, and the Association of Pet Dog Trainers (which he founded).

Ian joined the Society for Veterinary Ethology (the International Society for Applied Ethology) over 35 years ago, at which time he was the only dog and cat behavior specialist. Later he was involved in the establishment of the American SVE (now the American Veterinary Society of Animal Behavior).

Dr. Dunbar has written numerous books and a series of Behavior Booklets—separate educational booklets on the most common pet behavior problems. Additionally, Ian has hosted eleven videotapes on puppy/dog behavior and training, including SIRIUS® Puppy Training, Training Dogs With Dunbar among others. His videos have won a variety of awards. The famous SIRIUS Puppy Training video remains the all-time best selling dog video and has been voted the #1 BEST DOG TRAINING VIDEO by the Association of Pet Dog Trainers.

Before SIRIUS® there were no puppy classes-Dr. Dunbar developed them in 1981. Dr. Mary Lee Nitschke, the principal of Animal School in Oregon, has divided dog training into "the push-pull pre-SIRIUS Dark Ages and the post-SIRIUS era of dog-friendly dog training."

Jean Donaldson, the author of The Culture Clash, summarizes the colossal effect of the SIRIUS video as follows. "SIRIUS® is the video which changed dog training. It remains the best video on positive methods and early socialization available today. Some fields are lucky enough to be granted a giant: a figure whose contributions inspire awe and are unsurpassable. Ian Dunbar is that in dog behavior. There is no single person on the face of the planet to whom dog trainers and owners (not to mention dogs) owe more."

Dr. Dunbar was invited to develop and write the American Kennel Club's Gazette "Behavior" column, voted Best Dog Column for several years by the Dog Writers' Association of America. His favorite claim to fame was his 1996 induction to the Dog Fancy Hall of Fame along with four of his heroes-James Herriot, Konrad Lorenz, Lassie, and Balto.

Ian has been lecturing for over thirty years and has conducted 800+ days of workshops for trainers and veterinarians worldwide. There are very few educated trainers who have not been strongly influenced by Dr. Dunbar's fun & games, dog-friendly dog training.

Dr. Dunbar is peerless in his field; there is no other person with his qualifications and expertise in modern psychological dog training and behavior counseling-fields which Dr. Dunbar has played a major role in developing over the past 25 years.