Paws & Effect: The Healing Power of Dogs

Spiegel & Grau

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UPC:
9780385528566
Binding:
Paperback
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Publication Date:
6/9/2009
Release Date:
6/9/2009
Author:
Sharon Sakson
Language:
english
Edition:
1
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Product Overview

Dogs have always been our friends and changed our lives for the better. But they may save our lives as well. Seamlessly weaving scientific research with compelling narrative, Paws & Effect tells incredibly moving stories of beloved pets who have supported their people through periods of ill health and other criseswith miraculous results:

*Little Ben, a Chihuahua who can sense impending epileptic seizures

*Abdul, a Golden Retriever/Lab mix, who was the worlds first service dog and helped his owner by retrieving keys and phones, medicine from countertops, water from the refrigerator, and could even hand in credit cards at the grocery store

*A Dalmation named Trudii, whose obsessive behavior prompted her owner to seek a medical examination that revealed melanoma