The Human Animal Bond

Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine's library has 32,000 entries related to the human animal bond. Soldiers back from Afghanistan and Iraq with PTSD improve at a faster rate if a dog is involved in their therapy big time. Teenage girls that have been victims,. sadly, of some form of sexual abuse, therapy involving dogs or or horses can help them recover emotionally. And seniors that are in nursing homes, not eating adequately, don't sustain themselves.