It just struck me as a bit simplistic and a little bit patronising but then you all know by now I'm sensitive to weight issues. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. I just found myself not knowing what the purpose of the book was other than to make money and as someone who has seen most of the animal cases he talked about on the programme not even that was new. I do respect all he does and his sensitivity is painful but perhaps another book needs to be more carefully planned out.

It can be hard to read in parts but if this is your kind of thing I truly believe you will enjoy it.

Sunday Times bestseller Listening to the Animals was about Noel's path to becoming The Supervet, then How Animals Saved My Life is about what it's like to actually be The Supervet.

This is a lively book with moments of joy as an animal recovers or a new technique is a success but also of sorrow when a pet cannot be saved or succumbs to old age.If you love animals, this book is definitely for you – filled to the brim with sadness, happiness as well as some laugh out loud moments, you will surely enjoy but more importantly this book is filled with a lot of love, righteousness and what is best for our furry pals.

His plan of "one medicine" that sets out to help both animal and humans equally without the (current) expense of a healthy animal's life should be the goal of both human and animal medicines.I will always have the utmost respect for all the team at Fitzpatrick Referrals after saving our very first rescue who was unable to open her jaw. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. i felt the book may have given me comfort in a sad time but it increased my sadness most of the way through the book . Sixthly in how up to date it is – the book’s themes drawing together in a very tangible and incredibly up to date way with a severe accident to his own dog in September 2020 (one month before publication).

I wasn't aware he knew so many celebrities but I guess that makes sense when you're the best at something and the majority of people would struggle to afford your services. The journey to that point has seen Noel treat thousands of animals – many of whom were thought to be beyond help – animals that have changed his life, and the lives of those around them, for the better. This is not a light fluffy read by any means, it is gut wrenching and you will never forget reading it. There’s some great messaging in there and some really interesting aspects but because of the writing style, it kind of got sucked into a hole of tediousness. Throughout this book, we get more of an understanding of how Noel connects with animals on a deeper level and his love and caring of all animals that he comes across is extraordinary.

It was interspersed with long passages of self justification in the face of an RCVS inquiry, and technical accounts of operations that went over my head. Secondly, how the author draws on the qualities he sees in animals – particularly pet cats and dogs, including his own. Parts were very hard to read, some very technical (in particular the description of sessions in transandental meditation and the briefs if Buddhists) but in conclusion a remarkable book by a remarkable man. Also there was a paragraph about him putting on weight and how he had put the food in his mouth so it was down to him to lose it again (with his personal trainer). Noel should be applauded for his strong, life long desire to meld human and animal health into a single scientific endeavour.