Cheryl Salvador is a Licensed Family Dog Mediator and an Accredited Dog Trainer with the IAABC. She is based in Metro Manila, Philippines, where she is leading the integration of Family Dog Mediation and the L.E.G.S. model into everyday pet care.

Through her dog training business, The Dog Tango, Cheryl is dedicated to shifting the local dog training culture from punitive methods to more humane and compassionate approaches. Cheryl hopes to make a significant impact on the lives of dogs and their families.

She draws inspiration from her beagle and 2 Aspins (Filipino street dogs).

Viviane has been working with people and their dogs since the early 2000’s, first as a poodle groomer and then as a trainer and behavior consultant. She first became a Certified BAT Instructor (CBATI) in 2012 and is currently a Certified BAT Instructor Knowledge and Skills Assessed (CBATI-KSA), she has also been a Licensed Family Dog Mediator in Behavior and Training since 2022. These two welfare based frameworks dovetail beautifully and are two of the practices Viviane finds most meaningful.

Viviane’s other certifications include CPDT-KA, CDBC, FFC, and PMCT-2. She is a CGC evaluator, and has a certificate in animal loss grief counseling for pet guardians.

Helping people understand their dogs better has always been Viviane’s focus. Untangling the emotional elements of the human-dog relationship has been the path she’s followed in order to help the dogs and guardians that come to her.

Viviane currently mentors other trainers and provides support and coaching to people who are faced with difficult decisions related to next steps for their dogs due to circumstances of behavior, age and/or disease.

She lives with three dogs and her husband and extended family in Brooklyn, NY. She is pictured here with her newest dog Gus, a spicy terrier mix.

Tom Candy is a Senior Training and Behaviour Advisor for one of the largest dog rehoming organizations in the United Kingdom and is also a behavior and welfare Trustee for Hope Rescue Wales. His duties include assessment, management and behavior modification.

A passion for animal welfare and training led Tom to undertake a BSc (Hons) in bio-veterinary science, and an MSc in clinical animal behavior from the University of Lincoln, UK.

Having started volunteering in rescue at the age of 15, Tom has been involved in a variety of aspects of rescue, including fundraising, home checks, transporting, and general day-to-day activities.

An international speaker, Tom is Clinical Animal Behaviourist with the Animal Behaviour and Training Council, and a Certified Dog Behavior Consultant, a Certified Shelter behavior specialist with the IAABC, a Certified Behavior Adjustment Training Instructor - Knowledge Assessed (CBATI-KA), and a full member of the APBC. He is the host of Simplifying Shelter Behaviour Podcast available on Spotify.