Summer 2023 Dog Days: Meet a Conservation Detection Dog

This summer, thanks to the generosity of the Greater Milwaukee Foundation’s Joseph R. Pabst Fund, we are once again offering special programming during our monthly dog days.

Free
Registration: Advance registration required. Register online or by phone at 414-446-8794.

Join us for a live demonstration and short presentation by Laura Holder, Ernie, and Betty White of Conservation Dogs Collective. Learn what a conservation dog is, what they do, what they find, and see a live demonstration by a Canine Finder as they sniff out bumble bee nests on our property. All ages are welcome to attend, but please leave your personal pets at home.

Learn more about conservation dogs here: conservationdogscollective.org.

About Laura Holder
Laura Holder, CPDT-KA, CNWI is the executive director of Conservation Dogs Collective and Canine Keeper of Ernie and Betty White. Laura’s lifelong fascination with canines, especially their unique ability to work alongside humans, inspires her every day. She loves training and deploying the CDCI Finder-Keeper teams to support clients in their critical conservation efforts. Laura is a Certified Professional Dog Trainer with the CCPDT and a Certified Nose Work Instructor with the National Association of Canine Scent Work. Driven by her boundless curiosity about how dogs think, learn, and detect scent, Laura has been nose-deep in the professional fields of scent-detection, nose work and dog training since 2009. She has presented on the topic of conservation dogs nationally and internationally since 2017, sharing her knowledge and experience with interested audiences ranging from preschoolers to professionals and loves to engage with others to share her passion for this growing industry.

For a complete list of Summer 2023 Dog Days events, click here.