Dogma Thursday

Dogs aid people with physical and emotional challenges, and studies are now showing they can also help us all live longer. “One Japanese study found pet owners made 30 percent fewer visits to doctors. A Melbourne study of 6,000 people showed that owners of dogs and other pets had lower cholesterol, blood pressure and heart attack risk compared with people who didn’t have pets. Obviously, the better health of pet owners could be explained by a variety of factors, but many experts believe companion animals improve health at least in part by lowering stress” (NYTimes). 

Check out more photos of our domestic wonder dogs at Explore.org here.