The following books are recommended reading for anyone interested in learning more about pet therapy. The links will take you to Amazon.com, but you might also find them at your local library!

• Between Pets and People: The Importance of Animal Companionship
• Wanted: Animal Volunteers
• Therapy Dogs Today: Their Gifts, Our Obligation
• Rosie: A Visiting Dog's Story
• Therapy Dogs: Training Your Dog to Reach Others
• You Have A Visitor: Observations on Pet Visitation and Therapy
• Handbook on Animal-Assisted Therapy: Theoretical Foundations and Guidelines for Practice
• The New Work of Dogs: Tending to Life, Love, and Family
• On Talking Terms With Dogs : Calming Signals
• Stories of Dogs and the Lives They Touch
• More Stories Of Dogs and the Lives They Touch