Companion animals

Preface by Jeanne-Marie Bonnet-Garin

Foreword

Chapter 1 – Companion animal

Good company… or not

A company with a variable perimeter

Full members of human families

Proof by art

Good company … for who?

Tobby or not Tobby

Chapter 2- The long story of human relationships with companion animals

A few historical points

Dogs will be dogs

Shaping the races

The « Guess who ? » game

Undocumented dogs, racial profiling is an offence

At night, all cats are grey

The abuses of artificial selection

Chapitre 3 – The animal-human bound

The attachement, une fundamental notion

The concept of attachement as fundation of the animal-human bound

Bio-mecanisms of the animal-human bound

Dogs understand us, but we don't always understand them

Chapter 4 – The social bound

Is the pet-human relationship social ?

Loneliness companions

If dogs could speak…

Animals as quality of life index

Chapter 5 – Sharing emotions

Decode animal emotions

Dogs and cats, masters of the art of decoding facial expressions

What brain analysis reveals

Cognition and emotions go by pair

Emotional contagion

Chapter 6 – Break-ups

Consequences of a break-up

The death of the animal

Putting an animal to death

Learning to accept to break the bound

Consequences of impossible bounds

Building the bound again

Chapter 7 – The abusive bound

Loving animal, yes but ...

« Zoophilia », now « zoocriminality »

What psychiatrists say

From rumors to truth

Realities et fantasies

Abuses in veterinary medicine

Chapter 8 – The bound used in animal mediation

Three is easier than two

A horse to learn to find balance again

The choice of the animal

The anxiolytic and analgesic effect

Pets as a last resort

Effective yet controversial evidence

Animal assisted therapy and animal wellfare

Chapter 9 – Saving lives

The merit medal

A four-legged lab

Shit happens !

Conclusion

Glossary

Useful websites

Bibliographic references