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Made for Each Other: The Biology of the Human-Animal Bond Paperback – February 23, 2010

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Nothing turns a baby's head more quickly than the sight or sound of an animal. This fascination is driven by the ancient chemical forces that first drew humans and animals together. It is also the same biology that transformed wolves into dogs and skittish horses into valiant comrades that would carry us into battle.

Made for Each Other is the first book to explain how this chemistry of attraction and attachment flows through -- and between -- all mammals to create the profound emotional bonds humans and animals still feel today.

Drawing on recent discoveries from neuroscience, evolutionary biology, behavioral psychology, archeology, as well as her own investigations, Meg Daley Olmert explains why the brain chemistry humans and animals trigger in each other also has a profound effect on our mental and physical well being.

This lively and original investigation asks what happens when the bond is severed. If thousands of years of caring for animals infused us with a biology that shaped our hearts and minds, do we dare turn our back on it? Daley Olmert makes a compelling and scientific case for what our hearts have always known, that we were, and always will be, made for each other.
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    291 pages
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  3. Publisher
    Da Capo Press
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    February 23, 2010
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  6. ISBN-10
    0306818604
  7. ISBN-13
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Patricia McConnell, theotherendoftheleash.com

"I've finished Made for Each Other, and do indeed recommend it for people who are interested in animal behavior in general, and specifically the biology behind the relationship we have with domestic animals....It's a great read."


Wayne Pacelle, President and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States

"Made for Each Other was, for me, the most stimulating book of the year."

 Jackson Hole News & Guide (WY), 12/17/14

“Offers all kinds of thought-provoking material assembled from research, but…never reads like a dull textbook.”

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Meg Daley Olmert, producer and writer for Emmy Award-winning series such as Smithsonian World, National Geographic Explorer, and the Discovery Channel Specials, lives on the eastern shore of Maryland.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Da Capo Press; Reprint edition (February 23, 2010)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 291 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0306818604
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0306818608
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.5 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
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Nan Gold
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing Book!
Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2010
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I am an animal lover, have been around them most of my life -- cats, dogs, horses --and have found, during the rare periods when I didn't have at least one of the above, that my life was curiously empty and sort of gray. And now, I understand why. This is a compelling account of the history of animal/human interdependence, gracefully written, with lots of insights into both sides of the equation. Olmert writes very clearly, with plenty of detail, but is not forbiddingly technical. Lots and lots of insights, great stories -- just a wonderful book! It's a keeper!!
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oldetimeybookworm
5.0 out of 5 stars Exceeds expectations
Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2010
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I have read a number of books on human/animal relationships, none of them match the scope and clarity of Olmert's MADE FOR EACHOTHER. The book's lighthearted cover art betrays it's vast contents. This is not a cutesy,nostalgic tribute to pets; this is a serious scholarly inquiry that breaks down the human/animal bond on a molecular level. This book also presents a fascinating history of the domestication of mammals. What you are in for is a engaging history that shows how oxytocin has shaped interspecies relationships. If you like science writers like E.O. Wilson, then you will be sure to appreciate Olmert's MADE FOR EACHOTHER.
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Suzan Syler
4.0 out of 5 stars Don't know. I bought this for a friend.
Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2018
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Earl O. Strimple
5.0 out of 5 stars Made for Each Other, The Biology of the Human-Animal Bond
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Thirty some years ago I had many conversations with some veterinary friends of mine about the mysterious and powerful force that drew clients and pets through our doors and compelled us through years of veterinary school and into lives devoted to the care of animals. It seems hard to believe now, but people paid little or no attention to this phenomenon-what our small group called the "je ne sais quoi" that made us feel healthier and happier with animals at our side. My dear friend Leo K. Bustad, Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University,always said, "what ever it is,if we could put it in a bottle, we could make a better world."

In 1977, this "je ne sais quoi" inspired creation of Delta Society, with Leo as President, and in 1982, for me to create a foundation called People-Animals-Love. Both organizations helped launch a heightened awareness of the profound role animals play in our sense of health and wellbeing. But it was not until 2009, that I learned through this amazing book, the "quoi" that was central to my life and veterinary practice. it turns out you can't bottle this ancient and complex biology, but as Olmert discovered, you can tap into it anytime by connecting with animals. Olmert's seventeen year investigation into the biology of the Human-Animal Bond is a must (and easy) read for animal lovers-I send it to everyone.
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Maynard Mack Jr.
5.0 out of 5 stars The gods knew better than testerone!
Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2009
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Not since "African Genesis" or "The Naked Ape" have I been made, allowed, to think so deeply about our human-animal condition and relations. Anchored on the growing hormonal science of oxytocin (the gods' answer to testosterone and vasopressin), this wonderful book goes way beyond that into rich realms of thought about what being human is all about and how we are tied, hormonally and historically, to animals, including our pets. What a stunning and reassuring coincidence that as we finally leave eight years of Bush/Cheney macho rigidity, sometimes stupidity, and maybe even criminality, a book like this one appears that puts our halting efforts at civilization in such a hopeful perspective. Hundreds of thousands of years of evolution have built into us a balance between reductive and inclusive reactions to the world around us. Olmert shows how important it is in every realm from war to autism that we pay attention to righting that balance. A wise, wise book.
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Darrell Criswell
3.0 out of 5 stars Better as a magazine article.
Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2012
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This would have been a very good magazine article but it is a bit tedious as a book. The author's admitted nonscientific background shows, however despite this she makes a lot of interesting observations. Definite lack of organization and too much pop science thinking, however gave me a lot of ideas. And oxytocin, which she seems to think is the explanation for human and animal bonding is certainly only a small part of the story.
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Bennie Frost
5.0 out of 5 stars Made for Each Other....a Review
Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2013
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As a lover of animals all my life and now a horse owner again, this book means the world to me! It explains so much about the "whys" of this very important aspect of my life...my love for these animals and how that "love" got there. The book has become a good motivator for me to keep on working with my new horse, loving my cats even more, etc. etc. etc. Love this enriching book!!!
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Karin DuBois
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read for anyone interested in the relationship between humans ...
Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2016
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Great read for anyone interested in the relationship between humans and their domesticated friends. A scientific approach from a not so scientific person. Makes it easy to understand and it has an interesting narrative!
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5.0 out of 5 stars relationship between humans and animals
Reviewed in Canada on April 20, 2023
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I love the writing style. It is an easy read even though here and there scientific. Easy to understand and very fascinating how we as a human species evolved due to animal presence. Hope many people will read this. It will make for a more humble human race for sure.
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ResponsibleDogOwner
3.0 out of 5 stars Readable but lacking critical analysis
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 28, 2017
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This is an easily accessible book aimed at the general reader that pulls together some of the research into the canine/human bond. However, in her eagerness to effuse over how wonderful dogs are for (some) people, Daley Olmert takes an uncritical view of most of the research, especially where oxytocin is concerned. If you know nothing about the subject, it is a reasonable start.
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Niall Sheehan
1.0 out of 5 stars Zzzzzzzzzzzzz. BORING!
Reviewed in Canada on December 18, 2018
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While the topic is one that should be of interest to many, the writer focuses on way too much technical jargon as though writing a textbook. This is not sold as a textbook, more of a novel, however the only real use for this book is for those unable to sleep. This will cure insomnia after 10 pages.
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