Bada Bing, Lollipop and Jingle Bell – an alpaca, a miniature horse and a miniature donkey, respectively – need to be fed. The rabbit hutches need mucking. And, uh oh, now there’s a sheep on the loose.

Source: New World Library/with permission. Nonhuman animals (animals) can teach us many life lessons if we open our heads and hearts to who they are and what they know and feel. When I learned about ...