Therapies with animals in neurodiversity.

Abstract

Since the beginning of our history, the dog (Canis familiaris) has been our most faithful companion being this the first species domesticated by man. As a result of an interaction process for thousands of years. Dogs, during this process, have acquired different skills, including communication skills, which have facilitated relationships with humans.
Answering our initial question, why observe a dog makes us so happy? It is oxytocin, it is a hormone that has developed in different aspects of the human-dog bond, after several investigations and long processes. It was discovered that the hormone only develops and appears when we maintain a bond with an animal.
Finally, I ask: If the look of a dog produces such happiness regardless of the diverse capacities of a human being, what are they capable of producing or stimulating in a person with neurodiversity? ¿Do we really know animal therapies (TAA)?