About the Author

Dorit Feddersen-Petersen

Dr. Dorit Feddersen-Petersen is one of the world's leading ethologists and a veterinary specialist in behavioral science with the additional qualification "Animal Welfare Science". As a lecturer at the Zoological Institute of Kiel University, she headed the working groups "Comparative Behavioral Research" and "Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates" for many decades. In Germany, she is the expert on dogs and dog behavior. Her standard works Dog Psychology and Expressive Behavior in Dogs captivate both the dog world and academia.