Article May 30, 2016 ISSUE

A healing response to symptoms

Elizabeth Trevithick

When cats or dogs are hungry, they often act especially friendly to their owners. They snuggle around our legs to get our attention. By endearing themselves to us, they know from experience they’ll be fed.

Generally, human babies don’t do that. They kick up a racket and make it known in no uncertain terms that it’s time to feed the baby. With our pets or babies, we learn to interpret what we see or hear, and take appropriate action.

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