Vint Virga D.V.M.

This book was a bit too sappy and new agey for we. Like the author I hate using the pronoun it when discussing animals, but unlike the author I feel the terms boys and girls goes too far. Male and female, he and she will suffice. Boys and girls is taking it to far. And if you want to use parables and metaphors to illustrate your points, you don't need to give your readers a step by step explanation of them ; we get it .

The Soul of All Creatures sounded very interesting but... The writing is fine. Many of the stories are interesting. But that is where the appeal for me ends. Between the animal stories is 'stuff' which consisted of fairly shallow commentary on human behaviors and ethics and which apparently was the whole point of the book. Sadly, the whole book left me cold. I struggled to read it and in the end, after 3 attempts, gave up.

A decent read, albeit not exactly what I was expecting. I expected this book to be more philosophical and psychologically based, whereas it was actually filled more with the author's personal experiences and anecdotes. It was interesting, but I wish it had been deeper.

A good review from an animal behaviorist about the importance of being animal like to in our behaviors. I wish he had more anecdotes about his patients and their owners as I found that more interesting than the theory and fables to illustrate some of his points. I think any animal lover would find some thing in this book.