Free Webinar on Working Dog Behavior Scheduled for Nov. 20

Participants are required to preregister at https://tx.ag/LGDNov25.

This webinar is part of an ongoing series on livestock guardian dogs (LGDs) organized by Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, and industry experts.

Kathryn Lord, Ph.D., a postdoctoral associate in the Karlsson Lab at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, will be the featured speaker. Lord studied under the late Raymond Coppinger, Ph.D., who was instrumental in introducing LGDs from Europe to the United States during the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Bill Costanzo, AgriLife Extension livestock guardian dog specialist at Texas A&M’s Department of Animal Science, noted Coppinger’s research remains among the most comprehensive on LGD behavior. "This is a great opportunity for producers to learn firsthand about research that Dr. Lord and the late Dr. Raymond Coppinger conducted with LGDs across the U.S.," Costanzo said. "I am very excited to have Dr. Lord present again to the producers who follow our program.”

Lord's research primarily focuses on the evolutionary development of animal behavior and its implications for managing both domestic and wild species, particularly in the context of dog and wolf behavior.

Costanzo expressed hope that the webinar will foster shared DNA research on LGD behavior to better understand their roaming and guarding actions.

For additional information, interested parties can contact Costanzo at [email protected] or call 325-657-7311.