7 ways having pets can improve your life

7 Reasons Pets Are Awesome!

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1) Pets help you get more exercise.

• Taking the dog for a walk.• Laughing at the cat playing with a bag or box.• Playing inside or out.



2) Pets improve your social life.

• Participate in play dates at the puppy park• Get to know your local veterinarian and pet supply store

staff• Funny stories about pets are great icebreakers in any

setting



3) Pets help keep you healthy.

• CDC states that pets can help physical and mental health. For example, they decrease your blood pressure and feelings of loneliness.

• Studies have found that kids raised in homes with fur friends are less likely to have allergies and asthma



4) Pets improve your attitude.

• Increased exercise has been shown to have mental health benefits as well.

• Pets provide companionship.

• “Like any enjoyable activity, playing with a dog can elevate levels of serotonin and dopamine -- nerve transmitters that are known to have pleasurable and calming properties.” - Blair Justice, PhD



5) Pets can protect you.

• Noisy animals (especially large dogs) deter criminal activity

• Pets can alert you to danger, such as smoke from fire• Pets can alert the neighbors if you need help



6) Pets teach responsibility.

• Budgeting for food, supplies and veterinary care• Remembering to feed, groom and maintain another

living being



7) Pets offer natural pest control.

• Bugs and rodents are low on the food chain and many domestic animals will have them for a snack

• The scent of an animal will keep some pests away

• A barking dog will scare away some pests, such as raccoons



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