Category Archives: Healing Power of Pets

There are three things I am certain of about pets. 1. They would rather be with us in the streets than without us in a mansion. 2. Their very presence can make our lives better, richer, less stressful, and healthier. 3. They do more for us than we do for them, but they act like […]

I often hear people say things like, “I’d live in my car before I’d give up my pets.” Those same people also often say they don’t think the homeless should be allowed to have pets, because they aren’t able to take care of them. I wish they could read about cats like Spaghetti, who were […]

Pets heal us. They make us happier, they lower our blood pressure, they can detect diseases and conditions when nothing else can, they can reach autistic children and the withdrawn elderly, all in ways that seem miraculous. Since the beginning of my career I’ve been fascinated by the healing power of pets, and it was […]

What if families fleeing domestic abuse didn’t have to choose between their pets and their own safety? That was the topic of the most powerful presentation I saw at Purina’s Better With Pets Summit in New York City earlier this week. It was led by John Hockenberry, host of public radio’s The Takeaway, and he […]