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Monday, October 26, 2009

Pros and Cons of having a dog

Advantages of Dog Ownership
The psychological benefits of owning a canine are well known...

A carefully trained animal companion can offer fellowship, unconditional love, and often a friendship as intimate as any human bond. Dogs can also become an integral part of the family.
Canines also assist us during crises by helping to bear our emotional and psychological baggage. This function has important physiological benefits as well.

A good-natured dog can also help fight depression and loneliness—one of the reasons they are used extensively to visit nursing homes and hospitals. Considering the benefits, the relatively nominal cost of keeping a dog seems like a wise investment. Thus, proving to be a rather fruitful benefit.
Dogs also offer a source of protection, whether from a pint-size Chihuahua's barking to a Rottweiler's often-intimidating demeanor. If you live alone, have small children, or are often on the road leaving your family more vulnerable and you want a security system that doesn't run on electricity or batteries, a dog could potentially provide for your sense of peace as it pertains to feeling safe.

☻ Pets Can Improve Your Mood

☻ Pets Encourage You To Get Out And Exercise by walking them

☻ Pets Stave Off Loneliness and Provide Unconditional Love

☻ Pets Can Reduce Stress

Disadvantages of Dog Ownership
Keeping a dog indoors has its disadvantages.

Dogs might chew on shoes and furniture and create a big mess in your house.

Also, it is more difficult to leave them home alone because of the bond that they share with the owner. In addition, some dogs can leave foul odors on clothes that they make contact with and even worse shed hairs that are a nuisance to people with allergies.

Not to mention, dogs which are not well-trained by owners might tend to pee and shit around the house. Owners might spend most of their time cleaning their pet’s mess. Thus providing a great deal of inconvenience to the owners.

Dogs, being attention seekers, would require their owner’s attention most of the time. Some owners which are oblivious to their dog’s requirement might neglect their dog’s needs and wants. This would in turn cause the bond between the dog and its owner to be rather weak. Thus, there is a chance that a dog might bite its owner whilst playing too vigorously.

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