CONTENTS

Praise for Doctor Dogs

Also by Maria Goodavage

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

INTRODUCTION: The Doctor’s Nose

PART I: Staying Alive

CHAPTER 1: Stop the Roller Coaster, I Want to Get Off

Dogs and Diabetics

CHAPTER 2: It’s About to Hit the Fan

Seizure-Alert Dogs and the People They Love

CHAPTER 3: A Doctor Dog in This Fight

How Canines May One Day Help You Survive Cancer

CHAPTER 4: Dog, MD

Multitalented, Multipurpose Medical Dogs

PART II: Rare Breeds

CHAPTER 5: Fainting in Front of the Queen

And Other Problems Tackled by Doctor Dog Specialists

CHAPTER 6: Hidden Enemies

Super Dogs for Superbugs

PART III: Out of the Darkness

CHAPTER 7: The Dog Whisperers

From Freud’s Dog to the Trombones and Hills on the Autism Spectrum

CHAPTER 8: A Heartbeat at My Feet

The Difference Dogs Make in Mental Illness

CHAPTER 9: After the War

Dogs on the Front Lines of PTSD

CHAPTER 10: Stand by Me

Dogs in Times of Crisis and Disaster

EPILOGUE: Bedside Manner Redefined

Photographs

Sources

Acknowledgments

Index

About the Author