In this uplifting book, we learn firsthand how the field of Animal Assisted Therapy is having remarkable success training animals to help and enhance the lives of children and adults with serious medical problems. With more than fifty photographs showing the visible improvements that trained therapy pets are making in the lives of sick and disabled people, the compelling stories relate many inspiring incidents of the healing animal-human partnership. For animal lovers, health care providers, and anyone who appreciates how animals and humans interrelate, this is a wonderful, truly inspirational book.