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Pet owners relish in the immediate happiness et owners relish in the immediate happiness that comes from sharing their lives with that special furry friend...or feathered friend. But are you aware of the physical and mental health benefits we get from our pets daily? Studies exploring the benefits of the human-pet bond have shown that your pet is acutely attuned to your behavior, emotions, and health. This acutely attuned to your behavior, emotions, and health. This special bond can help relieve depression and anxiety, lower special bond can help relieve depression and anxiety, lower stress, and increase fitness to help improve your heart health. stress, and increase fitness to help improve your heart health.

Exercise Caring for a pet can help promote healthy lifestyle changes. Taking your dog for a walk, hike, or run is a fun and great way to fit daily exercise into a busy schedule. A dog owner is over 50% more likely to meet their daily exercise goals. People with pets tend to have lower blood pressure and cholesterol and are less likely to be overweight, which helps promote a healthy heart and reduces your chance of diabetes. Exercising every day is also great for your pet. It helps to build a stronger connection with you, to eradicate bad behavior in dogs, and to keep your pet fit, healthy, and happy.

Companionship Companionship can help promote a sense of well-being, while loneliness and isolation often leads to depression. Caring for a pet can help make a person feel needed and wanted and keeps them from obsessing over tedious problems in their life. Many pet owners talk to their pets and often use them as a sounding board to work through their daily troubles. Additionally, pets provide valuable companionship for elderly adults. For many people, there’s nothing better than coming home to a wagging tail. Caring for a pet can help promote healthy life- Socializing Pets can help their owners start and maintain new friendships. Pets are great ice-breakers, making it fun and great way to fit daily exercise into a busy schedule. A dog owner is over 50% more likely to meet their daily exercise goals. People with pets tend to have lower blood easy for strangers to start conversations. However, that's old news to dog walkers. Dog owners frequently stop and talk to each other on walks, hikes, or at dog parks. Walking your dog in your neighborhood or at the park can often lead to befriending a neighbor through a pet-related connection. A pet store or a training class is a great place to for your pet. It helps to build a stronger connection with meet new friends with similar pet interests. Anxiety The companionship of a pet can help ease stress and build self-confidence for people with anxiety. Pets

Companionship Companionship can help promote a sense of well-being, while loneliness and isolation often leads to depression. Caring for a pet can help make a person feel needed and wanted and keeps them from obsessing over tedious problems in their life. Many pet owners talk to their pets and often use them as a sounding board to work through their daily troubles. Additionally, pets provide valuable companionship for elderly adults. For many people, there’s nothing better than coming home to a wagging tail. Socializing Pets can help their owners start and maintain new friendships. Pets are great ice-breakers, making it easy for strangers to start conversations. However, that's old news to dog walkers. Dog owners frequently stop and talk to each other on walks, hikes, or at dog parks. Walking your dog in your neighborhood or at the park can often lead to befriending a neighbor through a pet-related connection. A pet store or a training class is a great place to meet new friends with similar pet interests. Anxiety The companionship of a pet can help ease stress and build self-confidence for people with anxiety. Pets

are great listeners, offer unconditional love, and won’t be critical of you. This can help build your self-confidence, especially if you feel misunderstood. In addition, a pet especially if you feel misunderstood. In addition, a pet companion helps you appreciate the joy of the moment— pets don’t worry about what happened yesterday or what might happen tomorrow. Studies have shown that pet-might happen tomorrow. Studies have shown that petting a dog, cat, or other pet can lower blood pressure and quickly help calm and reduce stress. Kids Caring for a pet can help a child grow up more se- Caring for a pet can help a child grow up more secure and active. A dog or cat offers comfort and companionship to kids. Children find support and security from their pet friends, which leads to less anxiety or withdraw-their pet friends, which leads to less anxiety or withdraw al. Additionally, a pet is an excellent way for your child to learn about responsibility and commitment. Having to feed, exercise, and care for a pet can give a child a sense of achievement. It doesn’t matter what age you are or if you are single or married with children; there are significant benefits of having a pet in your life. They can make you laugh when having a pet in your life. They can make you laugh when you are sad, give you companionship when you feel alone, improve your health, and boost your fitness. Pets give us so much more than we could ever imagine when we first welcomed these little bundles of fur into our homes. Woof!

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