| Who could dispute that animals can have a
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| | they will love you without bounds.
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| positive effect on emotional well-being?
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| | Dogs are aware of illness and sadness and
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| With research being conducted into the
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| | genuinely want to provide companionship
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| field of alternative medicine on an
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| | and comfort; they show an abundance of
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| on-going basis, more and more people are
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| | intelligence and are both intuitive and
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| beginning to realize the cathartic
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| | compassionate. Any dog owner will relate
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| effects that animals are having on
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| | and agree with me when I say that it is a
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| individuals well-being, especially so in
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| | warm feeling when their dog can detect
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| those patients suffering with depression.
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| | their sorrow and lick their tears away.
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| While some people recover from depression
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| | Pet Therapy can facilitate many positive
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| using medications alone, there are many
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| | changes one such example being increased
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| others, who would prefer to use a
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| | socialization skills. Animals can be used
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| combination of alternative therapies to
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| | as part of group therapy programs to
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| try to alleviate the symptoms of
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| | encourage communication and increase the
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| depression. One of these treatments being
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| | ability to focus.
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| studied is 'Pet Therapy', but what is
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| | Helping to develop a person's self-esteem
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| this alternative and how could it help?
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| | and reducing their loneliness and anxiety
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| Many scientists have spent endless hours
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| | are just some potential benefits of
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| looking into the different types of
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| | individual-animal therapy.
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| therapy available for treating depression
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| | The bond between humans and animals is
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| as an illness; 'Pet Therapy' has been
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| | demonstrated every day in millions of
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| concluded as one of these therapies.
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| | homes around the world. It is also
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| Animals have long been recognized as
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| | becoming a powerful, common mode of
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| being a positive force in the healing
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| | therapy in many facilities such as
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| process.
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| | hospitals, schools and residential homes.
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| Dogs notably have a calming and
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| | While it is difficult to measure and
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| therapeutic effect on people. They can
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| | quantify the benefits of dog therapy with
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| help individuals to cope with the
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| | hard scientific fact, there is no
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| emotional issues related to their
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| | question that the magical interaction
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| illness. They also offer physical contact
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| | possible between animal and human is
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| with another living creature and help to
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| | unmistakable.
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| divert a person's attention from their
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| | Tears can be dried. Scowls transform into
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| pressing daily problems.
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| | smiles. Silence is broken and lastly but
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| Owning a dog brings about a sense of
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| | not least importantly loneliness and
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| responsibility. Dogs rely on their owners
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| | isolation can be ejected from a person
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| for feeding, walking, attention and love.
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| | through mere touch and cuddles.
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| What better excuse for a depressed person
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| | Dogs offer their owner's absolute and
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| to get out of bed in the morning?
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| | unconditional love and a level of
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| Dogs love almost everyone without any
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| | boundless patience that no human could
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| degree of prejudice or rejection. You do
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| | ever possibly give. The love of a dog is
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| not need to speak any type of language to
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| | unlimited, what better form of
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| communicate with a four-legged friend.
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| | alternative therapy could there be?
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| Give them a treat, tickle their tummy and
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