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CPT’s Mark Spivak Named a Top 100 Author
CPT’s Mark Spivak Named a Top 100 Author
May 13, 2019
CPT’s Mark Spivak, along with his colleagues from the Emory Canine Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Ashley Prichard, Raveena Chhibber, Kate Athanassiades, and Greg Berns, were name Top 100 Authors by the academic journal Scientific Reports.  Their paper, Fast Neural Learning in Dogs: A Multimodal Sensory fMRI Study, was one of the Top 100 read neuroscience papers in…
CPT’s Mark Spivak Completes Legal Course on Police K9 Searches
CPT’s Mark Spivak Completes Legal Course on Police K9 Searches
April 1, 2019
On January, 18, 2019, CPT’s Mark Spivak, a noted expert witness on canine behavior completed a course entitled, “K9 Handler Intensive Training,” held at the Georgia Public Safety Training Center in Forsyth, GA.  The course, sponsored by Animal Law Source and the Prosecuting Attorneys Council of Georgia, focused on specialized legal issues related to the…
CPT Trainer Seminar- Canine Olfaction
CPT Trainer Seminar- Canine Olfaction
January 2, 2019
[caption id="attachment_9154" align="alignright" width="300"] Pictured left to right are CPT Trainers Patricia King, Meghan Markham, Alex Collier, Judy Ricketson, Lisa Carroll, Caleb Jefferson (a Gwinnett County K9 Officer), Megan Jefferson, and Jeanne Hodson. Kate Viola, Melissa Nelson, and Mark Spivak attended, but are not within the photo.[/caption] On Saturday, December 15, CPT Trainer Alexandra “Alex”…
Mark Spivak Featured Panelist at Major Scientific Conference
Mark Spivak Featured Panelist at Major Scientific Conference
December 7, 2018
CPT founder and Dog Star Technologies co-founder Mark Spivak was a featured panelist at the 5thAnnual International Animal-Computer Interaction Conference, entitled “ACI 2018.”  The Conference, held on the campus of Georgia Tech University, included speakers and participants from the USA, Australia, England, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Russia, Spain, and Sweden. Workshops and presentations…
Mark Spivak Speaks At The State Bar Of GA
Mark Spivak Speaks At The State Bar Of GA
October 6, 2018
CPT founder and Head Trainer, Dog Star Technologies co-founder and Chief Operating Officer, and noted expert witness in the field of canine behavior Mark Spivak presented at the 20thannual “Animal Law, Enforcement, Veterinary, and Shelter Symposium” hosted by Animal Law Source.  The Symposium was held at the Georgia Bar Association building in Atlanta on October 3 and…
CPT’s Mark Spivak Co-Authors Paper Published in Frontiers in Veterinary Science
CPT’s Mark Spivak Co-Authors Paper Published in Frontiers in Veterinary Science
September 11, 2018
CPT and Dog Star Technologies founder Mark Spivak, along with Gregory Berns, MD, PhD, Department of Psychology, Emory University; Sarah Nemanic, DVM, PhD, Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine, Oregon State University; and Nicole Northrup, DVM, DACVIM (Oncology), College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, collaborated to author the paper "Clinical Findings in Dogs Trained for…
CPT’s Mark Spivak Co-Authors Article in Animal Sentience
CPT’s Mark Spivak Co-Authors Article in Animal Sentience
August 1, 2018
CPT founder and Head Trainer Mark Spivak, along with Peter Cook, Ashley Prichard, and Greg Berns of the Emory Cognitive Neuroscience Lab, co-authored a paper recently published in the journal Animal Sentience.  The paper, entitled "Jealousy in Dogs?  Evidence from Brain Imaging," discusses a neuroscience research study designed, conducted, and analyzed by the authors. The…
CPT Opens Eugene, Oregon Satellite Location
CPT Opens Eugene, Oregon Satellite Location
May 15, 2018
CPT recently opened the first of what we hope are multiple satellite locations.  The location we selected is Eugene, Oregon.  We selected Eugene for multiple reasons.  First, an outstanding trainer who formerly worked for CPT in Atlanta moved with her husband to Eugene and later expressed interest in renewing a business relationship.  Thus, the trainer…
CPT’s Mark Spivak Attends The 2018 PennVet Working Dog Conference
CPT’s Mark Spivak Attends The 2018 PennVet Working Dog Conference
April 30, 2018
From April 20 – 23, 2018, CPT founder and Head Trainer and Dog Star Technologies Chief Operating Officer Mark Spivak attended the 2018 PennVet Working Dog Conference proximal to the campus of the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine.  The 4-day conference featured nationally and internationally recognized speakers in the multidisciplinary fields of canine…
CPT Expert Witness Services Prove Vital in Two Recent Cases
CPT Expert Witness Services Prove Vital in Two Recent Cases
April 2, 2018
CPT’s Mark Spivak is an experienced and talented expert witness in criminal and civil legal cases that involve animal behavior, animal training, animal handling, or animal husbandry practices. Mark represents either the plaintiff or defense. His one rule before accepting an assignment is that he must have passion for the case and for the attainment…