{"id":57344,"date":"2025-08-28T07:49:57","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T11:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/?p=57344"},"modified":"2025-08-28T07:49:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T11:49:58","slug":"pets-book-mobley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/pets-book-mobley\/","title":{"rendered":"As \u2018Dr. Daphne,\u2019 Veterinarian Celebrates the Human-Animal Bond"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">The motivational speaker and CALS alum wants everyone to know \u2018how valuable pets can be to help support them in their lives\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c00edd7e46707b1612c24aa6a1da66b8\"><em>\u201cBear Hugs\u201d celebrates heartwarming stories of Cornellians on the Hill and around the world. Have an idea? Email us at <a href=\"ma&#x69;&#108;&#x74;o&#58;co&#114;&#110;&#x65;l&#x6c;&#105;&#97;&#x6e;&#115;&#64;co&#x72;&#110;&#101;ll&#46;&#101;&#x64;&#x75;\"><strong>c&#111;&#x72;&#x6e;&#x65;&#x6c;&#x6c;&#x69;&#97;&#x6e;&#115;&#64;c&#x6f;&#x72;&#x6e;&#x65;&#x6c;&#x6c;&#46;&#101;&#x64;&#117;<\/strong><\/a>!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By <strong>Melissa Newcomb<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">As a veterinarian, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.docdaphne.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daphne Mobley \u201983<\/a> has long been aware of the bond between humans and their pets. But while working at a small-animal practice in NYC, she began noticing just how intense that connection can be\u2014with some clients and their four-legged friends showing up to appointments in matching outfits, or owners wincing in pain as she gave their animal a vaccination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPeople would tell me how much their pet meant to them,\u201d she recalls, \u201cand tell stories about the situations their pets had helped them through.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Those experiences motivated Mobley to write <a href=\"https:\/\/www.docdaphne.com\/thepeteffect\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Pet Effect<\/em><\/a><em>: Healing and Learning Life Lessons from the Pets We Love<\/em>, her self-published book of inspirational stories on the human-animal bond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They range from a military veteran whose dog helped alleviate her PTSD symptoms to a woman who barely left her bed for months after her son died suddenly\u2014and whose recently adopted rescue pup stayed by her side to comfort her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s all part of Mobley&#8217;s second career as \u201cDr. Daphne\u201d: a motivational speaker and coach who helps clients pursue their passions.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/Copy-of-Copy-of-Apple-iPhone-6s_N40.7368W73.9902_20170917_141228-A-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Daphne Mobley in green scrubs with a stethoscope around her neck, holding a lizard and smiling.\" class=\"wp-image-57352 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/Copy-of-Copy-of-Apple-iPhone-6s_N40.7368W73.9902_20170917_141228-A-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/Copy-of-Copy-of-Apple-iPhone-6s_N40.7368W73.9902_20170917_141228-A-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/Copy-of-Copy-of-Apple-iPhone-6s_N40.7368W73.9902_20170917_141228-A-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/Copy-of-Copy-of-Apple-iPhone-6s_N40.7368W73.9902_20170917_141228-A-632x790.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/Copy-of-Copy-of-Apple-iPhone-6s_N40.7368W73.9902_20170917_141228-A-316x395.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/Copy-of-Copy-of-Apple-iPhone-6s_N40.7368W73.9902_20170917_141228-A-280x350.jpg 280w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/Copy-of-Copy-of-Apple-iPhone-6s_N40.7368W73.9902_20170917_141228-A-140x175.jpg 140w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/Copy-of-Copy-of-Apple-iPhone-6s_N40.7368W73.9902_20170917_141228-A-70x87.jpg 70w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/Copy-of-Copy-of-Apple-iPhone-6s_N40.7368W73.9902_20170917_141228-A-400x500.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/Copy-of-Copy-of-Apple-iPhone-6s_N40.7368W73.9902_20170917_141228-A-200x250.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/Copy-of-Copy-of-Apple-iPhone-6s_N40.7368W73.9902_20170917_141228-A-100x125.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/Copy-of-Copy-of-Apple-iPhone-6s_N40.7368W73.9902_20170917_141228-A.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><figcaption>With a non-furry patient.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI want to allow people to believe what\u2019s possible despite the circumstances they\u2019re confronted with,\u201d says Mobley, \u201cand let them know how valuable pets can be to help support them in their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Released in February 2025, the book features nearly 40 inspirational anecdotes from owners of dogs, cats, birds, and even a horse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>I want to allow people to believe what\u2019s possible despite the circumstances they\u2019re confronted with, and let them know how valuable pets can be to help support them in their lives.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>They include a tribute to a parakeet who not only provided companionship during COVID, but gave its owner the strength to leave a toxic 15-year relationship by showing her what unconditional love looks like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another shares the story of a woman who reluctantly adopted a stray cat that a relative found in Central Park. At home, the animal would follow her everywhere\u2014and for several months, it fixated on the same place on her chest. It proved to be the location of a breast tumor, from which she eventually recovered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/IMG_5756-A-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Daphne Mobley in a hair net and mask as a student.\" class=\"wp-image-57351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/IMG_5756-A-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/IMG_5756-A-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/IMG_5756-A-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/IMG_5756-A-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/IMG_5756-A-800x450.jpg 800w, 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home as her health declined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote alignwide\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px\"><blockquote><p>In the book, Mobley shares how her part-pug rescue dog, Molly, helped her cope with the difficult choice to move her mother into a nursing home as her health declined.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI would be crying on my steps and having guilt about the decision,\u201d she recalls. \u201cAnd Molly would be licking the tears from my face or nuzzling up underneath me and helping me get through it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An animal science major in CALS who has served on the <a href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/volunteer\/leadership\/pccw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">President\u2019s Council of Cornell Women<\/a>, Mobley earned her DVM from the University of Florida in 1988.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"649\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/Barnes-and-Noble-hardcover-1-A.jpg\" alt=\"The front cover of the book The Pet Effect, Healing and Learning Life Lessons from the Pets We Love, featuring a photo of the author Daphne Mobley with her dog kissing her chin.\" class=\"wp-image-57353 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/Barnes-and-Noble-hardcover-1-A.jpg 500w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/Barnes-and-Noble-hardcover-1-A-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/Barnes-and-Noble-hardcover-1-A-304x395.jpg 304w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/Barnes-and-Noble-hardcover-1-A-385x500.jpg 385w, 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get tired of doing this work. I\u2019ve devoted my life to helping people live happier, more fulfilling lives and to caring for animals\u2014and all of this experience made one thing abundantly clear: the bond between pets and their humans is spiritual and can revolutionize our lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Top: Mobley with her dog, Molly. 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