Pets on the Sofa: Neurotic Canine, Compulsive Cats, Anxious Birds and the New Science of Animal Psychiatry

The “fur-and-feathers Oliver Sacks” (New York Occasions), pioneering veterinarian Nicholas Dodman recounts his “riveting tales” (Judith L. Rapoport, MD, creator of The Boy Who Couldn’t Cease Washing) of treating animals with all-too-human issues on this “fascinating learn for anybody who needs to know the way the animal thoughts works” (Stanley Coren, creator of The Intelligence of Canine).Internationally famend veterinarian Dr. Nicholas Dodman breaks new floor with the follow of One Drugs, the profound recognition that people’ and different animals’ minds and feelings work in related methods.Racehorses with Tourette’s Syndrome, spinning canines with epilepsy, cats with Obsessive Compulsive Dysfunction, feather-plucking parrots with nervousness and a diffident Bull Terrier with autism—these astonishing instances have been all helped by One Drugs. Conventional therapies didn’t treatment the behaviors as a result of they handled the signs as problems of the physique, quite than issues of the thoughts. “This ebook itself is highly effective drugs,” writes Sy Montgomery, creator of The Soul of an Octopus. “Compelling…Dodman injects empathy right into a world the place sympathy beforehand reigned,” praised Publishers Weekly.“With a lot allure and compassion” (Susan Richards, creator of Chosen by a Horse), Pets on the Sofa raises our understanding of our pets’ complicated inside lives and psychological talents, resulting in a higher appreciation of them and the bonds we share.