The powerful bond between people and pets : our boundless connections to companion animals /
Anderson, P. Elizabeth.
The powerful bond between people and pets : our boundless connections to companion animals / P. Elizabeth Anderson ; foreword by Gerald P. Koocher. - Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2008. - xxvii, 248 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Practical and applied psychology, 1938-7725 .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: A new era for companion animals -- Companion animals in America and around the globe -- Genesis and nature of the bond -- Why we choose certain animals as companions -- Roles that animals play in our lives and how we influence each other -- Embedded with humans-animals in the human world -- Pets as medicine -- Protecting our companion animals -- When love hurts -- Love gone bad.
9780275989057 (alk. paper)
2007039209
Pet owners--Psychology.
Pets--Psychological aspects.
Pets--Social aspects.
Human animal relationships.
SF411.47 / .A66 2008
636.088/7
The powerful bond between people and pets : our boundless connections to companion animals / P. Elizabeth Anderson ; foreword by Gerald P. Koocher. - Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2008. - xxvii, 248 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Practical and applied psychology, 1938-7725 .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: A new era for companion animals -- Companion animals in America and around the globe -- Genesis and nature of the bond -- Why we choose certain animals as companions -- Roles that animals play in our lives and how we influence each other -- Embedded with humans-animals in the human world -- Pets as medicine -- Protecting our companion animals -- When love hurts -- Love gone bad.
9780275989057 (alk. paper)
2007039209
Pet owners--Psychology.
Pets--Psychological aspects.
Pets--Social aspects.
Human animal relationships.
SF411.47 / .A66 2008
636.088/7