Journal Club with Roz Pooley and Daniel Shaw

Each month, Daniel and Roz break down a key piece of animal behaviour research and what it means in practice. A 45 minute deep dive followed by 15 minutes of live Q&A, so you can bring your questions and leave with clearer thinking.

This month's paper:

Van Haevermaet, H., Soulsbury, C. D., & Mills, D. S. (2026). Reactive and risky: The behavioural structuring of ‘dog reactive dogs’. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 106961.

DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2026.106961 

Meet The Instructor

Roz Pooley

Roz started The Mutty Professor in 2010, operating as a dog walking company. Within two years she expanded into training and behaviour studying intensely on an academic and practical level until completion of her Master's Degree in Clinical Animal Behaviour in 2020. Roz is now a Clinical Animal Behaviourist with the APBC and a CCAB with ASAB. She presents internationally on a variety of dog behaviour topics, often specialising in dog-dog aggression and over reactivity topics. Growing interest in her social rehabilitation work has drawn clients from across the UK to visit her and her helper dogs in Bristol. She supports hundreds of behaviour clients annually and mentors her team of behaviourist and trainers, based in Bristol UK.
Jessica Wheatcraft and three dogs

Daniel Shaw BSc (Hons), MSc, CDBC

Daniel is an experienced animal behaviourist with extensive experiencing supporting dogs and cats with behavioural difficulties. As the owner of Animal Behaviour Kent (ABK), Daniel works with dogs and cats facing serious behavioural challenges, provides expert witness assessments for legal cases under the Dangerous Dogs Act, and has contributed to Parliamentary discussions on dog bite reform. With a master’s degree in neuroscience and background in psychology, Daniel bridges the gap between cutting-edge research and real-world applications, offering science-backed training programmes that help both pets and their owners. His work has been featured on BBC Southeast Today, TalkTV, and LBC News, and he regularly teaches internationally on aggression, frustration, and trauma in dogs. Daniel is the founder of the Brain and Behaviour Academy, a platform offering accessible, science-based education in animal behaviour, training, and neuroscience.