Vinci Parks
Vinci Parks
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Post-secondary Education
Post-secondary Education
PhD in Neurobiology -- University of Pittsburgh
B.S. in Psychology with a Mathematics emphasis -- University of California, Davis
Training
Training
Graduate of IAABC Foundation's Professional Dog Training: Science & Application course (May 2024)
Fear Free Shelters Graduate (June 2024)
Conferences Attended
Conferences Attended
The Lemonade Conference 2020, 2021, 2022 (virtual)
Aggression in Dogs Conference 2022 (virtual)
UC Davis Behavioral Medicine Symposium 2015
Fenzi Dog Sports Academy Gold Level Courses
Fenzi Dog Sports Academy Gold Level Courses
2024: BH345 On Guard -- Working Through Resource Guarding Issues (Karen Deeds)
2023: FF110 Pay to Play -- Using Food to Get Great Toy Play (Sara Brueske)
2022: NW180 Developing Scent-sational Skills for Competition (Julie Symons)
2021: BH150 Management for Reactive Dogs (Dr. Amy Cook)
2021: NW390 Nosework Games (Melissa Chandler)
2021: FE135 Shaping Demystified (Sarah Stremming)
2021: NW130 Developing Advanced Nosework Skills (Melissa Chandler)
2020: NW120 Introduction to NW Search Elements (Melissa Chandler)
2020: NW101 Introduction to Nosework (Melissa Chandler)
2020: BH110 Dealing with the Bogeyman Helping Reactive and Fearful Dogs (Dr. Amy Cook)
2020: BH430 Success with Sensitive Dogs (Hélène Lawler)
Volunteer Experience
Volunteer Experience
Dog Walking at shelters since 2011: Animal Friends (Pittsburgh, PA), Animal Rescue League (Boston, MA), Yolo County Animal Shelter (Woodland, CA), MSPCA (Boston, MA)
Fostering (dogs & cats) since 2012: Animal Friends (Pittsburgh, PA), Animal Rescue League (Boston, MA), Yolo County Animal Shelter (Woodland, CA), Yolo County SPCA (Davis, CA)
National Disaster Search Dog Foundation: Canine Recruitment Volunteer since 2023
Volunteer Experience
Volunteer Experience
Dog Walking at shelters since 2011: Animal Friends (Pittsburgh, PA), Animal Rescue League (Boston, MA), Yolo County Animal Shelter (Woodland, CA), MSPCA (Boston, MA)
Fostering (dogs & cats) since 2012: Animal Friends (Pittsburgh, PA), Animal Rescue League (Boston, MA), Yolo County Animal Shelter (Woodland, CA), Yolo County SPCA (Davis, CA)
National Disaster Search Dog Foundation: Canine Recruitment Volunteer since 2023
Other Training
Other Training
FEMA IS-100.C: Introduction to Incident Command System
FEMA IS-200.C: Basic Incident Command System for Initial Response
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