Dr. Camille King was raised in a family that loved dogs and her earliest memories with dogs were as a toddler. Her love for German Shepherds (GSD) began with Lady, a black and silver GSD she had as a child. As a young girl in Illinois, Camille attended field trial competitions with numerous hunting dogs (German Shorthaired and German Wirehaired Pointers, and Vizslas). She raised several Saint Bernard Dogs from puppyhood. Camille was a wildlife caregiver at Thatcher Woods Nature Center in River Forest, Illinois. In 1991, she began studying and tracking wolves. Her interests were in monitoring pack behavior and studying kill sites for nutritional value. She observed animal welfare and enrichment for wolves at the Chicago Zoological Society (Brookfield Zoo). Camille conducted an observational study on body language with the Spotted Hyena and African Wild Dogs at the Denver Zoo. In 1995, she began training dogs in obedience classes with a professional dog trainer who also trained therapy dogs. She conducted educational classes on animal husbandry at a children’s petting zoo, cared for wildlife at Greenwood Wildlife Rehab Center in Longmont, Colorado, raised quail and mice as a volunteer for a raptor center, co-assisted a veterinarian with 4-H youth projects in veterinary science, and trained animal-assisted therapy dogs to help special needs children in schools and hospitalized inpatient adults. After working in human medicine for decades, Camille decided to become a veterinary nurse and graduated from a program in Fort Collins. She held a lead vet nurse position at Lyons Veterinary Clinic for several years. Her interest in canine behavior pushed her to complete graduate work in animal behavior. She managed behavior departments with at-risk dogs for different humane societies in Colorado and Illinois. Camille started her practice for dog behavior in 1999. Dr. King conducts professional research on canine anxiety/stress, human-animal attachment, animal-assisted therapy, & mental health issues with people and publishes in peer-reviewed journals. She also has a special interest in learning and intelligence in corvids (American crow). Camille currently shares her life with her husband and canine family in Loveland, Colorado.

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