This new title helps us to be more aware of our relationship to these four footed friends and to the whole web of nature. Anyone who has shared their lives with cats and dogs knows that animals do far more than protect the property from intruders or reduce the population of rodents. Cats and dogs add a certain emotional tone to our households. When our companion animals are neglected there is a sadness in the home, but when they are appreciated and respected, a special joy is imparted to the entire living space. Spending time with our animals encourages us to enjoy the animal side of our human natures.
Some people hold the opinion that cats and dogs have an even deeper connection to humans.
They act out the roles of physical healers, animal totems, local deities, holy representatives, and spiritual guides. Each title is an entertaining tour documenting spiritual teachings and religious practices regarding these two particular animals in human history. Both books are witty, yet they never stray from the essential message that our fascination with the spiritual nature of these two animals has caused humanity act obsessional, devotional, and occasionally violent from time to time. As strange as animals may seem to us, we humans are apparently stranger yet. Our modern dog evolved from a meat-eating mammal that lived over fifty million years ago.