Lindsay Wood Brown

Lindsay Wood Brown is a board-certified Associate Applied Animal Behaviourist (ACAAB) with a master’s degree in Animal Behavior.  She specializes in finding solutions for behaviour conditions and consults for animal shelters on the design and implementation of behaviour programs, effective behaviour modification methods, and the development of robust operational strategies to achieve behavioural health for animals within the shelter environment.

Lindsay teaches seminars and workshops around the country and serves as a faculty member for Karen Pryor Academy and  Clicker Expo.  She offers coaching and 1:1 mentorship opportunities for behaviour consultants.

Lindsay has a long history of leadership and building high functioning teams within animal shelters.  She served as the Director of Operations for Lynchburg Humane Society (LHS), an open-admissions animal shelter located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.  Her role at Lynchburg Humane included the oversight of all shelter operations, with a strong focus on behaviour and behaviour modification to increase the number of animal lives saved and successfully re-homed.

Lindsay served for 8 years as the Director of Animal Training and Behavior for the Humane Society of Boulder Valley in Boulder, Colorado.  She developed Boulder Humane’s Training and Behavior Department, including their comprehensive behaviour modification program, which focuses on rehabilitating dogs with specific behaviour conditions, including resource-guarding, fearful behaviour, body-handling sensitivities, separation anxiety, and dog-dog aggression.  Lindsay also developed the Humane Society of Boulder Valley’s curricula for a wide array of positive reinforcement, clicker training classes for community members.