Linda Randall, DVM, began her veterinary career working with companion animals in a practice that was primarily dairy cattle. She then built Cloverleaf Animal Hospital, in Westfield Center, OH, gaining extensive experience as a Board-Certified Specialist in Companion Animals, while also establishing herself as a respected dog trainer. Using the science of positive reinforcement, Linda is especially interested in the convergence of human and animal emotional states as they intersect in marginalized communities. She is committed to her passion for working with children and their pets as she believes that engaging and caring for another species increases the ability of children to show compassion for others and increases curiosity and acceptance of people different from themselves.
Linda took a broken arrow path to her current career: she was an English Literature major at Earlham College, Richmond, IN, and subsequently taught English at Oakwood, a private high school in Poughkeepsie, New York. Answering an ad in the New York Times led to a 3 year contract teaching English in Bida, Nigeria for the Nigerian Federal Government, which she was forced to leave early due to a coup. Returning home to Connecticut, Linda reconnected with her original passion for veterinary medicine (which she originally did not pursue because her high school guidance counselor told her Black people would not get into vet school and women should stay home, and…she wasn’t good enough in the sciences…) moving to Ohio to attend the University of Cincinnati in biology before being admitted to the Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine.
Dr. Randall has been on the Board and is a past president of The Battered Women’s Shelter in Medina, OH and has served multiple times as an expert witness in animal abuse cases. She is also a past president of the Ohio Veterinary Licensing Board. Zoetis Pharmaceutical Company produced two Youtube videos about Dr Randall for their Vets On Call series, and featured her in their Times Square advertising. She is currently on the Admissions Committee for the Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine and was recently the recipient of the Excellence in Leadership Medina County Award for 2020.
As the owner of One Smart Dog in Seville, Ohio, Linda specializes in helping people access their dog’s learning mindset through non- aversive training and instructing. Dr. Randall is widely known for her love of teaching people how to encourage their dog to be a good and joyful citizen of the world, for dancing the Lindy Hop wherever she goes, and her conviction that compassion, generosity, and a gentle sense of humor will always return to the giver tenfold.
She is also determined to learn to play the ukulele.
Dr. Randall will present Kids, Race, and Positive Reinforcement: An Opportunity for Conversation, as part of the Alphabet Album Webinars on February 5. Learn more or register here.
