Welcome to episode 289 of Live Happy Now.

If you're like me, you would do pretty much anything for your pet.

But have you thought about how much your pet is doing for you?

This is Paula Phelps, and this week we have a very special guest who is here to share with us how our pets aren't just making us happier.

They're making us healthier. Dr. Margat Gabrielle Mueller is a doctor of veterinary medicine and executive

director at Abu Dhabi Falcon Hospital. But she's also a speaker, life coach, and author, including

her latest, Your Pet, Your Pill, 101 inspirational stories about how pets lead you to a happy, healthy, and successful life.

Let's hear what she has to say about what our furry, feathered, or finned friends are doing for us.

Margaret, welcome to Live Happy Now.

Hello, Paula. I'm glad to be on Live Happy Now. Thank you so much.

We're so happy to have you here because you're talking about something I personally am really

excited and passionate about and many people are and that is this love of animals.

And I wanted to know just as a foundation, where did your love of animals start?

Well, actually, my love of animal started in my very early childhood.

Since I was really, really small, I had pets.

My first one was actually a lovely rabbit with the name Snooki.

She was my everything, absolutely.

She was just there for me. You know, I could talk to her.

She was just so lovable. And she loved me back. This was the first time really that I got this

feeling that your pet loves you so much, so unconditionally. Of course, at that time, it was

unconsciously. I mean, I wasn't thinking about it.

But the love she gave me was so strong and it built my foundation in general to love all

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