My husband is a disabled Viet Nam veteran
Being with the animals seems to have a very relaxing affect on him. Well he seems to have a very comforting affect on them also. We have found over the years that there is often a special connection between troubled people of all ages and animals.
This is a point once stated very well by
the great Indian chief Seattle many years ago.
If all the animals were gone man would die of a great loneliness . For what befalls the animals also befalls the man.
This seems very true, we are all together travelers on this small life boat in a large universe. This small planet is mother to us all.