Positively affecting subjective well-being and healthy mental functioning, animal therapy is quickly earning respect among mental health clinicians. What is less understood is how this innate bond between homo sapiens and animals can literally guide individuals to live healthier lives. Today, it would be hard to find an individual who has not had at least 1-hopefully more-wonderful interaction with a dog, a cat, a hedgehog, or 1 of countless other animals. References to dogs being “man’s best friend” have been ubiquitous in Western culture ever since the moniker was allegedly uttered by King Frederick of Prussia in 1789. They connect us back to who we are and to the purpose of why we're here." – Trisha McCagh, the “Animal Whisperer” They show us what’s missing in our lives and how to love ourselves more completely and unconditionally. “Animals are the bridge between us and the beauty of all that is natural.
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