Dog Obedience Training For Your Pet Dog

Dogs And Pets Provide Health Benefits


Do dogs provide health benefits? Believe it or not they do! Did
you know that owning a dog and pet ownership in general, can
help a person in many ways? Owning a pet can improve your
mental wellness, reduce your visits to the doctor, improve your
cardiovascular health and allow for faster recovery time from
surgery as well as higher survival rates. Recent research
suggests that dogs may be able to detect cancer on a person's
breath! Lets' explore these amazing health benefits of pet
ownership:

It has been proven that dog owners have lower blood pressure
and cholesterol levels than non-dog owners. These factors, in
turn, reduce the chance of cardiovascular diseases. In fact,
just stroking a pet has long been known to reduce blood
pressure. Furthermore, a study from the New York State
University concluded that these benefits continue even without
the pet being present!

Hospital studies have shown that senior citizens and recent
post-op patients respond better to treatment and recover faster
while in contact with dogs and other therapy animals. Did you
know that dog owners have a greater chance to survive a serious
illness than non-dog owners? In fact, a study revealed that a
pet affected a person's survival rate even more than the
presence or company of family members or friends!

Studies conducted at Cambridge and UCLA concluded that there is
a direct correlation between pet ownership and improved overall
health, which leads to fewer visits to the doctor. The Journal
of American Geriatrics Society notes that pet ownership has a
positive effect on a senior's physical and emotional well
being. Additionally, a Medicare study of elderly patients also
shows that people who own a dog have fewer doctor visits than
patients who do not.

Pet owners have better emotional health and mental wellness
than people who do not own a pet. Pets offer unconditional love
and affection and their presence alone helps reduce loneliness.
For people who are isolated, disabled or handicapped, a pet
offers friendship and can even add a element of safety to their
lives. Dogs are used as a form of therapy in hospices, nursing
homes and as companions for the disabled and blind. In fact,
there are studies that prove that people with a major illness
fight the stress of having the illness better by having a dog
as a pet.

There is new research that suggests that dogs may be able to
detect certain types of cancer. Researchers at the Pine Street
Foundation in San Anselmo, California and the Polish Academy of
Sciences exposed dogs to breath samples from breast and lung
cancer patients and samples from healthy people. They claim
that the dogs were able to detect cancer with astonishing
results and accuracy. The dogs were able to identify 99% of
lung cancer breath samples (which included early stage cancer
patients) as well as 88% of breast cancer samples. The study,
which has been met with skepticism, will be released early in
2006 and published in the March edition of the Journal for
Integrative Cancer Therapies. Experts agree that this holds
promise, but must be evaluated and researched further.

As you can see pet ownership or having a dog comes with many
benefits for an individual. Owning a pet encourages social
interaction, reduces stress levels, boosts self-confidence and
self-esteem and encourages exercise. Having a pet is a great
investment, not only in the joy and pleasure that the animal
brings into your life, but the many health benefits that come
with the territory!

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Safe Toys For Dogs

Why do dogs need toys? Well this is a good question and there
is no simple answer. Dogs are like children or at least many
owners treat their dogs like children. So for the same reason
parents buy toys for their children, so do dog owners buy toys
for their dogs.

There are many toys for owners to choose for their dogs.
Choosing toys that are safe relies on a number of
considerations which I cover briefly in this article.

First of all what do we mean by toys for dogs. Basically they
fit into two categories. Special toys you can buy from a pet
shop or other similar retail outlet. Household items or objects
found in your garden or local park. Let’s take these in that
order.

Special Dog Toys

Although you can buy toys for your dog in a shop that does not
mean that they are all safe for your particular dog. Also you
should realise that toys you can buy for dogs do not have to
meet the same stringent safety standards imposed on the
manufacturers and retailer as required for children’s toys.

Dogs of any age are like children at a young age and cannot
distinguish between a safe toy and one that can cause harm. Of
course Dogs can be trained to avoid toys that can be harmful
but that really only applies to household items or objects used
as toys which I cover in the second category. It is really up to
the dog owner to choose toys that are safe for their particular
dog.

So what criteria should dogs owners look for when choosing a
safe toy for their dog. Well of course the toy has to be fun
because that is the primary objective of a toy. Then it has to
be practical in that the toy needs to be durable - it needs to
be capable of quite a lot of abuse from your dog and you want
it to last for a while. Finally it has to be safe and what is
safe for one dog may not be safe for another.

Most dogs like to chew almost anything that comes near them,
particularly when they are a puppy. So a soft cuddly toy which
squeaks may be safe when bitten by a small Chiwawa but can be
harmful and certainly not durable when chewed buy a Great Dane.
Plastic toys can break up and cause harmful splinters for a dog
with a powerful jaw.

Anything that is small enough to be swallowed by your dog is
potentially harmful. Choosing a toy of the right size for your
dog is very important. Much of this is common sense to the
majority of sensible dog owners and if in doubt about a toy
then ask the shop attendant before you buy. Chew Bones are very
popular and are safe provided they are not small enough to get
stuck in the dog’s mouth and provided they are not made from a
brittle material. Hard rubber toys are usually a good choice.
Kongs are probably the best toy ever invented and come in a
variety of sizes to suit any dog. So lets move on to the next
category.

Household Items or Objects used as Toys

Well the list here would be endless so I will talk only about
the type of household item or object that can be found around
the house, garden, local park and anywhere you are likely to
take your dog. Vigilance and common sense by the dog owner is
very important particularly with young puppies that have yet to
be trained.

Avoid allowing your dog to chew or bite on anything that can be
harmful. Items such as string, shoe laces, cord of any kind
(especially electrical), discarded socks etc etc. All of these
things can be swallowed and/or trapped in your dog’s throat.
Anything that is likely to break into small pieces when chewed
or bitten must be avoided.

Whilst a dog owner can usually control what happens within the
confines of the house and garden, it becomes much more
difficult in the park, in the field or down by the local pond.
This is where vigilance by the dog owner is so important. When
out in the open, most dog owners like to play 'fetch' with
their dogs and the choice of object used as a toy in this type
of game is similar to the criteria used when buying a safe toy
from a shop. Twigs and small branches are usually ok provided
they cannot be broken or splintered too easily. Tennis balls
are used as very popular toys for dogs as many are other types
of ball. The main criteria here is to ensure the ball cannot be
swallowed or become stuck in the mouth or throat of larger dogs.

In summary, When choosing a safe toy or object for your dog to
play with it really comes down to just plain common
sense.

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Unless you know the training secrets that the professionals use, you risk wasting a lot of time and effort in training your dog.
Daniel Stevens, online author of the hugely popular
"SitStayFetch:
Dog Obedience Training - STOP Your Dog's Behaviour Problems!"
reveals the techniques and tricks the professionals use to let
you successfully train your dog.

Listen to
Daniel Stevens, the acclaimed author of SitStayFetch
to find solution, to all dog problems, especially on how to house-train
your dog with professional secrets.




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