Need To Lift Your Mood? Adopt A Pet!
You hear people talking all the time about how their pet is like their child, or that they enjoy taking them places with them, or have them to come home to after a long day.
Well, there’s actually science behind the fact that having a pet helps you with Stress, Anxiety, Depression and more! Looking at the factors of Unconditional Love, Reducing Stress, Talking To Someone Who Listens, and the stats behind it all – find some great excuses to get yourself a furry friend by reading these wonderful reasons why!
Therapy Animals Exists, And Their Statistics Are Great
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Some of the stats that stand out the most from PetPartners.org are the following notes:
“A walking program that matched sedentary adults with therapy animals resulted in an increase in walking over a 52 week graduated intervention with the participants stating their motivation for adherence was “the dogs need us to walk them” (Johnson, 2010) [3].”
“Pet owners have higher one-year survival rates following heart attacks (Friedmann, 1980, 1995) [8,9].”
“Pet ownership, perhaps by providing social support, lowers blood pressure response to mental stress (Allen, 2001) [7].”
“The presence of an animal can significantly increase positive social behaviors among children with autism spectrum disorder (O’Haire, 2013) [4].”
