Dr. Lisa Radosta, DVM, DACVB, owner of Florida Veterinary Behavior Service and co-owner of Dog Nerds, joins Kim Merritt, co-founder Good Dog in a Box, to discuss the growing trend of allowing dogs in the workplace. Good idea or not? Join us.
Recorded, Thursday, April 11, 2019
Pros and cons of dogs in the workplace.
What employers and employees want to keep in mind when considering taking dogs into the workplace.
Avoiding dog bites in the workplace.
Owner of Florida Veterinary Behavior Service
Co-owner Dog Nerds
Co-author of “From Fearful to Fear Free”
Dr. Radosta graduated from the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine in 2000. She completed a residency in Behavioral Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. During her residency, she was awarded the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists Resident research award two years in a row.
Dr. Radosta is the owner of Florida Veterinary Behavior Service, a specialty practice in southeast Florida and co-owns Dog Nerds, an online educational resource for owners whose pets have behavior disorders.
She lectures nationally and internationally for veterinarians, their staff and lay people. She has written book chapters for textbooks including Handbook of Behavior Problems of the Dog and Cat; Blackwell’s Five Minute Veterinary Consult, Decoding your Cat and Canine and Feline and Small Animal Pediatrics. She is the coauthor of From Fearful to Fear Free, the ultimate guide for fearful dogs.
She has published scientific research articles in Journal of Applied Animal Behavior Science and The Veterinary Journal and written review articles for Advances in Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, Compendium, NAVC, Veterinary Team Brief, Clinician’s Brief and AAHA Newstat. She is the section editor for Advances in Small Animal Medicine and Surgery. She serves on the Fear Free Executive Council and the AAHA Behavior Management Task Force.
She has been interviewed for many publications including Cat Fancy, Dog Fancy, Palm Beach Post, NAVC Clinician’s Brief, Sun Sentinel, WebMD, AAHA trends, Real Simple, Good News for Pets, DVM 360 and AAHA News Stat. She has appeared on Lifetime television, Laurie Live, local news in southeast Florida, Mitch Wilder’s Amazing Pet Discoveries, Nat Geo Wild, Animal Planet, Steve Dale’s Pet Talk and Dogs, Cats and Scapegoats. She podcasts for VetGirl.
Hostess for Good Dog’s Dog Bite Prevention Webinar Summit
Co-Founder Good Dog in a box
Kim Butler is a serial entrepreneur who started her first company, Kim’s Khocolate, at the age of eleven. She was “discovered” by Guy Kawasaki at the age of seventeen after he read about her in a magazine. He invited her to make custom “Khocolate” for Apple, which lead to Kim dealing with other companies such as The Rolling Stones, AT&T, Bausch & Lomb, and Range Rover.
Kim co-founded Good Dog in a Box with her sister, professional dog trainer Jenn Merritt, CPDT-KA, to help educate the general public about dog bite prevention and provide reward based dog training systems and products that could keep more family dogs in their homes, instead of being relinquished to shelters because of “bad behavior and biting.”
In addition to Good Dog in a Box, Kim runs a successful online marketing agency, where she “practices” as The URL Dr, “prescribing” remedies for online success to a variety of clients around the US. You can see Kim speaking and inspiring audiences with her entrepreneurial tales and online marketing strategies at various conferences and events around the country.
Good Dog in a Box is proud to sponsor the Dog Bite Prevention Week Webinar series. Kim is excited to be sharing the “webinar stage” with this powerful and talented group of women. Help us spread the word to keep kids (and adults) SAFE around dogs.
