Health Benefits to owning a dog
Therapy dogs
What are the health benefits to owning a dog?
Health Benefits
Dog owners have found that they have lower cholesterol, lower blood pressure, fewer heart attacks
Dogs boost your mood- Spending 15-30 minutes with a dogs can make you feel more calm and relaxed
Dogs encourage you to exercise more
Dogs make you live longer
Helps children develop
Prevents strokes
Walking a Dog
A study done in 2000 found that an experimenter walking a dog had three times as many social interactions than when she walked alone. That’s because animals can serve as social facilitators dog can find you friends or long-term relationships.
Cancer
Dogs understand cancer the reason why they do is because they get the same kind of cancer as humans do. Science daily that due to the similarities in the disease,dogs with cancer can help us to discover things about the disease
Therapy dogs
Heartwarming story of Olie the Therapy Dog
Olie the Therapy Dog
In this video olie comes to hospitals to help make the patients feel better. He also makes them happy, olie sometimes reminds the patients about their dog at home. He helps patients at the hospital feel loved and he gives them comfort
What is a Therapy Dog
A therapy dog is a dog that might be trained to provide affection and comfort to people in hospitals, retirement homes, nursing homes, schools, and to people with autism.
Therapy dogs are not Service Dogs
There is a difference between the two, Service Dogs can go many more places, such as:
- Churches
- Grocery stores
- Libraries
- Restaurants
Therapy Dogs at colleges
Some colleges and universities bring Therapy dogs to help the students de-stress. These campus events are called "Therapy Fluffies"