Dr. Tebbe is a veterinarian with fifty-three years worth of stories to tell about animals and their people. His practice began in his home town in rural Ohio with a lesson in humility presented by a little tomcat on the new doctor's first day. Animals experience fear, pain, anger and loss, just as much as they show love, admiration, and complete connection to their best friend who happens to be a human. When people share those same feelings with their animals, it is a beautiful thing. It is called the human-animal bond. The author brings his readers into his life. Sure, animals play an important role, but so does family, community, science, diseases, and at least a dozen once-in-a-lifetime events that were not expected.