Fettleibige Hunde – ein Vermächtnis der Mensch-Hund-Beziehung

Abstract

The author discusses the role of animalshere of dogsas “participant observers.” He demonstrates the complex relationship of this role to the recent growing of obesity in dogs as a “human bourne” disease and discusses the concept of biophilia (Wilson) for solving the human medical problem by redefining the long relationship of animal and human.