Why you Should Make Man’s Best Friend Your Best Friend too !

1. Why you Should Make Man’s Best Friend Your Best Friend too!

2. Cardiovascular health • Will lower blood pressure • Walk an extra 132 min/week • Lower cholesterol • Less likely to die after a heart attack • Lower triglyceride levels • Less sign of heart disease

3. Powerful sniffer • Detect cancer • Skin • Bladder • Breast • Ovarian • Colon • Low blood sugar • Seizure • Allergens

4. All Ages Children All ages Decrease asthma Decrease allergies Decrease eczema chances Raise immune chemical levels Fewer headaches Fewer bouts of indigestion Slept better Help rehabilitate

5. Facelift Dog Last 10 years $$$ Judged by others Surgery has lots of risks including death Surgeons can be cold and uncaring Need recovery time Last 12+ years $ Positively viewed Will be there for you Love you Doesn’t require anesthetic More trustworthy

6. depression • Show less signs of depression • Why? • Companionship • Distraction • Less isolation • Less loneliness • Help deal

7. Especially in children Provide physical contact Unconditional love Non-judgment Self esteem booster

8. Emotional well-being • Fewer anxious outbursts in patients • Lessen feeling of burden in caregivers • Stability • Consistency • Structure

9. Must Love Dogs Chick Magnets People Magnets Ease shyness and social isolation Easy conversation topic Meet people at dog friendly places

10. Family • Improve familial bonds • Make you closer to others • Life lessons for kids • Responsibility • Loyalty • Respect • Empathy • Patience • Trust • Love • Friendship

11. Dogs can do so much! • Seeing Eye Dog • Drug Sniffing Dog • Police Dog • Guard Dog • Cadaver Dogs • Search and Rescue

12. Last But Not Least • CUTE AND CUDDLY!!

13. “A dog is the only thing on earth that will love you more than you love yourself.” - Josh Billings My bubbies! Minnie Whitney and Winston (my baby) • Boo Rudy