Dog Ownership

The one thing that I am really trying to convince my parents on is getting another dog. Please read this letter with an open mind and consider the option. There are many reasons why I want to add a dog to the family. It will keep my current puppy company, we could save the dog's life, and they are overall just super fun and entertaining. We recently adopted an eight-week-old puppy, and he is now about six months. My puppy is not exactly the best behaved so it will be pretty tough to convince my parents on another, but I think the older dog can help it.

Now that you have settled on the type of dog and age you’re looking for, you have to find the dog! There are so many options to this. You can try to find one from a shelter, which is a perfect idea if you are looking for an older dog and do not have a specific breed. You have the option of finding a pet store that sells dogs. I settled on finding a personal breeder who sold puppies.

One reason that I should get a dog is that dogs are great for health. For example, the article: Unexpected Side Benefits of having A Dog from DogVacay.com,

Dogs , a man’s best friend are now used for medical issues. They are really helpful and can even save our life. A service dog helps in many different ways. For example, dog are great at encouraging communication on adults and kids, helping blind people, and people with anxiety. They are very helpful and needed a lot.

The research question states ‘To what extent is owning a dog beneficial for a person’s physical and psychological health?’ The investigation is aimed to determine the extent of the benefits of owning a dog for a person’s physical and psychological health. The main focus will be on exercising, developing one’s responsibility and companionship. The findings from this research target on people those involved or interested in owning a dog, such as dog owners, animal lovers, children and the elderly. The investigation will address three key benefits of owning a dog in terms of maintaining one’s physical and psychological health, which include exercise, taking responsibility and companionship.

Families benefit from having dogs; they improve the family’s health and mentality and they teach children responsibility. Most families, weather they would like to admit it or not, would benefit from having a dog. Dogs have helpful attributes which cannot be replaced by inanimate objects or robots. If the unconditional love of a dog is not enough then there are certainly more reasons to get a dog. When a family is considering getting a dog; the family as a whole should gather more information before considering a four-legged addition to the family.

The second reason you should allow me to get a dog, safety, is very important. A dog will protect me whenever I go places. People will be less likely to mess with me when I am out if I have a dog with me. If someone does try to mess with me, a dog would defend me and keep me safe. Also, a dog will help to guard our house from intruders. A dog will sound the alarm if someone comes into our yard, and if they enter the backyard a dog could attack them. People would be less likely to try to break into our house if we had a dog. Allowing me to get a dog would provide protection for me when I go out, and for the entire family at home.

“BARK, BARK!” Dogs everywhere screeching at the top of their lungs like it’s the end of the world all hoping to be adopted by a loving family. This is the story of when I got my first pet, Landis. Landis is a lab pointer mix. We got him in October 2010, therefore I was about 5. My family rescued him from the Voorhees Animal Shelter. Landis was his name when we got him and my family and I decided not to change it. We were walking through the shelter and my sister, Rachel, saw his cute little face and exclaimed this is the one. We all agreed to get him and he’s been our dog ever since.

Owning a pet has much more influence on our lives than just that of companionship. According to the Centers for Disease Control (2014), pets can decrease your cholesterol levels, blood pressure, triglyceride levels, and feelings of loneliness. The Centers for Disease Control (2014) also found that pets can increase your opportunities for exercise and outdoor activies, circling back to what they can decrease, and that they can increase your socialization opportunities- increasing your mental health.

First, owning a pet can give people some major health benefits. Without a pet, a day at work or school can be stressful. By the end of the day, people could be ripping out their hair or throwing papers everywhere. This can make anyone’s heart rate go up as well as their blood pressure. Thankfully, studies have shown that interacting with a dog or other pet can lower his or her’s cortisol levels. For instance, after only three months, a group of people working with dogs were shown to have significant drops in blood pressure and stress. Pet’s happy go lucky vibes can impact their owners to feel the same, lowering his or her’s stress level. Even when someone sees a picture of their pet when they're stressed, it can immediately cause his or her’s heart

As you can see, the benefits are so great there is no harm of getting a dog. Not only will it help with mental and physical health, the dog would bring happiness, and joy into our

As with everything in life, age can be a relevant or limiting factor to owning a dog. However, the positives of dog ownership seem to outweigh negligible and manageable negatives. Surveys targeted at pet owners 60 years and older showed less stress and loneliness, better nutrition, and a stronger focus on the present. Seniors walking a dog enjoy a boost in parasympathetic nervous system

Over portion of the populace in America claims either a canine or a feline (Newsweek, Paragraph 1). Pooches and felines have been family pets since the beginning of time. In the course of recent years, numerous cardiologists and therapists have found that owning a feline or pooch can diminish the danger of contracting many types of coronary illness and more mental ailments, for example, discouragement.

     Why such beneficial effects? “Ironically, the most common reason people give for not having pets-having to care for them-is one of the reasons pets improve health. Pets require that you ‘extend’ yourself when you normally wouldn’t, and for people who are ill or just want better health, pets turn them into ‘care

You get more social support when you walk with your dog, and the more social support you get the more you improve your psychological and physical health. Social support leads to less depression, less loneliness, greater self-esteem and greater happiness. Owning a dog will make you experience unconditional love, companionship, and social connectedness. When a person experiences the above mention points in his life, his mortality rate automatically increase.