Beautiful content about how animals can and do change lives. Be advised, though - read with a box of tissues handy, as you are bound to cry. These stories are so heart-wrenching as much as they are uplifting, and if you have a pet you can hug, be aware you will want to stop reading to go hug them after every story. Only thing which miffed me a little was how short each story was, but then again, with so many animals to showcase throughout, it couldn't really have been much longer for each.

Thanks to #netgalley for the ARC in exchange for a fair and honest review. Being a self confessed dogaholic, I will try to maintain an air of impartialiaty in this review. This book was such a delightful read. I found myself smiling and nodding along whilst snuggling with my Corgi and reading it. This year more than ever showed me just how much our pets complete us in ways we will probably never fully appreciate. It was heartwarming to read this book and read a book where the author just understands me and other pet people too and just how much pleasure they give us and how rewarding it is to have them in our lives. #yourpetyourpill #margitgabrielemuller #tea_sipping_bookworm #netgalley #goodreads #litsy #amazonkindle #bookqueen #bookstagram

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing this book in exchange for an honest review.
This is indeed an inspirational book that just goes to show how incredibly amazing animals are. Each of the 101 stories are short but to the point. Many of the stories are about the less common pets like rabbits and horses. The therapeutic nature of horses is really powerful. All animal lovers will relate to a lot of these stories.

Your Pet, Your Pill: 101 Inspirational Stories About How Pets Lead You to a Happy, Healthy and Successful Life by Dr. Margit Gabriele Muller
Publisher: HSH Press
Genre: Health, Mind & Body | Self-Help
Release Date: October 1, 2020

You Pet, Your Pill is a self-help guide by Dr. Margit Gabriele Muller.

The book is broken into three parts with 101 stories aligned within the three parts. Part 1 is titled Pets and Happiness and includes chapters like: How Pets Reduce Our Loneliness, How Pets Reduce Our Social Isolation, How Talking to Our Pets Increases Our Happiness, and How Pets Improve Our Mood. Part 2 is called Pets and Health and includes chapters like: How Pets Help Reduce Doctor's Visits for Seniors, How Pets Improve Our Mental Health, How Pets Lower Our Blood Pressure, How Pets Reduce Our Stress, and How Pets Help Us Sleep Better. Part 3 is titles Pets and Success and includes chapters like: How Pets Make Our Lives Successful, How Pets Never Give Up Hope, How Pets Teach Us About Willpower, and How Pets Teach Us About Trust.

I loved this book. The stories were incredible and made me feel all the feels. I laughed, I cried, and I loved every minute of it.

I'm so grateful to Dr. Margit Gabriele Muller, HSH Press, and NetGalley for providing me with a free copy of this ARC ebook in exchange for my honest review.

I have such a big heart when it comes to animals. As soon as I saw this book I knew that it would be exactly what I would want to read. This book is like a Chicken Soup For The Soul. Filled with information on why pet's are so good for us mentally and physically, but also filled with the most heart-warming stories. This book also features the authors own story to becoming a respected veteraniary as well as she came to adpot her two dogs and what they brought into her life. If you are a animal lover or someone wondering what animails came bring to our life then you will not regret picking up this book.

Princess Fuzzypants here: As a Maine Coon, I enjoy reading books about animals and how we touch the lives of our humans. It is not unusual for Momma’s eyes to leak while she is reading some of the accounts. That is why this book, as interesting as it was, disappointed a bit.

Perhaps it was the clinical explanation that prefaced each story or the matter of fact way of sharing the actual events, I am not sure why it failed to move me as I had expected it would. Do not, however, infer that the book lacks value. It is interesting learning about some of the scientific reasons why we are so needed in your lives. I might have wished as well that there were more cat stories. But then, I am biased.

If you are a fan of the heartwarming and heart wrenching stories that are the basis of many of these books, give this a pass. If, however, that is not as important to you as it is to me, this book has a lot of merit.

Four purrs and one paw.