How Adopting A Pet Can Help You - And Them
32 views · Published 11 January 2017 · 0:51 · Indexed 12 November 2026
Channel: Life The Basic Manual · 2017 · Education
In this video, Valerie Killeen, managing editor for prestigious publishing house, Central Recovery Press and Nancy Schenck, CRP’s executive editor and author of the award-winning book, Tails of Recovery, discuss what went into creating this book. In 2007, Nancy and Valerie began work on Tails of Recovery: Addicts and the Pets That Love Them, in order to unfold the significance of the owner/pet relationship, particularly in the lives of those overcoming major challenges. Both Nancy and Valerie are passionate advocates for animal welfare and have both adopted rescue dogs who might have otherwise been euthanized - as over 2.7 million unwanted animals are the in the USA every year. Valerie served as the editor for the book and did much of the research for it. The underlying theme of that research pointed to the conclusion that our pets can improve our physical, mental, and emotional lives. The relationship between pet and owner also has much to teach those in early (and later) recovery about the principles of trust, commitment, responsibility, and caring for another’s welfare. In Nancy’s writing of the book, she was inspired partly by her own early experience of losing a beloved pet and the profound ramifications that loss had on her life. It wasn’t until forty years later when she adopted a rescue dog, Sophie, who was hours away from being put down, that the real significance of her grief over Happy’s death became apparent. Owning a pet is a big commitment, and listening to this clip may help you decided if it’s the right commitment for you, as both Nancy and Valerie have some useful pointers to help you make that decision. If you would like to learn more about Nancy and Valerie, or the work of Central Recovery Press, please see http://www.centralrecoverypress.com/staff Copies of Tails of Recovery are available from Central Recovery Press: https://shop.centralrecoverypress.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=3322 Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Tails-Recovery-Addicts-Pets-That/dp/0979986966/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1478538964&sr=8-2&keywords=tails+of+recovery SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS https://www.youtube.com/c/lifethebasicmanual?sub_confirmation=1 FIND LIFE THE BASIC MANUAL HERE http://lifethebasicmanual.com http://www.facebook.com/lifethebasicmanual http://instagram.com/lifethebasicmanual http://twitter.com/BasicManual
