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Your dog your best friend Inge Pauwels
Therapy for and by dogs Inge Pauwels
Hero stories:
A hero of a dog Allen and Sandra Parton
My friend Ben Julia Rump and Megan Lloyd Davies
Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
Oscar Dr. David Dosa
My friend Henry Nuala Gardner
The Horse Boy Rupert Isaacson
Research:
Animal Assistance Therapy Aubrey H. Fine
The Canine Good Citizen Jack and Wendy Volhard
Therapy Dogs Kathy Diamond Davis
Animal Assisted Therapy in Counseling Cynthia K. Chandler
The role of companion animals Jane K. Wilkes
A lifetime of good company J.M.P. Eijders-Slegers
101 creative ideas for AAT stacy grover
A dog who’s always welcome lorie long
Teamwork Steward Nordensson and Lydia Kelley
The golden bridge patty dobbs gross
Therapy dogs today Kris butler
Animal assisted interventions Merope Pavlides
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