Animal partners
Subtitle: training animals to help people
By: Patricia Curtis.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Dutton
Published: 1982
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 129
Subjects: Domestic animals -- Therapeutic use -- Juvenile literature.; Rehabilitation -- Juvenile literature.; Pets -- Therapeutic use -- Juvenile literature.; Working animals -- Juvenile literature.; Animal training -- Juvenile literature.; Working animals.; Animals -- Training.; Animals -- Therapeutic use.; Animal specialists.; Occupations.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: Discusses ways in which animals are trained to help the handicapped and to provide companionship for mentally retarded, ill, and elderly persons. Based on interviews with professional animal trainers, therapists, social workers, and teachers.
Notes: "Lodestar books."
"Further information": p. 115-124.
Includes index.