Dr Clare Browne is a Hamilton-based animal behaviourist, specialising in dog behaviour and dog-human communication for the past 20 years. She is also a Product Lead at the Ministry for the Environment.

Clare completed a PhD on dog behaviour and training, and was a lecturer and researcher in animal behaviour at Waikato University, Her dog training research has been published in scientific journals and has featured regularly in the mainstream media. She has supervised many postgraduate students working with dogs, goats, fish, birds, bats and other species.

Clare works with dog owners seeking help to modify undesirable behaviour in their pets associated with anxiety or aggression, and to teach their dogs to behave calmly with humans as well as other animals. Her experience includes training and working with New Zealand's first tuatara detection conservation dog.