Dan Craig

Dr. Dan Craig is a distinguished alumni from the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine, and has been widely recognized for his contributions to the field of animal behavior. He was instrumental in the organization of the Department of Defense's Military Working Dog Program, specifically the development of the facility and the training of military working dogs at Lackland Air Force Base. He has developed and statistically analyzed training protocols to train dogs to perform military tasks (drug detection, explosives detection and controlled aggression), conducted applied behavioral research, developed and validated dog procurement evaluation procedures, and provided behavioral consultation service for military veterinarians. Dr Craig developed and validated training protocols to teach dogs to detect other target odors for other federal agencies: the FBI, U. S. Secret Service, Federal Aviation Administration, (TSA, or Homeland Security Administration) and the US Department of Agriculture. Over the years he has been called to testify as a subject matter expert in canine detection and in animal behavior at more than 100 trials.