The power of wagging tails : a doctor's guide to dog therapy and healing
Marcus, Dawn A.2011
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Medical studies have consistently shown that patients benefit from therapy dog visits. This book shows you how to unleash the healing power of your own dog, describes how to effectively add a dog to the home of someone with a chronic condition, and teaches you how to train a companion dog to be a certified therapy dog to help others. Medical studies have consistently shown that patients benefit from therapy dog visits. One recent study of 59 adults showed that following a therapy dog visit their energy levels increased, respiratory rates calmed significantly and pain scores decreased by over 20%. Mood scores improved by over 60% with the patients feeling less tense, anxious, angry, tired, depressed and dejected. Now in The Power of Wagging Tails , Dr Dawn Marcus showcases the wide range of research that shows the therapeutic and healing power of dogs for people of all ages and with a wide range of health conditions. These research findings are brought to life through the personal stories of healing from dog owners across the United States and Canada. She shows you how to unleash the healing power of your own dog, describes how to effectively add a dog to the home of someone with a chronic condition, explains how the family dog can help with chronic health conditions and teaches how to train a companion dog to be a certified therapy dog to help others. The Power of Wagging Tails will be of interest to dog owners, people wondering how to help family and friends coping with chronic illnesses and individuals considering training their dogs for therapy work. Special Features of The Power of Wagging Tails include: Presentation of reliable medical research showing that dog therapy offers therapeutic benefits to people First-person accounts from service Dog Trainers, Aerobic Instructors and recognised dog training experts such as Carol Lea Benjamin First-person accounts of people who have experienced dog therapy Practical suggestions to help people decide if they should add a dog to their home or have a therapy dog visit Sound advice to help people decide if dog therapy is right for them Practical tips on how to make dog therapy visits safe, effective and successful for the dog, handler and people visited
Main title:
The power of wagging tails : a doctor's guide to dog therapy and healing / Dawn A. Marcus.
Author:
Imprint:
New York, NY : Demos Health, c2011.
Collation:
xi, 345 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-337) and index.
Contents:
Part I: Bringing Healing into Our Lives with Dogs : 1. Living with Healing Dogs, 2. Making Fido a Member of Your Personal Treatment Team and Support Network, 3. Getting Involved with Pet Therapy, Part II: Dogs as Healer : 4. Napoleon and Nikita as Nurses: Comforting People Needing Chronic Therapy, 5. Duke and Daisy as Doctors: Sniffing out Disease, 6. Dogs as Therapists, Part III: A Doctor's View of Healing Dogs Helping Medical Illness : 7. Let Shadow and Sammy Ease an Ailing Psyche, 8. Connecting with Bailey is Heart Healthy, 9. I have Cancer: Can a Dog Help Me? 10. Pain and Pet Therapy, 11. Managing Your Metabolism with Molly: Diabetes and Weight Control, 12. Get off your Butt! Let Your Dog Show You How, 13. Thanks for the Memories: Helping Seniors Connect with their Past and the Present, 14. The Healing Power Witnessed by Dog Handlers
ISBN:
9781936303120
Dewey class:
615.85158
Language:
English
BRN:
2058021
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