Making Animals Happy : How To Create The Best Life For Pets And Other Animals : How to Create the Best Life for Pets and Other Animals

Making Animals Happy : How To Create The Best Life For Pets And Other Animals : How to Create the Best Life for Pets and Other Animals
ISBN: 9781408800829
Publication Date: 5 March 2010

Why are dogs so eager to please their owners?

Why are some cats bold and others shy?

And why do chickens hide their eggs?

In this follow-up to her groundbreaking international bestseller, Animals in Translation, animal scientist Temple Grandin delivers extraordinary insights into how animals think, helping us give our animals the best and happiest lives - on their terms, not ours.

Drawing on her latest research, she identifies the core emotional needs of animals and how to fulfil them. Whether it's creating a happy home for a dog, encouraging cats to be less antisocial, keeping pigs from being bored, or knowing if the lion pacing in the zoo is miserable or just exercising, Grandin teaches us to challenge our assumptions about animal emotions. This is essential and fascinating reading for anyone who owns or cares for an animal.

About the Author

Temple Grandin earned her PhD in animal science and went on to become an associate professor at Colorado State University. She is the author of four previous books, including the bestsellers Thinking in Pictures and Animals in Translation. Known for her passionate and effective animal advocacy and for explaining to humans how animals think, Grandin revolutionised animal movement systems and spearheaded reform of the quality of life and humaneness of death for the world's farm animals.

Catherine Johnson, is a writer specialising in neuropsychiatry and the brain. She co-wrote Animals in Translation. She lives with her husband and three sons - two of whom have autism - in New York.