Living with animals means learning with animals. They are considered motivating, relationship-stabilizing, and warmth-giving. What was once normal – the shared life of humans and animals – is increasingly being established in all educational professions today. When is a human-animal relationship healing, and why? In this book, Andrea Förster clarifies the mental and physical strengths that people can (re)gain through a relationship with animals. The author impressively connects the (original) relationship of humans to animals, the process of domestication, and the current use of animals in education and therapy. She then particularly highlights the healing relationship between humans and horses, as well as its effects.