BewilderBeasts

As a psychology major in college who cited this publication more times than I could count, and to have a conversation with Dr. Marc Bekoff (a legend in canine science and ethology)....this is peak.

To say this is a dream come true is an understatement.

Thank you all for supporting this book with purchases, reviews, telling friends, gifting to colleagues - I am absolutely floored by the response to "Misadventures" and cannot wait to see what happens next

Dog Training: A Quirky Exposé From the Dogs' Point of View A new book details the scientifically supported global shift away from dominance-based dog training.

Breaking the silence to share that Melissa will be QUITE busy discussing and the project run by Virginia Tech and Texas Tech University in 2023.

If you are interested in checking out the below FREE talks through Southern Maine this week and next, why not familiarize yourself with spotted lantern fly and sniffer dogs in these two BewilderBeasts Episodes that lead directly to this entire project?

Episode 67: Doom Bloom of BewilderBeasts discusses the spotted lantern fly, how devastating this little murder bug is to our environment, and how some honeybees turned gross SLF vomit into a delicious, smokey breakfast treat.

Episode 96: The Maine Six - the episode where a listener tipped Melissa off to a multi-university study to see if pet dog trainers could train pet dogs to find the invasive Spotted Lantern Fly.

Invasive Species Detection Study 2024 Spotted Lantern Fly Study How it started: In December 2024, six dog and handler teams from Southern Maine were tapped to take place in a ground breaking study. We were tasked with answering the que…

Zoom and Live versions for this Thursday (Jan 16th) at 6pm EST! Email [email protected] for the link, or come live to hear all about (episode 96 of Bewilderbests!)

Oh boy! Here’s a chance to hear it live—a talk on Zoom, this coming Thursday, January 16th (6PT ET), by Melissa McCue-McGrath to teach dogs to find the invasive and highly destructive spotted laternfly. Bonus: Her totally adorable dog, Captain, is guaranteed to steal the show.

Here are the details: this talk, "How Six Pet Dogs Were Trained to Find Invasive Species", will take place at the Rockland Public Library (Rockland, ME) and will be livestreamed via Zoom. For more information or for Zoom links, please email [email protected], or visit this page: https://bit.ly/4hdVVDy.