The APDT Chronicle of the Dog Winter 2022 | Page 23

Congratulations to the silent auction and scientific poster winners
FOUNDATION NEWS
� APDT Foundation Vice President Lisa McCluskey gestures the Foundation table is open for business at the APDT / CAPDT
conference at Daytona Beach , Florida .
due to COVID-19 . The organization instead held an online auction during 2021 . This year , our incredibly impassioned fundraising committee organized another summertime virtual auction event during August 2022 and again planned for an autumn in-person silent auction to take place during the APDT / CAPDT conference . The latter was housed the exhibit hall of the trade show .
Congratulations to the silent auction and scientific poster winners
By Lisa Rae McCluskey , APDT Foundation Vice President
2022 AUCTION GRATITUDE The Foundation Board would like to extend our appreciation to everyone for their generosity and support of the 2022 silent and virtual auctions . Each one of you is an integral part of helping us fulfill our mission . We are grateful for all you do and have done throughout the years . And a huge thanks to those who donated and the individuals who won items !
FOUNDATION IN-PERSON SILENT AUCTION Conference goers again gave back to the canine world by supporting new scientific research , conference scholarships , and funding projects to grow our industry . The Foundation Board was amazed to see so many canine enthusiasts generously continue to support our 2022 auction events . We are most recently thankful to those who donated this year to the October silent auction at the APDT / CAPDT Annual Conference in Daytona Beach , Florida .
The APDT Foundation , a 501 ( c ) 3 charitable organization , was unable to host its annual live and silent auctions at the 2020 APDT Annual Conference because of the in-person event was cancelled
• Funds from our auctions go towards the APDT Foundation mission to support applied scientific research on dog training and behavior and to further increase the knowledge base of the dog training profession and related fields .
• The APDT Foundation supports this mission by providing grants to colleges and universities conducting research on dog training and animal behavior , offering opportunities for researchers to present their research findings to the APDT training & behavior community through posters ( scientific and citizen science ) and providing scholarships for trainers , behaviorists , and shelter / rescue volunteers to attend education programs and conferences that host experts in dog training and behavior .
• Thank you very much for donating to the APDT Foundation auctions and / or bidding on all the amazing items given by our supportive donors . We hope to always have future successful auctions , in part because of your continued generosity .
• Funds from our auctions will help the Foundation continue to provide financial support to scientific research through grants and posters , along with providing scholarships to dog trainers to attend APDT educational programs .
2022 SCIENTIFIC POSTER SESSION The scientific poster winners are in ! We would like to thank our esteemed judges : Amy Pike , DVM ; Malena DeMartini- Price ; and Grisha Stewart , as well as congratulate all the winners and researchers who shared their data with the APDT / CAPDT conference attendees this year :
1st Place – “ Kicking the Dog : Endorsement of Masculinity & Beliefs in Gender Norms Predict the Endorsement of Aversive Dog Training Methods ” by Lindsay Palmer , Ph . D .
2nd Place & People ’ s Choice Award – “ Do the Personalities of Cohabitating Dogs Influence their Welfare ?” by Jordan Smith and Sarah Krichbaum , Ph . D .
3rd Place – “ A Comparison of Owner-Reported Feeding and Body Condition in Pet and Sport Dogs : Sources of Dog Obesity ” by Heidi Kluess , Ph . D .
Participant – “ A Comparison of Owner-Reported Exercise and Body Condition in Pet and Sport Dogs : Sources of Dog Obesity ” by Rebecca Jones .
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