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Judith Harbour
Licensed Social Worker at the Schwarzman Animal Medical CenterJudith Harbour leads AMC’s Pet Loss Support Program. She holds virtual meetings every other Thursday from 6:15pm-8:15pm. These meetings are free and open to the public.
Alexandra Horowitz
Dog Cognition Expert and AuthorAlexandra Horowitz observes dogs for a living. Her research began more than two decades ago, studying dogs at play, and continues today at her Dog Cognition Lab at Barnard College. She is the author of Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know (2009), a #1 New York Times bestseller, and four other books: On Looking: A Walker's Guide to the Art of Observation (2013); Being a Dog: Following the Dog Into a World of Smell (2016); Our Dogs Ourselves: The Story of a Singular Bond (2019); and, most recently, The Year of the Puppy: How Dogs Become Themselves, which will be released on September 20th. Dr. Horowitz is also the host of the new podcast Off Leash. She lives with her family of Homo sapiens, Canis familiaris, and Felis catus in New York City.
Visit her website at alexandrahorowitz.net
Maria McKenna
Licensed Veterinary Technician at the Schwarzman Animal Medical CenterMaria McKenna is a Licensed Veterinary Technician (LVT) at the Schwarzman Animal Medical Center. She has worked in Medical and Radiation Oncology services for nearly 12 years. In addition to veterinary nursing, she has an MS in Anthrozoology, the study of the human-animal relationship. As a staunch advocate for providing quality end-of-life care, her primary focus is animal hospice.