Confessions of a Pet Au Pair: the ABCs of pet ailments is an hilarious way to learn about your pet's health. The book is written from the view point of a fictional pet sitter who struggles with the health problems of some of her charges. She has a veterinarian, Dr. McKenna a fashion challenged polka dancing man who often wears his lunch on his tie and his assistant the vampire-like Pam, who make the health journey with her. The book is divided into chapters with each one featuring a different pet with a different problem.The index is extensive and designed so the reader can look up symptoms as well as medications and illnesses. The book explores traditional medicine as well as homeopathic remedies. The more technical information is in text boxes allowing the reader to get as specific as he wants about a certain subject. Breeds prone to certain problems are usually listed as well as basic things like the proper way to put a small animal in a pet taxi, how to make a boric acid eye wash, how to rid your home of fleas, etc. The 39 chapters include: Allergies and the Itchy Chihuahua, Anal Leakage, Anemia and After Six Attire, Arthritis slows Hip Hop, Asthma in Aristocrats, Bladder Matters, Bordetella-Curse of the Gypsy, Constipation Pauses Poop, Coughing Concerns, Cushing Syndrome is Serious Stuff, Death of a Pet, Distemper Isn't an Angry Dog, Euthanasia, Eyes that Have It, Fleas-Not Only at the Market, Frothing for Better or Worse, Germs: the, Down and Dirty, Heartworm Scare at Home Front, Immunological Insults, IBD Arouses Agony, Influenza in Animals, IBS is Bothersome Stuff, Kidney Failure is Not an Option, Liver Recipe Sans Fat, Leptosporosis and the Lethal Cloud, Mange makes for Scaly Bedfellows, Obesity and the Roly Poly Pug, Psychos, Psychics and Stress, Poop-A Preponderance of the Evidence, Shaken-not furred, Skin and the Epidermal Abnormal, Teeth-an Owner's Guide, Temperature tells a Tale, Thyroid Disease and the Food Bowl Phenomena, Toxic Schlock and Other Poisons, Tumors and the Terrible Thought, Upper, Respiratory Rottenness, Vaccines Vary by Environment, Vomiting and the Top Dog.