Purina wants to world to have more therapy cats, so the company is helping to cover training costs Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, covering pets, ...

If you're a cat parent like I am, you already know all of the love and joy that a kitty can bring into your life. Forget the stereotype that cats are independent and standoffish — my cats have always ...

Dogs are sociable, enthusiastic and widely used to comfort people in settings like hospitals, schools and care homes. But an increasingly popular alternative is emerging: therapy cats. The term is ...

For years, therapy dogs have ruled the world of animal-assisted services (AAS), offering stress relief to college students, hospital patients, and those in need of emotional support. But new research ...

For years, therapy dogs have ruled the world of animal-assisted services, offering stress relief to college students, hospital patients, and those in need of emotional support. A study in the journal ...

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We've all heard of the psychotherapy couch, and the dynamic between a client and their human therapist. But perhaps less well known is the increasingly popular pet therapy. And no, that's not therapy ...