If Only They Could Speak: Stories about Pets and Their People

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Nicholas H. Dodman, BVMS, MRCVS, author of If Only They Could Speak: Stories About Pets and Their People published by Norton.

Dr. Nicholas H. Dodman is one of the world's most noted and celebrated veterinary behaviorists. He grew up in England and trained to be a vet in Scotland.  At the age of 26, he became the youngest veterinary faculty member in Britan. It was at that time that Dr. Dodman began specializing in surgery and anesthesiology.

In 1981, Dr. Dodman immigrated to the United States where he became a faculty member of Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine. Shortly after his arrival, Dr. Dodman became interested in behavioral pharmacology and the field of animal behavior.  After spending several years in this area of research, he founded the Animal Behavior Clinic- one of the first of its kind- at Tufts in 1986. He received an additional board certification in animal behavior from the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists. Dr. Dodman began to see clinical cases in 1987 and since 1990, he has devoted all of this time to the speciality of animal behavior.

Since the mid 1990s, Dr. Dodman has written The Dog Who Loved Too Much, , The Cat Who Cried For Help, Dogs Behaving Badly, and If Only They Could Speak.  The newest book, Puppy's First Steps: Raising A Happy, Health, Well-Behaved Dog
by faculty of Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine Tufts University, Lawrence Linder, and Nicholas H. Dodman, will be published by Houghton Mifflin in April 2007.

Dr. Dodman is internationally recognized and sought after as a leader in his field. In addition to his four trade books, he has authored two textbooks and more than 100 articles and contributions to scientific books and journals. He appears regularly on radio and television including 20/20, Oprah, The Today Show, Good Morning America and many others.

A former senior editor for PetPlace.com, Dr. Dodman is currently a columnist for the American Kennel Club's quarterly publication, AKC Family Dog, where his column was nominated for 2005 "Column of the Year." Additionally, he is Pet Expert for Time, Inc. and also writes a monthly "Expert Advice" column for Life Magazine that is read by twelve million people.  Visit his website.

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